NEW YORK, New York – The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne on Friday reiterated a call made earlier this week, at the first World Health Organization (WHO) forum for Small Island Development States (SIDS) on Health, for the health and well-being of SIDS to be classified as a global human right.  

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government is urging people “to come forward and present themselves to be vaccinated” as the island confirmed a cluster of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases at a business enterprise.

A gene mutation that could put you at higher risk for cancer is just as likely to come from your father as your mother. Unfortunately, only 4 percent of those undergoing hereditary cancer gene testing are male, leaving a huge gap in the knowledge that could help you avoid cancer altogether or inform treatment decisions, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Oncology.

“Vaccinating children for COVID-19 is a key component to reaching the two-thirds threshold necessary to obtain herd immunity and stop the pandemic from continuing to spread and mutate,” said Dr. Miguela Caniza, Director of the St. Jude Global Infectious Diseases Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize government has reiterated its call for teachers to get vaccinated as it gears to re-launch its national campaign aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

HAVANA, Cuba – The head of the Centre for State Control of Medicines , Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED), says a clinical trial on a COVID-19 vaccination for children is currently underway and is progressing satisfactorily. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A shipment of 65,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Mexico will facilitate the staging of another blitz this weekend to inoculate persons who are due their second dose, Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Haiti is the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country expected to benefit directly from 14 million doses of vaccine for the coronavirus (COVUD-19) pandemic for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the United States Monday announced new plans for sharing the shots globally.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is poised to benefit from the United States donation of an initial 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines that have been earmarked for deployment globally.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Premier David Burt was booed by protesters over the government’s stringent coronavirus (COVID-19) travel regulations, but he later announced that six people in Bermuda have been infected with the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant that had its roots in India.

Many Americans have questions about Covid-19 vaccines – and rightfully so. There’s lots of information out there, and researchers are learning new details about the virus daily.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A senior medical official Monday warned that the recent surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases could result in an increase in the cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in the coming days.