SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At least five migrants drowned and 68 others were rescued Thursday after a suspected human smuggling boat dropped the group off in waters near an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico, officials said. Federal and local authorities searched the area...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is warning that the BA 5 variant of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will cause a massive increase in COVID-19 cases across the region. CARPHA's executive director, Dr Joy St John, is also expressing...
LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency said Friday that the smallpox vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic should also be authorised against monkeypox, as the outbreak of the once-rare disease continues to sicken people across the continent. The European Union drug regulator said its recommendation was...
The United States has given Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries mixed reviews for their efforts to deal with Trafficking in Persons (TIP) with Washington indicating that some of the countries did not even meet the “minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking”. According to the United States,...
The patient who is Jamaica’s first confirmed case of monkeypox has absconded the health facility where he had been put into isolation pending his recovery. Reports are that after noon today, the patient – who presented to the public health system on July 5, having arrived...