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A campaign to boost knowledge about chronic kidney disease has been launched by the Bermuda Health Council.
Doctors and other healthcare workers have joined the drive to mark National Kidney Month and World Kidney Day on March 10.
The Bermuda Health ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
At least three classes at a private school were quarantined yesterday after a coronavirus outbreak.
A Year 3 and two Year 4 classes were ordered to isolate at Saltus and a Year 11 class was ordered to follow casual contact precautions.
Deryn Lavell, ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Regulations for quarantine of Covid-19 contacts in schools have been changed, the education minister revealed yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said in a letter to senior education staff that vaccinated people who tested positive for the coronavirus would hav...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Foundation has thanked donors for $670,000 of support for the BHB’s Covid-19 vaccination clinic as the operation started to wind down.
A spokeswoman said that the clinic, with the support of corporate and private dono...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Covid-19 cases have dropped below 200 for the first time this year, health officials revealed last night.
There are 167 active infections – the lowest number since December 18 when the island had 152 cases.
Health officials said that six people were ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier has tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, it was revealed last night.
The news came after David Burt cancelled a post-Budget press conference scheduled for yesterday.
It was also announced that the Chamber of Commerce’s a...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fundraising drive has been launched by an anti-substance abuse charity as it sets its sights on a move east.
Focus Counselling Services is expected to shift the bulk of its operations from Hamilton to its residential centre in St George’s.
Leslie G...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Illnesses linked to environmental conditions more than halved in 2020, health statisticians have found.
A health ministry spokeswoman said the “significant decrease” in reported cases of some conditions may have been a by-product of the massive effor...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of active Covid-19 cases has gone up slightly, health officials announced last night.
There were 217 active cases reported compared with 204 at the last update on Monday, when the island marked another death linked to Covid-19 – which brou...
DATE: Feb 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Report says it is “highly likely” that lab employee suffered respiratory and neurological illnesses after inhaling cancer-causing formaldehyde for a decade
DATE: Feb 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor