Vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and children, as well as front-line healthcare workers are being encouraged to get the influenza vaccine. The influenza season normally starts in October. The flu is an acute viral infection that spreads.
Lost in much of the crosstalk and social media buzz over the past week has been the important fact that, yesterday, September 9, 2023, all across the Caribbean Community (Caricom) there were celeb.
ACTING director, Family Health Unit, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr Julia Rowe Porter is again cautioning that getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, now being administered to pr.
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has announced plans to ramp up its public education campaign around the cancer prevention benefits of the the HPV vaccine for teen girls and boys, in light of t.
ANTI-VACCINE sentiment, a prime public health challenge during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, remains "more than ever a significant threat", according to health officials here.
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