National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Virgin Islands Free Press

Here’s where jobs and programs are being cut at the nation’s top health agencies

Thousands of people responsible for tracking health trends and disease outbreaks, conducting and funding medical research, monitoring the safety of food and medicine, and administering health insurance programs for nearly…

John McCarthy April 10, 2025

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Obesity rate in U.S. adults no longer growing, new CDC data suggests

ATLANTA — Around 40% of adults in the U.S. are obese, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests — marking the first time in over a…

John McCarthy September 25, 2024

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COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday. The Centers for Disease Control…

John McCarthy March 2, 2024

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2 COVID-19 Deaths In 2 Days! VIDOH Says 1st Was In St. John, 2nd Was In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — COVID-19 deaths continue to rise in the territory with two deaths related to coronavirus in just the last two days, the Virgin Islands Department of Health confirmed.…

VI Free Press September 5, 2020