The White House has announced Jamaican Dr. Sandra Lindsay among 17 Americans named by President Biden to be recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The awards will be presented...

The Jamaica Association for the Deaf Hearing Services (JADHS) Department is raising awareness about hearing healthcare and partnering with private and public-sector organisations to assess their staff at a reduced...

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The re-established Nuclear Medicine Division at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has been retrofitted with state-of-the-art single-photon emission computed tomography – SPECT-computed tomography (CT), which will provide...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is reporting that more than 1.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have, to date, been administered in member countries. PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne,...

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The Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) has welcomed Jamaica’s adoption of the International Standard for Lead Limit in Paint and other Surface Coatings. The enforcement of the JS 358:2022 Standard,...

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