The Ministry of Health is advising members of the public who have flu like symptoms to stay home and take regular influenza medication until they are well. If symptoms persist...

Marketing and Planning Manager of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Nicole Robinson, is commending responsible Jamaican fathers who ensure that their particulars are added to their children's birth certificates. "Up...

The Ministry of Health's store of anti-viral medication for the H1N1 Virus has been bolstered with the donation of 3,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu by the Mexican Government. Minister of...

American Internal Medicine Specialist, Dr. Dwight Blake, is praising the high quality of care being provided for patients suffering from lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. The doctor, who is part...

Sixty persons who suffer from the lifestyle disease, diabetes, and who live in Montego Bay and its environs, in St. James, benefitted from a mini Health Mission, staged by the...

For young people who are bombarded with subliminal and direct messages from the media, peers and society, making appropriate decisions about their sexuality can be difficult. According to Counsellor Marge...

State Minister for Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore, has said that it will soon become mandatory for companies to put an HIV/AIDS workplace policy in place. "I wish...

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sheila Campbell Forrester is to make a presentation at the Commonwealth Business Council/CARICOM Regional Summit on Healthcare, to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from June 15...

Repair work being carried out on the Hanover Infirmary by the Hanover Parish Council is well advanced, and should be completed in another two weeks. According to Mayor of Lucea...

On Sunday, June 14, Jamaica will join the rest of the world in observing World Blood Donor Day, under the theme: 'Achieving 100% Non-remunerated Blood Donation of Blood and Blood...

The Ministry of Health's surveillance system detected another confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) in the island yesterday, Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Confirmatory testing was done at the National Influenza...