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Caribbean employers urged to invest in workforce development
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — As Caribbean workers face growing challenges in accessing higher education overseas, business leaders say online learning i...
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Former WADA chief Craig Reedie dies at age 84
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Veteran British sports administrator Craig Reedie, a former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a key figure ...
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Changes announced for Criminal Records Office pick-ups at Police Officers’ Club on Wednesday
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Changes announced for Criminal Records Office pick-ups at Police Officers’ Club on Wednesday
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Criminal Records Office is advising the public that there will be temporary changes to operat...
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Families in western Jamaica set to get 200 new homes after Hurricane Melissa
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Several families left homeless by Hurricane Melissa are now on the path to recovery, as a multi-partner initiative moves to constr...
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Flood waters affect residents in Amity Hall
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Heavy rainfall on Sunday triggered flooding in parts of St James, leaving several areas submerged. In Amity Hall, located in the L...
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Jamaica add three medals at Carifta Games
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica added three more medals, two gold and a silver, on Monday morning’s penultimate session at the 53rd Carifta Games at the K...
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Junelle Bromfield and Noah Lyles tie the knot
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Junelle Bromfield and Noah Lyles tie the knot
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Jamaican Olympian Junelle Bromfield and American sprinter Noah Lyles officially tied the knot on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at The Conservatory at Black...
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Trump says Iran ceasefire proposal ‘very significant step’
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Trump says Iran ceasefire proposal ‘very significant step’
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump said Monday the United States has studied a proposal for a 45-day ceasefire ...
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January 21, 2026
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) — Suriname has confirmed an outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, with none of the individuals who tested posit...
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Canada measles cases pass 4,500, highest count in Americas
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August 21, 2025
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — Canada's measles case count has passed 4,500, with the western province of Alberta — which has about five million people — rec...
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UK confirms ‘rare’ human case of bird flu
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UK confirms ‘rare’ human case of bird flu
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A "rare" human case of bird flu has been detected in England, the United Kingdom Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) ann...
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Sierra Leone reports first case of mpox
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Sierra Leone reports first case of mpox
January 11, 2025
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AFP) — Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the world's highest alert level for the potentially de...
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China marks muted 5th anniversary of first COVID death
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BEIJING, China (AFP) — The fifth anniversary of the first known death from COVID-19 passed seemingly unnoticed in China Saturday, with no official rem...
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PAHO launches interactive dashboard to monitor avian influenza in the Americas
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched an interactive dashboard to monitor avian influenza A(H5N1)...
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US records its first human death from bird flu
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US records its first human death from bird flu
January 6, 2025
The first human death linked to bird flu has been reported in the United States, health authorities in Louisiana announced Monday, while noting the pa...
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Five years on, WHO urges China to share COVID origins data
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Five years on, WHO urges China to share COVID origins data
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand how COVID-19 bega...
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Bird flu mutated inside US patient, raising concern
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Bird flu mutated inside US patient, raising concern
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The bird flu virus found in a severely ill patient hospitalised in the United States has mutated to become better ad...
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Fifth of dengue cases due to climate change — researchers
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PARIS, France (AFP) — Climate change is responsible for nearly a fifth of the record number of dengue cases worldwide this year, United States (US) re...
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PAHO to facilitate access to maternal vaccines to protect babies in the Caribbean from respiratory syncytial virus
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)  —  The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says it will provide countries of the Americas, including the Caribbea...
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Roche hikes mpox tests production capacity as virus spreads
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October 23, 2024
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday that it was increasing its capacity to produce diagnostic tests to detect ...
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1,100 mpox deaths recorded across Africa — CDC
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Some 1,100 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's health agency said Thursday, warning that the epidemic...
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US to donate 1 million mpox vaccines to Africa — Biden
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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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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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India’s mpox case ‘isolated’, not caused by new strain
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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India on Monday said it had verified an "isolated" mpox case but said it was not the new strain of the virus driving the ongo...
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UNICEF launches tenders for mpox vaccines
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said Saturday that it has launched an emergency tender for...
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CARPHA urges member states to be more vigilant against mpox virus
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has called on member states to be vigilant against the mpox virus outbreak...
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WHO’s emergency committee to meet Aug 14 over Mpox
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