Health
UN urges the world to ready for extreme heat risk from El Niño
GENEVA, June 2 (Reuters) – The United Nations weather agency forecast on Tuesday a moderate or possibly a strong El Niño that could drive up global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather over the coming months. El Niño is a periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which typically lasts...
Guyana prepares for historic robotic surgery as healthcare enters new era
Guyana is preparing to make medical history with what could become the longest-distance robotic cardiac surgery ever performed. President Irfaan...
Caribbean eating too much salt as hypertension, heart disease surge — CARPHA warns
The Caribbean Public Health Agency, CARPHA, is sounding the alarm over dangerously high salt consumption across the region, warning that...
19 new COVID cases
A total of 19 persons have been infected with the COVID-19 virus after another 279 tests were conducted in the...
15 monkeypox samples taken in Guyana, confirmed cases expected to be discharged soon
Fifteen monkeypox samples were taken by the Ministry of Health and tested from persons living in Guyana, with only two...
12 new COVID cases, one in ICU
A total of 12 persons have been infected with the COVID-19 virus after another 314 tests were conducted in the...
Two new COVID cases, one in ICU
Two persons were infected with the COVID-19 disease in the last 24 hours after 81 tests were conducted. The Ministry...
Over 7,000 children got vaccinated against COVID
Over 7,000 children between ages five and 11 have taken their first dose COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony...
Local health officers handled monkeypox cases well – Health Minister
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has lauded the efforts of local medical practitioners in responding to monkeypox and hopes awareness...
Health Ministry meets rehab managers to discuss better care for persons living with disabilities
Acknowledging the need for private rehabilitation centres to collaborate with the Health Ministry when treating persons living with disabilities, a...
15 new COVID cases
A total of 15 persons were infected with the COVID-19 disease after another in the last 24 hours With these...
Nine new COVID cases
A total of nine persons were infected with the COVID-19 disease after another in the last 24 hours With these...
Guyana’s confirmed monkeypox patients may have been infected through personal, sexual contact
There have been two confirmed monkeypox cases in Guyana and local epidemiologist Dr. Anand Persaud says that these patients may...
Region Four man is latest COVID death, two in ICU
A 70-year-old unvaccinated man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) is the latest COVID-19 death, the Ministry of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard...
Health Minister: Unused field hospital ‘a good asset to have’
The 60-bed field hospital donated to the government by Qatar remains unused and Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said despite...
20% of all COVID patients at Infectious Diseases Hospital died
The Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal saw an 80 per cent recovery rate of patients infected with COVID-19. This was...
India develops its first cervical cancer vaccine
NEW DELHI, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, has developed the...
30 new COVID cases recorded
Guyana recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday after 504 tests were conducted, taking the overall number of confirmed cases...
Health authorities unable to trace where current monkeypox patients were infected
Although contact tracing was done to figure out where the first two patients became infected with monkeypox in Guyana, Health...
23 new COVID cases, three in ICU
A total of 23 persons were infected with the COVID-19 disease after another 485 tests were done in the last...
Waterborne diseases, absence of doctor worry Eteringbang residents affected by flooding
Residents living at flood-affected Eteringbang, a mining community located along the Cuyuni River in Region Seven, are worried about the...
