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Cannabis and COVID-19: Is there a link?

As the number of COVID-19 cases increases, Jamaica faces an evergreen challenge of providing the best care possible to patients – all the while as it takes a toll on the country’s overburdened healthcare system. Meanwhile, one producer of medicinal hemp, Virtudes, believes the plant could help stem the tide of long recovery periods and severe symptoms for patients. Dr Heinz-Peter Becker, a … [Read more...]

Caribbean countries boost the capacities of nurses in critical care during COVID-19

Brittany Baptise is a nurse at the Scarborough General Hospital in Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean. Today is her day off and she smiles as she describes how nervous she was when she learned that she would be working in an intensive care unit (ICU) to treat COVID-19 patients. “I was a bit fearful because, coming from the medical ward, we didn’t really know the rules and function of an ICU. … [Read more...]

Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 562,127

Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, March 15: Dominican Republic- 246,045 cases, 3222 deaths, 202,062 recoveries  Puerto Rico- 94,790 cases, 2080 deaths  Cuba- 61,472 cases, 370 deaths, 56,755 recovered  Jamaica- 30,499 cases, 485 deaths, 15,139 recovered   French Guiana- 16,764 cases, 87 deaths, 9995 recovered Haiti- 12,664 cases, 250 deaths, 10,177 recovered  Belize- … [Read more...]

The World’s 7 Best Countries For Dental Tourism

Before the COVID-19 outbreak, dental tourism projections for 2020 were good. Most estimates expected the market to grow by 10-14%. The United States has been a big driver in this market with U.S. citizens spending more than US$5 billion on dental tourism in 2019. It’s likely that once the world re-opens dental tourism will continue to offer opportunities. Hotel and rental prices are likely to … [Read more...]

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