HealthLocal News ‘Eat apples, not Apple Jacks’: Bajans urged to eat local, shun ultra-processed imports by Sheria Brathwaite 11/07/2025 written by Sheria Brathwaite 5 min read Health experts have sounded an alarm over the nation’s reliance on imported fruits and vegetables, warning that ultra-processing and genetic modification are stripping food of its nutritional value and threatening … Continue Reading 11/07/2025 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal NewsSchool Classes suspended at Gordon Walters Primary after child hospitalised, others fall ill by Sheria Brathwaite 09/07/2025 by Sheria Brathwaite 09/07/2025 A primary school in Christ Church was abruptly closed on Tuesday after a seven-year-old pupil was admitted to intensive care with a suspected infectious illness, leaving parents and teachers demanding … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal News DLP calls for urgent steps to protect frontline healthcare workers by Barbados Today 08/07/2025 by Barbados Today 08/07/2025 Public health nurses are working in “dangerous and unsanitary” conditions and facing rising threats to their safety, the Democratic Labour Party warned on Monday, as the party’s president called for … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal News Health advocates urge CARICOM leaders to renew fight against NCDs, mental health crisis by Shamar Blunt 05/07/2025 by Shamar Blunt 05/07/2025 Caribbean health leaders are to call on CARICOM heads of government at their summit to step up their global advocacy on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health, warning that the … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal News Violence against nurses sparks fresh safety calls by Shamar Blunt 03/07/2025 by Shamar Blunt 03/07/2025 Three nurses at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital were attacked by a patient wielding a sharp object early on Wednesday, in the second violent incident targeting the nursing community in less … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal NewsTechnology UWI, pharma partner to advance genetic research, target inherited diseases by Shanna Moore 21/06/2025 by Shanna Moore 21/06/2025 A pioneering partnership between the University of the West Indies (UWI) and global pharmaceutical firm EarlyHealth Group (EHG) is set to transform the diagnosis and treatment of inherited diseases across … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal News 36 new doctors by Shanna Moore 19/06/2025 by Shanna Moore 19/06/2025 Thirty-six students from The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus are now officially doctors after completing the five-year medical programme with the best results in recent years. The … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal NewsNews Bayview Lab launches full-service laboratory in new Bayview Urgent Care by Barbados Today 18/06/2025 by Barbados Today 18/06/2025 Barbadians now have a new comprehensive healthcare option with the opening of Bayview Laboratory at the new Bayview Urgent Care. Previously located on George Street in Belleville, Bayview Lab has … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal News DLP says scabies outbreak at Geriatric Hospital worse than authorities saying by Shanna Moore 04/06/2025 by Shanna Moore 04/06/2025 The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is accusing health officials of understating the severity of a scabies outbreak at the Geriatric Hospital. Speaking during a press conference earlier this afternoon, DLP … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HealthLocal News COVID-19 easier to catch with new strain; senior medic assesses severity by Shamar Blunt 04/06/2025 by Shamar Blunt 04/06/2025 Barbados’ top public health official has moved to reassure the public amid the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, emphasising that while the strain is spreading more rapidly, it does … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
