Claudette regained tropical storm status and headed out to sea from the North Carolina coast, less than two days after the system killed 14 people in Alabama, including nine children who died in a highway crash. As of 8:00 am Monday, the National Hurricane Center had
UN News - Millions more of COVID vaccines need to be donated now to save lives and help the UN health agency reach the key global target of having 70 per cent of all national populations vaccinated, by the middle of 2022. That was one of
After being suspended last month for facing a series of serious complaints about polluted air and water supply in the nearby community, Limetree Bay refinery must now meet the requirement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to install air monitors in the island. In a report
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Public sentiment in Japan has been generally opposed to holding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, partly based on fears the coronavirus will spike as almost 100,000 people — athletes and others — enter for both events. The Japanese medical community is largely against
In a bid to push for successful vaccination campaigns in the Caribbean, the region's public health agency has began meeting this week for the 65th Health Research Conference to tweak its communication messages about the vaccines, "hoping to win over those who are reluctant to
As a trusted source of public health and COVID-19 information, CARPHA is responding to the needs of some of the most vulnerable in society, the deaf community. This, through the launch of a COVID-19 video series in American Sign Language. Executive Director, CARPHA, Dr Joy St.
President Irfaan Ali proclaimed that the floods across Guyana have reached the stage of a national disaster and crisis. In a gazetted proclamation of the floods as a national disaster, it was noted that 28,228 households have been affected by flooding in all ten administrative regions. Some
Dominica’s housing revolution programme has touched another ten families from the village of Cochrane. The new homeowners received keys to their new homes at a handing over ceremony. The project is the result of the partnership between the Government of Dominica and Sustainable Housing Solutions. The single
UN News - Lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines should be considered “global public goods”, the UN chief told journalists on Friday, covering the G7 Summit of leading industrialized nations taking place in the United Kingdom. Speaking via videolink in London, Secretary-General António Guterres said there was no other way of
Due to COVID-19, the Queen's official birthday has been marked by a "mini" Trooping the Colour for the second year. This year's Trooping the Colour saw a reduced parade in the grounds of Windsor Castle, rather than in central London, led by the 2nd Battalion Scots
