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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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April 6 12:13 PM
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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April 6 11:44 AM
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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April 6 11:13 AM
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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April 6 10:44 AM
ST ANN, Jamaica — International hip-hop star Fabolous made his highly anticipated return to Jamaican stages on Sunday night, delivering a standout per...
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December 8, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The World Health Organization said Monday that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in "senseless" strikes on a ho...
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November 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said that violence against women and girls continues to be a seriou...
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November 13, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that it was time for formal negotiations on health at the COP climate s...
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October 2, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Haiti has signed a three-year country cooperation strategy (CCS) with the Pan American Health Organization and the W...
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July 22, 2025
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP)-The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling ...
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June 9, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with mor...
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May 20, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), including the Caribbean, Tuesday formally adopted by consensus the w...
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May 19, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland — The WHO Pandemic Agreement, an accord designed to address the mistakes made in handling Covid-19, is being submitted for adoptio...
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April 15, 2025
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP)— Countries were on Tuesday painstakingly tweaking the text of a hoped-for landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics, a...
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March 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Water Commission (NWC) has reaffirmed the safety and quality of the water being supplied to Kingston and St Andrew, d...
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February 5, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina said Wednesday it will quit the World Health Organization, following in the footsteps of Donald Trump's Uni...
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January 29, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The United Nations Wednesday welcomed an exemption for its emergency AIDS relief programme from the United States' foreig...
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January 28, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged the United States to reconsider its decision to suspend funding for HIV tr...
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November 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Following the detection of a Clade I variant case for the first time in the region, the Pan American Health Organiza...
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November 27, 2024
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) - The incoming World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Faustine Ndugulile, died while receiving treatm...
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November 22, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it had decided to keep its alert for the mpox epidemic at the highest level...
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October 5, 2024
GOMA, DR Congo (AFP)— The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on Saturd...
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October 3, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday a global plan to battle dengue and other diseases carried by mosquit...
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September 4, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday said the number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise globally with Hai...
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August 28, 2024
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP)— The African Union's health watchdog on Wednesday said it was close to securing almost one million mpox vaccine doses, urging...
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August 27, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The WHO on Tuesday said droplets were a minor route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more...
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August 21, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — As fears mount globally about mpox, apparently simple questions such as the danger it poses and differences between variants do ...
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April 6, 2026
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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April 6, 2026
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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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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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April 6, 2026
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...
