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Parents Ask For More Face-To-Face Lessons
Education Minister Jeffrey LloydBy LEANDRA ROLLETribune Staff Reporterlrolle@tribunemedia.netAMID uncertainty surrounding the re-opening of schools, some parents say they want officials to consider...
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‘It’s a second wave’
By Rachel ScottDirector of the National HIV/AIDS Program Dr. Nikkiah Forbes warned yesterday that if Bahamians do not follow the instructions in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, more...
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Why Obesity May Stack the Deck for COVID-19 Risk
By Brenda Goodman, MAObesity a Known COVID RiskIt has become clearer that people who are obese are one of the groups at highest risk from the disease, regardless of their age. The CDC recently refined...
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Coronavirus: Russian spies target Covid-19 vaccine research
By Chris Fox & Leo KelionTechnology reporters, BBC NewsRussian spies are targeting organisations trying to develop a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, US and Canada, security services have warned.The...
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Report: 72 NFL Players Tested Positive for COVID-19 as of Last Friday
By Devon ClementsSurprise, surprise; there are some players in the NFL that have tested positive for COVID-19. NFL Media's Tom Pelissero reported on Thursday that the latest round of testing for the...
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Nearly one-third of Florida children tested are positive for COVID-19
The news comes as Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis continues to push for schools to be reopened in the fall. A boy receives a free COVID-19 test By Biba Adams31% of children in Florida have tested...
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Florida reported its the biggest one-day increase in Covid-19 deaths so far
Governor Ron DeSantis -Photo Credit: Marty Jean-Louis / Depositphotos Florida Governor Ron "Rona Ronnie" DeSantis's insistence on "reopening" his state's economy has resulted in a new surge of deaths...
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Californians turn on one another as coronavirus shuts down the state for a...
The anger mounted this week amid Gov. Gavin Newsom’s closure of indoor activities across more than 30 counties.People line up to take a COVID-19 test in the Skid Row district in Los Angeles. (AP)By...
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MOH Publishes Recommendations for all Business Types to Help Them Comply with...
Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, COVID-19 Task Force Coordinator and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister.As more businesses re-open it becomes imperative for them to comply with COVID-19 guidelines, Dr....
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Some quarantined individuals refusing to be electronically monitored
By Royston Jones Jr.Over 350 people being tracked via Hubbcat app.NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Some people who have been required to quarantine or isolate at home after potential exposure to the coronavirus have...
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Tourism Staring At 'Drip, Drip' Recovery
By NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business Editornhartnell@tribunemedia.netTourism always knew its COVID-19 recovery would be “drip, drip”, a senior official said yesterday, as he revealed that “off the hook”...
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242NewsBahamas - What will a Lockdown solve? - Plus Other News - July 16th, 2020
What will a Lockdown solve?Dear readers,As we have head into our 6th month of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still no surer of how to deal with its effects or this new distancing from others. As we...
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Health Experts Say Alcohol Limit for Men Should Be One Drink a Day
Bottles of wine. Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP (Getty Images)By Ed CaraExperts are saying there shouldn’t be a gender gap when it comes to safer drinking. On Thursday, a committee of experts brought...
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U.S. shatters coronavirus record with over 77,000 cases in a day
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker puts on protective equipment as hospital staff treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at the United Memorial Medical Center's coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
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Dr. Anthony Fauci pleads with young people: ‘You’re propagating the pandemic’
Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine COVID-19,...
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COVID-19 may cause male infertility, new study shows
Research reveals the coronavirus may impact the ability to reproduce in male subjects. Sperm samples are monitored under a microscope at Birmingham Women’s Hospital fertility clinic on January 22, 2015...
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Third Wave Volunteers donates masks to GBHS
DONATION – Third Wave representative donated much-needed N-95 (filtering face pieces) masks, for both staff members and the general public to the Grand Bahama Health Services (GBHS) recently. Pictured...
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Five(5) additional confirmed COVID-19 cases
By ZNS BahamasThe Ministry of Health confirms today that there are five (5) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to one hundred twenty-four (124)....
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BDU: Doctors are burnt out
Bahamas Doctor’s Union President Dr. Melisande Bassett.By Kyle WalkineThe recent uptick in COVID-19 cases on New Providence and Grand Bahama is cause for concern, according to Bahamas Doctors Union...
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OPM: COVID-19 response coordinator stepping down from ‘day-to-day’ operations
Dr. Merceline Dahl-RegisNASSAU, BAHAMAS — Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis will continue to offer strategic advice to the government as she steps down from her day-to-day role as the lead COVID-19 response...
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