Health News – Page 42 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Will Bill Gates’ Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes End Malaria In Africa?

OUAGADOUGOU — Despite being a preventable and treatable disease, malaria is currently affecting the lives of more than 200 million people. This results in over half a million deaths per year,…

John McCarthy December 25, 2022

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Construction of $80 Million Vieques Hospital Set To Begin Next Month

SAN JUAN — Construction of the roughly $80 million Vieques hospital in Puerto Rico will begin in January, said the executive director of the central office for recovery, reconstruction and resiliency. …

John McCarthy December 21, 2022

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Federal and Independent Safety Programs Improve Workplace Health and Safety

The latest figures for fatal occupational injuries in the Virgin Islands reveal just eight casualties, but, reflecting trends seen throughout the US, they all occurred in the higher risk industrial and construction…

John McCarthy December 12, 2022

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HOLIDAY TRAVEL UPDATE: COVID, Flu Risk ‘Minimal’ in USVI, But ‘High’ in Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON — COVID no longer plays the dominant role that it once did in most of our lives. But the risk of COVID — and other viruses — persists. This…

John McCarthy December 12, 2022

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Needed Medical Technology Deployed For The First Time in Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN — The first ever portable hematology analytical instrument by Sight Diagnostics called the OLO has been installed in the Caribbean to provide near-immediate Complete Blood Count (CBC) results to…

John McCarthy October 28, 2022

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Infant Formula Distributed In The U.S. Virgin Islands Recalled By Abbott; 2nd Recall In 2022

STURGIS, Michigan — Infant formula manufacturer Abbott has recalled some of its Similac products that were distributed in the Caribbean, including on St. Thomas and St. Croix, due to faulty…

John McCarthy October 27, 2022

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Are You A Mosquito Magnet? It Could Be Your Smell

NEW YORK — A new study finds that some people really are “mosquito magnets” and it probably has to do with the way they smell. The researchers found that people…

John McCarthy October 18, 2022

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Hair-Straightening Products Linked With Uterine Cancer Risk, Study Says

DURHAM — Hair-straightening products may significantly increase the risk of developing uterine cancer among those who use them frequently, a large study published on Monday suggests. "We estimated that 1.64%…

John McCarthy October 18, 2022

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Health Department Says COVID-19 Still Presents Challenges To The Territory

CHRISTIANSTED — During the weekly Government House briefing this afternoon, Territorial Epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis said that active COVID-19 cases in the U.S. Virgin Islands continue declining, and the Virgin Islands…

John McCarthy October 17, 2022

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USVI Records 123rd COVID-Related Death

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands has notched its 123rd death linked to COVID-19, the Virgin Islands Department of Health reported Friday. A 68-year-old woman on St. Thomas died of…

John McCarthy September 10, 2022