South America Health News

As a result, it said, it plans to recommend monitoring to determine whether residents of the island of Vieques, the site of decades of live fire and bombing exercises, have been exposed to harmful chemicals and at what levels. “Much...

Blood test to confirm cause of woman's death Carolyn Kissoon South Bureau Saturday, November 14th 2009 The woman who died at the San Fernando General Hospital while being treated for suspected influenza A/H1N1 ’swine flu’ virus, suffered a sudden blockage...

Cuban cancer drug undergoes rare U.S. trial For the first time since Fidel Castro took power in Cuba over a half-century ago, a drug developed by the Communist regime is going through clinical trials in the United States. The drug...

The White House denied that swine flu vaccine was being sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, knocking down reports detainees would get shots in short supply for at-risk people in the United States. "There is no vaccine in Guantanamo, and there's...

The decision to review the no-user-fee policy was made yesterday following a meeting involving Spencer and the opposition spokesman on health, Dr Fenton Ferguson. The Opposition has repeatedly argued that the no-user-fee policy was ill-advised and should be replaced with...

St Lucia has recorded its first death related to the H1N1 virus, swine flu. But unlike other cases recorded in the Caribbean, the victim had no pre-existing medical conditions. The Ministry of Health said the 45-year-old man had remained at...

Martinez previously served as interim director and co-director of Bio5, which was created to bring together UA researchers in the five fields of agriculture, medicine, pharmacy, basic science and engineering. Martinez, a renowned researcher in childhood respiratory diseases and director...