CHRISTIANSTED — Due to a malfunctioning of the air conditioning chiller, the Department of Health (DOH) will temporarily closed the Charles Harwood Complex, located on St. Croix, today at 1:30 p.m. The…
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Move To Brand-New Modular Hospitals On St. Thomas and St. Croix Can’t Move Fast Enough For Administrators
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Health care in the Virgin Islands remains in a perilous state, five months after Hurricanes Irma and Hurricane Maria smacked down the territory. The only hospital on…
Health Department To Battle Diabetes Issue Here With Lifestyle Coaches to Help Patients
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHRISTIANSTED — Community members are about to embark on a journey to prevent type 2 diabetes together with the National Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle change intervention, offered by the U.S….
St. Thomas Woman Shenika Muhammed Arrested For Allegedly Stabbing Male Acquaintance
ARRESTED: Shenika Muhammed on St. Thomas [ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman was charged Saturday with third-degree assault/domestic violence after she allegedly stabbed a male acquaintance and destroyed his property, according to…
UNITED NATIONS REPORT: U.S. Virgin Islands Is The New Murder Capital of the Caribbean … And Fourth Overall in the World
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands has the fourth highest murder rate in the world, according to a study done by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Only…
Mobile Health Clinics With Nurses from New York To Visit St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John Starting This Morning
CHRISTIANSTED — In an effort to assist individuals in the territory to take charge of their health, the USVI Department of Health (DOH), in collaboration with the New York State Nursing Association…
BITING WORMS: British Couple Sits on the Beach In Martinique and Gets Hookworm In Their Behinds
FORT-DE-FRANCE — One tourist couple visiting a Caribbean beach got some itchy visitors of their own. According to a report by Live Science, the British couple visited Martinique during a cruise and after…
Virgin Islands Gets A Share of $35.5M Whistleblower Case Alleging Inflated Prescription Drug Prices
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Justice said it has reached an agreement with Kmart Corporation, a unit of Sears Holdings Management Corporation, to settle allegations that its pharmacies in the…
CMS Offers Special Insurance Enrollment Opportunities for Virgin islands, Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] BALTIMORE — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is extending special open enrollment periods for the people of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and who were adversely affected by…
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION: More Mental Health Help Needed for USVI, Puerto Rico
[ad name=”HTML-68″] BOSTON — The state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation is pressing federal officials on efforts to address mental health challenges in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico following Hurricanes Irma and Maria….