Health Fair, among activities held to observe World Autism Day
- The Ministry of Health has launched a two - day Health Fair and Fun Day to commemorate World Autism Day which was...
Zika virus outbreak in Latin America, Caribbean prompts US travel alert
United States health officials have issued a travel warning for 14 countries and territories in the Caribbean and Latin America where infection with Zika,...
Three-person baby ‘race’ dangerous
(BBC) The UK, which pioneered the advanced form of IVF, was the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from...
Tobacco company ups pressure on Govt to remove ‘excessive measures’ in Tobacco Control Bill
...before it becomes law
Demerara Tobacco Company Limited has taken its advocacy to the highest office of the land, calling on President David Granger to...
32 new Cuban doctors join local healthcare system
– Thirty two new members of the Cuban Medical Brigade were oriented on their posts in health care facilities countrywide, yesterday, Wednesday December...
‘Waste to Energy’ project closer to reality
The company, that will build, own and operate, the Waste-to-Energy Plant, that is proposed to be constructed at the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill, behind,...
Jagdeo questions whether GPHC board was structured to facilitate irregularities
in wake of ANSA McAL sole sourcing scandal
accuses Govt of bypassing tender boards over unfavourable results
By Ramona Luthi
Leader of the People’s...
Pregnant T&T woman contracts Zika virus
Reprinted from the Trinidad Guardian
A 13-week pregnant Belmont woman has been diagnosed with the Zika virus, even as new international research seems to be...
Guyana recorded 18 maternal deaths in 2013
By Kurt Campbell
– According to figures released by Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran, Guyana recorded a total of 18 maternal deaths in 2013.
The...
Human organs grown in pigs may help transplant patients, scientists say
(CNN) There's a worldwide shortage of donor organs. Some people spend years on a transplant list, and others lose their lives while waiting.
But what...