The Noel Holmes Hospital and Westhaven Children's Home in Hanover are to benefit from medical equipment, toys and sundry items, donated by 'Friends' of the institutions. These items will be...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract for repair work to be carried out at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon. Economic Maintenance Products Limited has been contracted to...

The efforts of the Pesticides Control Authority to register premises to sell restricted pesticides and to license pest control operators, is being met with some measure of success. According to...

With the festive season in full swing, the Ministry of Health is reminding Jamaicans to make sure that the food of their pets is properly secured from rodents. Linnette Peters,...

The first cochlear implant surgery to be undertaken in the Caribbean will be done at the Kingston Public Hospital on Saturday (December 3). The medical team will be led by...

The parish of St. Mary will observe World AIDS Day (December 1), with a candlelight vigil and concert in honour of persons who have died from the disease and those...

The Ministry of Health is reviewing data to ascertain the true number of cases of leptospirosis. "In another two weeks we should have some definite information on the exact number...

Jamaica's fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS received a major boost last week through a strategic partnership with two private sector entities and a local group. Counterpart International through its...

Minister of Health, John Junor has pointed out that with the advances in HIV/AIDS care, individuals who are diagnosed early with HIV could live healthy normal lives with the appropriate...

An Immunology Centre is now in operation at the National Public Health Laboratory at Slipe Pen Road, in Kingston, with facilities to offer Viral Load testing, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)...

Nineteen-year-old Jason is the typical teenager. He dreams of one day owning a car, he likes hanging out with his friends and he has visions of getting married and fathering...