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Bermuda is preparing itself for the possibility of the Zika virus as the international outbreak continues to spread. More than 20 countries in the Caribbean, South America and Central America have reported outbreaks of the virus, which is spread by t...

As the Zika virus spreads internationally, a Bermuda Government spokesman has claimed its mosquito control programme is “the envy of many other islands”. Zika is a mosquito-borne illness that results in fever, rash and joint pains, among other sympto...

Bermudians looking to visit South America — the home of the 2016 Summer Olympics — have been warned about an outbreak of the Zika virus in the region. The virus, which is spread by mosquito bites, can cause fever, rash, joint pain or conjunctivitis. ...

The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health is receiving reports of diarrhoea and vomiting illness in the community, above what is expected. Many of these cases have been confirmed as being caused by a virus called rotavirus. T...

The flu season in the United States has been a severe one, with infection rates at “alert levels”, but local influenza reports to date have been in line with recent years, according to the Department of Health. A spokeswoman said there had been minim...

A health worker who this week became the first person on British soil to have Ebola diagnosed also served for a number of years as a nurse in Bermuda. Ebola, which has claimed nearly 7,000 lives in West Africa, infected more than 20,000 people over t...

Health staff have been trained on how to deal with public emergencies such as an Ebola outbreak. Infection prevention and control and investigating outbreaks were key elements of the sessions, attended by members of the Department of Health. The tr...

International concern is mounting over the widening health crisis of Ebola, prompting a notice from the Ministry of Health that no cases have occurred on the Island — and that Bermuda will be protected. A Ministry spokesman said exercises involving “...

Some Bermudians may have been infected with Hepatitis C while patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the US facility has asked the Bermuda Hospitals Board to assist in collecting blood to forward to them for testing. The Baltimore, Maryland facility...