Classes for the first medical school in the Virgin Islands are set to begin July 28, university executives and government officials announced during a Monday press conference where they unveiled …
March 28, 2025
October 28, 2024
In five years, NHI paid five providers $90m
On Friday in the House of Assembly, Health and Social Development Minister Vincent Wheatley disclosed the amounts the National Health Insurance programme paid to the top five local healthcare providers …
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October 7, 2024
Health workers trained for emergencies
The BVI Health Services Authority has partnered with a United Kingdom-based company to help standardise the quality of emergency-response training for healthcare workers in the Virgin Islands. The initiative, which …
November 21, 2023
Government urges public to report adverse medical reactions
Anyone who experiences side effects from taking medicine should report them to health authorities, officials said last week during the territory’s observance of Medicine Safety Week. “It doesn’t matter if …
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September 2, 2020
EDITORIAL: Even the Covid-19 pandemic has silver linings
The territory now faces one of the darkest times yet in its fight against Covid-19, but the crisis will not last forever. Eventually, a vaccine or other solution will be …
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