- Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden's win over Trump 5:05 pm
- Westmoreland Health Department to conduct COVID-19 screening 4:31 pm
- Grange congratulates new JAAA president 4:23 pm
- Vaccine giant to apply for pandemic licence in 'two weeks' 4:13 pm
- UK stocks up on vaccines, hopes to start virus shots in days 3:57 pm
- Three communities in Trelawny get piped water 3:53 pm
Health
A healthy twist on a Christmas staple
CHRISTMAS is right around the corner and, as is customary, with the festive season comes a heavy consumption of popular foods. Read More
The 'medicine tree'
KNOWN as mamão in Brazil, la fruta bomba in certain parts of the Caribbean, el melon zapote in Mexico, or pawpaw to Australians, this succulent melon-shaped fruit papaya — which comes from the Latin Carica papaya...... Read More
Can bedsores kill?
EARLIER this year, there was an unfortunate news item in which a grieving mother vented her despair at the condition of her son's body while under the care of one of Jamaica's public hospital.... Read More
COVID-19 vaccines developed in record time
THERE are now two COVID-19 vaccines that, at least according to preliminary reports, appear to be 94.5 per cent and 95 per cent effective. Both were developed in a record-breaking 11 months or so. ... Read More
Why eat fish?
EATING fish can provide powerful advantages for the heart and brain, yet Americans eat less than half of the 26 pounds per year that experts recommend.By contrast, Americans buy seven times more chicken and beef annually than fish. Read More
50 women get free mammograms
THOUGH the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic has resulted in some companies pulling back from dipping into their coffers as they normally would, Black Ink Marketing & Events Solutions Limited was resolute with its decision to continue supporting the Jamaica Cancer Society... Read More
Pfizer: COVID-19 shot 95% effective, seeking clearance soon
Pfizer said yesterday that new test results show its coronavirus vaccine is 95 per cent effective, is safe and also protects older people most at risk of dying — the last data needed to seek emergency use of limited shot supplies as the catastrophic outbreak worsens across the... Read More
New online tool lets you calculate COVID-19 risk
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — If you were to find yourself in a group of 10 people in the US capital Washington today, the risk that one person has COVID-19 would be 18 per cent. The equivalent figure in Paris is 32 per cent. Read More
Balance is key
A funambulist must keenly focus in order to walk a tightrope, especially when simultaneously performing other balancing acts. A simple moment of indiscretion could cause him to lose balance, topple, and though there may me a safety net, he would have lost the confidence of... Read More
Data-driven model shows wearing masks saves lives
Dr Biplav Srivastava, professor of computer science at the University of South Carolina, and his team have developed a data-driven tool that helps demonstrate the effect of wearing masks on COVID-19 cases and deaths. His model utilises a variety of data sources to create alternative... Read More
Ingredients in flu vaccine won't hurt you
MISUNDERSTANDINGS about flu vaccines have existed for decades, leading to vaccine mistrust and lower-than-ideal vaccination rates. Now that a novel coronavirus vaccine appears to be close, experts are concerned that the lack of trust and understanding about flu vaccines could translate... Read More
Trust in vaccines vital to halting pandemic — WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — As the world celebrates advances in vaccines against the novel coronavirus, a top World Health Organization (WHO) expert warned in an interview with AFP that public distrust risked rendering even the most effective treatments useless against the... Read More
Dental antibiotics up 25% during pandemic — study
PARIS, France (AFP) — The amount of antibiotics prescribed by dentists in Britain has soared by a quarter since COVID-19 struck, according to research published Friday highlighting the risk of a “slow-motion” pandemic of antibiotic resistance. Read More
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