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Now there is a third possible vaccine for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is cheaper, doesn’t require supercold temperature

The biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has released data on what is now the third promising vaccine candidate against COVID-19…

November 25, 2020
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COVID-19: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective

The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is highly effective at stopping people developing Covid-19 symptoms,…

November 23, 2020
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Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa.

PAHO Says Two Billion Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Could Be Distributed to Countries Globally

WASHINGTON, November 22, 2020 - Assistant Director for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, says…

November 22, 2020
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Health and Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton

JAMAICA | Stiffer Penalties Coming for Breaches of COVID-19 Restrictions

KINGSTON, Jamaica November 22, 2020 - Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that stiffer penalties…

November 22, 2020
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It has long been recognised that mental disorders can run in families. And often members of such families differ in their symptoms. Getty Images

Massive project on African DNA sets out to close the knowledge gap on mental illness

In July 2009, a woman brought her husband to the hospital where our colleagues work in western Kenya.…

November 17, 2020
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COVID-19 can cause mental illness in 90 days

London, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) Some patients infected with Covid-19 can develop mental disorders ranging from panic attacks…

November 14, 2020
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Jamaican medical prctitioner Dr. Garth Rattray

JAMAICA | Masks most effective in fighting COVID-19 says medical expert

MONTEGO BAY, November 12, 2020 – One of Jamaica’s foremost medical practitioners Dr. Garth Rattray, has welcomed the…

November 12, 2020
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Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a world expert on promoting health equity for marginalized populations, is going to co-chair Presiden-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force. | Photo: Twitter/@jack_turban

Could Cuba play a role in attacking America's COVID-19 dilemma

MONTEGO BAY, Nopvember 11, 2020 - Co-chair of President-Elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force, associate professor and founding…

November 11, 2020
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Minister for Health, Wellness and New Health Investment, Dr Irving McIntyre

DOMINICA to make the wearing of face masks mandatory

ROSEAU, October 31, 2020 - As the government of Dominica continues to implement measures designed to combat the…

November 1, 2020
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GUYANA | Concern over Govt's withdrawal of student from Cuban Med Program

MONTEGO BAY, October 30, 2020 - An aspiring 36 year old endocrinologist from Essequibo Island, West Demerara, Guyana,…

October 31, 2020
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JAMAICA | COVID-19 deaths pass the 200 mark; PM extends measures

KINGSTON, October 29, 2020 - Jamaica's death toll from COVID-19 has passed the 200 mark, with four additional…

October 29, 2020
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