The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is urging persons to exercise caution when using insecticides to get rid of vectors, including mosquitoes, as efforts continue to control the spread of the...

Supreme Ventures Limited handed over a cheque valued at $7 million on Monday, October 27, for the purchase of equipment to assist with the Ebola preparedness and response. The items...

The Minister of Health is re-assuring that Jamaica is being adequately prepared to effectively deal with any Ebola case, in the event of an outbreak. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton...

The Government has supplied booklets to operators of funeral establishments and mortuaries, even as it cautions members of the public to cease spreading misinformation on Ebola. The booklets are guidelines...

Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, will head a delegation to Cuba on Thursday, October 23, for discussions with representatives of that country’s government. Assistance with Jamaica’s Ebola monitoring and...

The country’s preparedness against the Ebola virus will be further boosted with the acquisition of a state-of-the-art thermal scanning machine, at a cost of approximately $4.3 million (US$38,000). Capable of...

The Jamaica Cancer Society (JCS) is appealing to all women to do monthly breast self examinations and to also visit the Jamaica Cancer Society breast clinic. Women, aged 40  and...

The Government has presented two of four hand-held fever temperature machines that it has acquired, to medical staff at the Norman Manley International Airport, with another 20  expected to be...