Health

This coming Tuesday, May 3, 2022 has been designated World Asthma Day to be celebrated in Bermuda at Victoria Park from 11:30am to 2pm. Open Airways invites Bermuda to note the change of the normal venue and join them "to learn about SMART (Single Maintenance & Relief Therapy)". The invite... Read more

New York Daily News: MANHATTAN - Undeterred by the danger, Latesha Bynum wanted the kind of wide hips displayed by Cardi B and the Kardashians — and paid for it with her life. “I’m building my body,” Bynum told her mom of her plans to get a surgical butt enhancement, an increasingly popul... Read more

The Guardian: LONDON, England - Quarantine hotels for inbound travellers to the UK during COVID have cost the taxpayer more than £400m, a National Audit Office (NAO) investigation has found, including almost £100m in unpaid room bills and fraud. While the government expected the hotels’ costs... Read more

Sadly, Bermuda recorded another two COVID related deaths, bringing the total number of lives lost to 131. Health Minister Kim Wilson said she was saddened by the two latest deaths as another 190 new cases were reported in the last week. "I extend sincere condolences to the families of the dece... Read more

The Guardian: LONDON, England - A new study has found that secondhand cannabis smoke from bongs can be even more harmful than tobacco due to an increased concentration of fine particulate matter. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, who published their report on the ... Read more

The number of COVID cases in Bermuda continued on a downward trend, down by 36 to 241 from the 277 active cases recorded last week. Since the last update, the Ministry of Health received 4,929 test results, 102 were positive for the coronavirus. Eleven (11) of the new cases were classified as ... Read more

Sadly, Bermuda recorded another COVID related death last night, taking the island death toll due to this pandemic to 127. But the number of active cases has dropped for the first time in weeks, with 123 new cases recorded since the last update on Monday, taking the number of active cases down to ... Read more

New York Daily News: MANHATTAN, By Kate Feldman - Kids, prep those arms. Moderna announced Wednesday that it’s ready to ask the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization to begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine to children under 6 years old after testing a lower-dosage shot on... Read more

Health officials warned that the number of COVID infections in Bermuda continues to rise, with 312 active cases reported in the latest round of 5,140 tests. According to the latest figures at last check, 137 were positive, with nine people battling the virus in hospital and none in intensive care... Read more

Associated Press: NEW YORK — Angry, defiant and sometimes tearful, more than two dozen Americans whose lives were upended by the opioid crisis finally had their long-awaited chance Thursday to confront in court some members of the family they blame for fueling it. They were unsparing as they un... Read more