Category: Health + Education
The spate of sexual crimes against minors here in Antigua and Barbuda could be vicariously traumatising children, both directly and indirectly. That’s the word from clinical psychologist Jo-Nelle Walsh. The most recently publicised incidents include ...
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (June 27, 2022) — Expectant mothers and new mothers on Nevis will be able to benefit from a maternity guide, the first of its kind, which was launched on Friday, June 24, 2022. The ...
CNW- Caribbean American legislators in New York on Friday expressed profound outrage over the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in overturning the almost 50-year-old landmark case Roe v. Wade that gives women a constitutional right ...
Geneva, Switzerland, June 19, 2022: The St. Kitts and Nevis Red Cross is participating in the 23rd session of the General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at the Palexpo ...
Having a miscarriage is one of the most feared experiences for women hopeful of becoming mothers, but one survivor is hoping to lessen the burden on those suffering and their loved ones by telling her ...
A gender advocate says increasing the age at which one can consent to sexual intercourse and its related activities will not deter predators from violating the country’s youth. According to the Sexual Offences Act 1995, ...
Roe v Wade has created the international standard of women’s right to decide on the number and spacing of their children, say Caribbean campaigners As concern mounts that abortion rights in the US could be pushed ...
However, the CDC is still warning against travel in popular European countries like Italy and France. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered its travel warning for several popular Caribbean islands this week, but ...
The Bermuda Senate has rejected the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) government’s legislation on cannabis for the second time in a year in the British Overseas Territory, but the onus is now on Governor Rena Lalgie to make ...
World Leaders Call For $23 Billion To End Pandemic This Year UN NEWS—The COVID-19 pandemic could be defeated this year but only if vaccines, tests and treatments are made available to all people, UN Secretary-General ...
CARACAS, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is providing mental health care for COVID-19 patients, their families and also medical staff in two public hospitals in Venezuela to support the country’s run-down health ...
Since January 30, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a Public Health Emergency, the socio-economic welfare of Caribbean people has been impacted by multiple lockdowns, changes in travel protocols and drastic ...
(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved five Caribbean island destinations into its highest-risk travel category for Covid-19 on Monday.In total, the CDC moved 15 places to Level 4, or “very high” ...
NEWS AMERICAS, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Sat. Jan. 22, 2022: A US study is putting the spotlight on Afro-Caribbean nationals who have heart disease, or have been diagnosed with Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy, (ATTR-CM). Afro-Caribbeans with lived experiences ...