Health News – Page 124 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Separated Migrant Children Forced To Take Psychotropic Drugs At U.S. Detention Centers

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] DALLAS -- Immigrant children are being routinely and forcibly given a range of psychotropic drugs at U.S. government-funded youth shelters to manage their trauma after…

John McCarthy June 21, 2018

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UVI Professor Asks Homeowners Who Find Bats to Get Expert Help Relocating Them

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] FREDERIKSTED -- As we go into another hurricane season, homeowners especially are asked to seek help before evicting an unusual type of refugee from last…

John McCarthy June 19, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

DPNR ALERT: Saharan Dust Presents An Air Pollution Hazard … At Its Peak Right Now

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Department of Planning and Natural Resources advised the public of an on-going air pollution alert for dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa. The dust is…

John McCarthy June 14, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Environmental News

Motorists Urged To Avoid Bovoni Road Due To Smoldering Fire at St. Thomas Landfill

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority said that the Bovoni Landfill had a fire that was under control on Wednesday. The Virgin Islands…

John McCarthy June 14, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Business News

VIPD: 71-Year-Old Man Apparently Drowns In Hotel On The Cay Pool Saturday Afternoon

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHRISTIANSTED -- A St. Croix resident apparently drowned in a hotel pool on Protestant Cay late Saturday afternoon. Carlos Wesley, 71, was pulled from the…

John McCarthy June 3, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

St. John Man Tells EMTs He Doesn’t Remember Who Stabbed Him on Monday

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CRUZ BAY -- Police said a man who doesn't know how his skull cracked open during an incident of violence in St. John will have…

John McCarthy May 22, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

St. Thomas Motorists Urged To Avoid Sewage Outflow Near Turpentine Run and Abattoir

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority (VIWMA) contractors are trying to address an overflowing manhole in the Estate Nadir community that occurred on Saturday, May 19, 2018.…

John McCarthy May 21, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Health News

HURRICANE RECOVERY: Wisconsin Nurses Visit Territory to Help Victims of Storms

CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Two retired nurses from Wisconsin were part of a group of nurses who went down to the Virgin Islands to assist in testing the vision and hearing…

John McCarthy May 17, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Environmental News

READY TO BLOW! Kilauea About To Explode … Last Time It Did in 1990 It Destroyed Kalapana

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] PAHOA, Hawaii -- Residents near Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano faced warnings today that more lava-spewing fissures could open near their homes and that the volcano’s summit…

John McCarthy May 14, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

CARPHA: Dengue Cases Increasing In Latin America … Caribbean Region Could Be Next

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] PORT OF SPAIN -- While Chikungunya and Zika, which swept the region in 2014 and 2016, are not expected back anytime soon, the Caribbean Public…

John McCarthy May 12, 2018