Jamaica’s capacity to identify and support children with autism has been bolstered by a groundbreaking three-year training initiative that continued into its second phase at the St. Ann's Bay Regional...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is calling on health researchers, students and academics to respond to its Call for Abstracts for the 2025 National Health Research Conference. The conference...

The Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester has received a donation of medical equipment, valued over $66 million, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that will improve the...

Senior Citizens’ Month is being observed from September 1 to October 1 under the theme: ‘Respect, Protect, Empower, Connect’. Activities, programmed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, will...

President of the Jamaica Psychiatric Association, Dr. Brian Kazaara, is calling for more protection of the elderly and for persons to report abuse of older persons. Dr. Kazaara told JIS...

Broughton Primary School in Westmoreland has received a donation of tennis equipment from hospitality industry tennis instructor Kevin Simms as part of efforts to introduce the sport to students and...

Four communities in the Trinityville Health District in St. Thomas have been targeted for a mosquito breeding-prevention initiative by the parish’s Health Department. Spring Garden, Stewart Field, Trinityville and Danvers...

Households with children, five years old and younger, participating in the anthropometry module of the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) will receive a token. This was announced by Acting...