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Adoption bottleneck
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Adoption bottleneck
CaPRI exposes institutional weaknesses in Jamaica’s system
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
February 8 12:20 AM
Adoption bottleneck
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
Jamaican returns home after 60 years in England
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:18 AM
Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
MIGUEL A THOMAS Managing editor thomasm@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:16 AM
Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Light at last!
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Light at last!
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Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:14 AM
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February 8 12:12 AM
Lawyer blasts JFF over player registration delays
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Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31
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Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31
February 8 12:10 AM
Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture
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‘We will remember The Boogieman’
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‘We will remember The Boogieman’
Veteran broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon remembered for his voice, spirit, and impact
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:07 AM
‘We will remember The Boogieman’
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Jamaica’s offshore oil question
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Jamaica’s offshore oil question
What the evidence shows — and why it’s back on the agenda
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:06 AM
Jamaica’s offshore oil question
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PAHO releases new guidelines to help combat vaccine misinformation
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PAHO releases new guidelines to help combat vaccine misinformation
October 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has launched new guidelines designed to support health workers and other...
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Australia approves chlamydia vaccine for koalas
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Australia approves chlamydia vaccine for koalas
September 9, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australian regulators have approved a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, researchers said Wednesday, as they seek to stamp out a ...
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US axes mRNA vaccine contracts, casting safety doubts
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US axes mRNA vaccine contracts, casting safety doubts
August 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced it would terminate 22 federal contra...
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US bans vaccine ingredient targeted by anti-vaxxers
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US bans vaccine ingredient targeted by anti-vaxxers
July 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The United States health department said Wednesday it would end the use of a vaccine ingredient long targeted by con...
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WHO defends vaccine safety test standards
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WHO defends vaccine safety test standards
May 1, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization on Thursday said that "extremely high" safety standards are already applied in the developme...
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Caribbean countries urged to encourage the vaccination of its citizens
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Caribbean countries urged to encourage the vaccination of its citizens
April 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is calling for urgent action to address gaps in immunisation coverage as...
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Two dead, 200 sickened in US measles outbreak – authorities
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Two dead, 200 sickened in US measles outbreak – authorities
March 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A measles outbreak in the southwestern United States (US) has killed two people and infected more than 200, promptin...
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US health dept providing Moderna $590 mn to speed mRNA bird flu vaccine
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US health dept providing Moderna $590 mn to speed mRNA bird flu vaccine
January 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against inf...
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Cholera vaccine production up but stockpiles still short – WHO
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Cholera vaccine production up but stockpiles still short – WHO
December 18, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Oral cholera vaccine production last month reached its highest level in more than a decade, the WHO said Wednesday, but wa...
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Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
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Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
November 5, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the UK are the first locally transmitted cases in Europe and the ...
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Mpox is not under control, warns Africa CDC
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Mpox is not under control, warns Africa CDC
October 31, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— The African Union's health watchdog on Thursday warned that mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources...
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US to donate 1 million mpox vaccines to Africa — Biden
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US to donate 1 million mpox vaccines to Africa — Biden
September 24, 2024
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States plans to donate one million doses of the mpox vaccine to African nations facing an epidemic of...
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World better positioned against mpox than for COVID — vaccine alliance
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World better positioned against mpox than for COVID — vaccine alliance
September 18, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Lessons learned from the COVID pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic ...
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WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
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WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
August 16, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the sp...
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WHO calls for cholera vaccine production boost
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WHO calls for cholera vaccine production boost
August 15, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for increased production of cholera vaccines, highlight...
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Ivory Coast receives first life-saving malaria vaccines
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Ivory Coast receives first life-saving malaria vaccines
June 29, 2024
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) — Ivory Coast this week received its first vaccines against malaria, a disease that kills four people a day in the country,...
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Over US$1 billion pledged to create ‘African vaccine market’
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Over US$1 billion pledged to create ‘African vaccine market’
June 20, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — World leaders, health groups and pharmaceutical firms announced US$1.2 billion in funding at a summit Thursday to produce vaccin...
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