Newport Medical Group

27/10/2020

Most breast masses are discovered by the patient. Learn how to do it.

22/10/2020

Covid vaccine now available in China.

19/10/2020

Wear your masks

16/10/2020

In the best of circumstances the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW)...

13/10/2020

Pressure is mounting on Jamaican health authorities to review the regimen for the dispensing of a crucial drug in the arsenal for treating COVID-19, which has killed 139 people here and threatens greater tragedy with positivity levels on the...

13/10/2020

An elderly woman in the Netherlands has died after getting COVID-19 a second time, researchers reported on Monday. It’s the first time a death has been reported from reinfection with coronavirus. The patient was an 89-year-old woman who was being treated for Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, a r...

28/09/2020

Today is world rabies day, here's what you need to know.

28/09/2020

If you can't get why its important to wear a mask for you, wear it for those around you.

19/09/2020

The United States government has donated a 70-bed mobile field hospital to Jamaica to assist the country’s coronavirus fight. The US$753,000 facility was transported to Kingston today by the US Air Force, and will be set up in St Andrew...

19/09/2020

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, has indicated that businesses do not need to close their doors to facilitate deep cleaning activities in the

19/09/2020

The movement of these goalposts is getting worrying

The coronavirus pandemic has brought countries to a standstill. In many places, as countries reopen, Covid-19 cases are on the rise. Follow here for the latest.

18/09/2020

About time

Don't forget to like, share and subscribe. The Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica or PBCJ carries as part of it...

10/09/2020

Here's how simple it is to avoid becoming infected with Covid-19.

10/09/2020

Know what the guidelines are. Follow them.

02/09/2020

Hope springs eternal.

New studies confirm British findings and replicate them with multiple steroids.

02/09/2020

Dr Marc Ricketts talks about all things Covid on IRIE FM recently.

23/08/2020

Police Commissioner Major General Antony Anderson has tested positive for COVID-19. The police information arm, the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU), says he is now in isolation at home after presenting with flu-like symptoms. In the...

21/08/2020

Clearly we need to rethink our strategies. Children carry greater viral loads than adults, making them potentially far more dangerous as asymptomatic carriers.

A new study has found that children infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 were shown to have a significantly higher level of virus in their airways than hospitalized adults in ICUs for COVID-19 treatment.