More than 500 Jamaicans are accessing cancer treatment at the Mandeville Regional Hospital’s Oncology/Haematology Unit, the latest addition to the Health Ministry’s treatment centres across the island.
Read more: Access to cancer care boosted with treatment site in Central Jamaica
Medical Disposables & Supplies Limited (MDS) held its annual conference on Sunday, January 26, 2025, under the theme ‘Gone to the Dogs’.
Read more: MDS Successfully Hosts 6th M-Powered Conference Focused on Pet Health
The Ministry of Health & Wellness wishes to advise that no case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been detected in Jamaica and that the Caribbean Public Health Agency has indicated that the risk to the Caribbean is low but may increase.
Read more: No Case of HMPV or Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Detected in Jamaica
When the ESQR’s Quality Choice Prize 2024 Convention unfolded in December, in Vienna, Austria, Jamaica’s very own Lifespan Spring Water was one of the recipients being celebrated.
Read more: Lifespan joins BMW, Air Canada and Pandora as an ESQR awardee
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said that this year the region has faced the largest dengue epidemic since records began in 1980.
Read more: PAHO concerned over increased cases of dengue, oropouche and avian flu