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The Jamaican Consulate in New York, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, will host a health fair for Jamaican women in the tri-state area on Sunday, May 16, at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. The event spearheaded by the Community Relations Office will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is expected to serve close to...

For the last 50 years they have been the eyes of Jamaica's visually impaired and blind. Their motto, "The worst thing is to be born sighted and lack vision" is emblazoned across the building of their headquarters; the first point of contact for passersby of the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB), on Old Hope Road in the Corporate Area....

Twenty-six year old Michelle was elated. She was about to join her husband in the United States. All that was left was the results from the medical test. But her joy soon turned to sorrow as her medical showed that she was HIV positive. “When I went to pick up my medical and I was told that I was HIV...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has urged persons in leadership positions to provide guidance to members of the wider society on how to access health services. "I would like us as leaders to guide people on how they can help themselves because the government has provided the National Health Fund (NHF), which provides prescription drugs at...