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Haitian Health Ministry monitoring emergence of a ‘very infectious’ skin disease
Health officials in Haiti have been monitoring the emergence of a very infectious skin disease that is similar to scabies. According to the Ministry of Health, this skin disease has affected residents of several communities in the west of the country, for several days. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Health deployed mobile clinics to…
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FDA approves 1st long-acting HIV drug combo, monthly shots
US regulators have approved the first long-acting drug combo for HIV, monthly shots that can replace the daily pills now used to control infection with the AIDS virus. Thursday’s approval of the two-shot combo called Cabenuva is expected to make it easier for people to stay on track with their HIV medicines and to do…
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More than 40,000 visitors since country reopened in June
Minister of Health, Sir Molwyn Joseph said more than 40,000 passengers arrived in Antigua and Barbuda since the country reopened its borders on June 1, 2020. The country was forced to close its borders earlier in the year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. He said prior to the reopening, the Ministry of Tourism…
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7 active cases of COVID-19 in Antigua; 33 results pending at CARPHA
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s Medical Center (MSJMC) has revealed no new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Thursday 26th November 2020 at 6pm. Subsequent to the publication of the dashboard on Thursday 26th November 2020 with…
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Health Ministry cautions residents on the recall of Metformin products
The Ministry of Health, Wellness & The Environment (MoHWE) through the office of the Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Alfred Athill has been monitoring several challenges that have been affecting the pharmaceutical industry and more specifically, the recall of two (2) very popular medicines namely Ranitidine (Zantac) used to treat heartburn and other gastrointestinal challenges and…
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Rapid antigen tests arriving in countries to assist in COVID-19 response
The Pan American Health Organization has deployed 190,000 new COVID-19 antigen diagnostic tests donated to four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and is conducting training to implement pilot testing of their operation. From its logistics stock in Panama, PAHO shipped 80,000 tests to Ecuador, 40,000 to El Salvador, 40,000 to Honduras—to facilitate diagnostics…
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Venezuela announces medicine against COVID-19
President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday announced the discovery of a high-effective treatment capable of eliminating COVID-19 and pointed out that a drug will be presented to the World Health Organization (WHO) for certification. The treatment, based on a molecule called TR-10, was designed by the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), which had been working…
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World Mental Health Day 2020: Investing in Mental Health
In the Caribbean and worldwide, mental health disorders are now recognised as the fifth major non-communicable disease and a major threat to health and economic development in the 21st century. According to the World Health Organization one in four persons globally will be affected by a mental disorder or neurological disorder in their lifetime and 450…
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Antigua writes to US to revise Travel Advisory Warning on COVID-19
The Minister of Health reported that nine (9) patients are being actively treated for Covid-19 infection at this time. The source of the cases has been identified so that there is no “community spread”. The Minister explained that while there has been some “domestic spread”, it has been confined by placing more than 100 persons…
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More than 20 new patients diagnosed with breast cancer so far this year
More than 230 women are living with breast cancer in Antigua and Barbuda. That’s according to Nurse Joycelyn Phillip who works in the Oncology Department at the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre. Nurse Phillip, who has worked in the department for 13 years, said the number of patients “has risen quite a bit” over the…
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Guyana to reopen airports on October 12 to commercial flights
The Guyana Government has taken a decision to reopen its two international airports for scheduled commercial flights commencing Oct. 12. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday and later confirmed by Public Works Minister Juan Edghill. Edghill said the current closure of the airports will last until Oct. 11, following which it…