FREDERIKSTED — A Mass Casualty Exercise has been scheduled for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix, UVI’s Medical Simulation
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Tick season has arrived. Protect yourself with these tips
FORT COLLINS, Colorado (AP) — Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever. Another
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Bryan Attends NGA Roundtable in Hawaii
CHRISTIANSTED – Government House spokesman Richard Motta hosted the weekly press briefing from Government House on St. Croix this afternoon. Governor Albert Bryan is out
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Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country’s breaking a taboo on mental health services
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in northern Port-au-Prince. When they do, school director Roseline Ceragui Louis finds
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McDonald’s and Wendy’s investors group demands fixes to franchisee child labor issues
A group of shareholders in fast-food chains McDonald’s and Wendy’s are demanding the companies’ boards of directors do more to ensure franchisees are not exploiting child
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. challenges Donald Trump to debate at Libertarian Convention
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has challenged Donald Trump to a head-to-head debate for when both address a Libertarian convention later this month, a move that
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Health Department closes offices on St. Thomas due to lack of electricity
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The VI Department of Health is advising the public that some of its St. Thomas offices will close at 11 a.m. today
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Saharan dust plume reduces air quality and visibility in Caribbean
BRIDGETOWN — A thick blanket of Saharan dust continues to affect the Caribbean region plunging the air quality to unhealthy levels for some people.
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PAHO conducts an NCD data analysis workshop with Aruba health authorities
ORANJESTAD — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) received public health officers, policy advisors, and epidemiologists from the Ministry of Tourism and Public Health and
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Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her
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