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Asthmatics should take extra precautions over the Covid-19 pandemic, a charity said yesterday. Liz Boden, the president of asthma group Open Airways, said people with the condition should use their preventer inhalers twice a day to keep it under cont...

Five more people have been tested for a potential killer strain of coronavirus, the Ministry of Health revealed yesterday. A ministry spokeswoman added that 22 people were “self-monitoring with public health supervision” as a precaution against Covid...

Bermuda will extra supplies of hand santitiser to help the fight against a new potential killer strain of coronavirus by next week, the Premier promised yesterday. David Burt said: “We recognise this could be an existential threat to our tourism indu...

Extra supplies of hand sanitiser are to be imported and handed out free of charge, the Government said tonight. The move came as the island braced itself for the possible arrival of the potential killer coronavirus strain Covid-19. Kim Wilson, the he...

Police recruits will hold a carwash next weekend to raise funds for a man facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills. All the cash raised by Recruit Foundation Course 80 will be donated to Dandre Outerbridge. Mr Outerbridge has racked ...

Cuts could be made to the price of prescription drugs if the Government worked with other countries to negotiate better rates, the health watchdog’s chief executive said yesterday. Ricky Brathwaite, head of the Bermuda Health Council, explained that ...

A review team to assess proposals for tackling chronic disease in Bermuda is being sought by the Bermuda Health Council. The BHeC announced last year that $2 million was available to fund brainstorming on tackling Bermuda’s high costs of non-communic...

New technology to reduce pain and discomfort from mammogram examinations has been introduced at a clinic. Alaire Godfrey, managing director at Ultimate Imaging, said: “This innovative technology is at the forefront of women’s imaging and provides an ...

“Ok, we need to talk!” said Belle. She patted the spot-on the sofa next to her and indicated (with a tilt of her head) that I should sit down. I looked into her extremely solemn eyes and tried to remember everything they say in parenting books abou...

A new MRI scanner at a soon-to-open health clinic will be an asset to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the centre’s medical director said yesterday. JJ Soares explained: “We see our new MRI as a way to support the hospital, particularly during...

College students are to be targeted by the island’s blood bank in an attempt to boost the number of young donors. Lucy Correia, a nurse phlebotomist at the Bermuda Blood Donor Centre, said an ageing population had sparked the appeal. She explained: “...

Spas across the island have teamed up to offer special deals as part of a promotion by the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Victoria Isley, the BTA chief sales and marketing officer, said: “By focusing this promotion in February, we aim to inspire Valentin...