Use of synchrotron radiation nanotomography has allowed researchers to produce uncorrupted 3D images of neurons and blood vessels for the purposes of studying schizophrenia’s effect on brain tissue. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder which can cause a range of debilitating cognitive and psychiatric symptoms, such as paranoid delusions, depression, disordered thinking, and auditory and … [Read more...]
Is vaccine tourism ethical?
News is emerging about wealthy or powerful individuals buying their way to the front of the vaccine queue. A few travel and lifestyle organisations and medical travel destinations are also offering medical tourism vaccinations for those who are rich. But can some countries develop vaccine tourism if their local population is already protected against Covid-19? UK travel forecasting … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 529,397
Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of March 1: Dominican Republic- 239,617 cases, 3100 deaths, 191,338 recoveries Puerto Rico- 92,708 cases, 2037 deaths Cuba- 49,779 cases, 322 deaths, 45,242 recovered Jamaica- 23,263 cases, 422 deaths, … [Read more...]
As Pandemic Eases Elsewhere, Some Caribbean States Face Worst Outbreaks Yet
KINGSTON (Reuters) - In Jamaica, which won praise for containing its coronavirus outbreak last year, patients now overflow into corridors on chairs and stretchers in some hospitals, prompting the Caribbean nation to open three emergency field hospitals. While global new infections start to decline, a handful of countries across the Caribbean, including the larger islands of Jamaica and Cuba, … [Read more...]
UHWI loses over 70 nurses to foreign countries since January
[Reprinted: The Gleaner, 3-1-2021] With the public health sector under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has indicated that over 70 nurses at the University Hospital of the West Indies have been lured by overseas recruiting agencies since January. The roundup of the nurses by foreign countries has had a devastating blow to the public … [Read more...]
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