After experiencing prolonged flulike symptoms, Michael Woods took the plunge and went to his family doctor to get checked out. The last thing the now 58-year-old photographer expected to hear, after several assessments, was that he had colorectal...
While efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, including a focus on securing vaccines, have overshadowed the local fight against the human papillomavirus (HPV), gynaecological oncologist Dr Ian Bambury believes that the waning interest in shots to...
Stubborn resistance by mourners to the coronavirus law has forced some churches to refuse to officiate funerals, causing clergymen to even summon the police to defuse clashes that threaten to get physical. Religious leaders are being pressured,...
A global index commissioned by Nestlé has found that parents are facing intense pressure because of loneliness and social shaming, but a local family-life expert believes that Jamaican mothers have been largely insulated from the trend. The survey...
Sargassum has been a significant threat for fishing and tourism interests in the region, but a group of researchers at The University of West Indies, Mona, have found that the notorious seaweed has economic potential despite some negative...
Residents of Passagefort in Portmore, St Catherine, have been wearing masks long before COVID-19 hit Jamaica as the proposed location for a climate-change park across from their community has been a dust nuisance for the last 40 years. The 15-acre...
From the $15,000 Shantal McDonald makes every two weeks as an office attendant, she purchases grocery, pays utility bills, and finances her daily commute, but the 28-year-old certified chef said she is still happy to have a job in the midst of a...
The Government has failed to enlist the voice and muscle of the Church in amassing support for the proposed COVID-19 vaccination campaign, buy-in that could be crucial if the country aims to achieve herd immunity. Heads of local church groups,...
Being the eldest of nine children has prepared Cori Gordon to be a natural leader who today manages more than 50 staffers through the Amazon-affiliated company she started just nine months ago. Gordon, 28, migrated from Jamaica in 2013 and is...
Janeil Weir is one of the few females in the coding programme being offered through the HEART/NSTA Trust by the Amber Group Limited, and the 21-year-old is determined to do her best given the prospects of securing a full-time job in the industry...
Mikayle Morrison took to drawing to ease the depression that set in after she migrated to Florida at just 10 years old, so even she is surprised that two of her pieces have already made their way into a major art gallery in Fort Lauderdale....
Lancelot Harris lost his mother to diabetes as a teen. Then his father died from the same health condition. And in a bid to save his own life, he lost both his legs. Diagnosed with diabetes at age 20, doctors had warned him that he was at risk of...
The $422-million budget approved for the communication campaign to bolster buy-in of the coronavirus vaccine could be crucial to a Jamaica Moves-scale crusade in marketing the life-saving jab. Jamaicans will not know until early next week which...
Rojette Williams was just 11 years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Had it not been for early screening, it might have gone undiagnosed for longer. Now a medical doctor, the 37-year-old cancer survivor is happy to be...
An international health expert has cautioned Jamaica against vaccinating already frail senior citizens following Tuesday’s disclosure by Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton that front-line workers and the elderly will be among the first estimated...
The promotion of screening will be a major priority for health officials for World Cancer Day on February 4, but services like mammograms are still not available in the public sector and the cost at private facilities remains prohibitive for low-...
Quinton Yearde had to adjust his normal way of life long before COVID-19 because of a prostate cancer diagnosis that required surgery, radiation and a lot of family support. The 50-year-old lecturer had always been aware of his risk since his...
August Town residents who were on edge from sporadic gun violence for the first half of 2020 say a zone of special operations (ZOSO) implemented last July has offered an oasis of peace in a community that has been a powder keg of violence for...
Jamaicans who are not on the priority list for the COVID-19 vaccine being procured by the Government might have the option of buying the much-sought-after jab on the private market. A business coalition banking on procuring the vaccine to...
Despite Jamaica’s expectation of receiving more than 900,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine for the first phase of the roll-out set for April, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) cautioned on Wednesday that it could not commit to the...
Health facilities have been partnering with hotels to offer PCR tests for as much as US$300 (J$43,000) following requests from some of Jamaica’s main international travel partners for a negative COVID-19 test from travellers. A negative PCR test...
The Holness administration is seeking to expedite accreditation of coronavirus testing sites amid the mushrooming of informal operators and the slow start by approved private labs. At least four of the eight private laboratories that have been...
Claudius Brown, the ex-cop who has a master’s degree and wanted to become a taxi driver this year, is no longer homeless. Brown, whose story The Gleaner recently captured, was deported from the US in 2006 for overstaying after visiting his sick...
Much like the rough road leading to 51 Whitehall Avenue where Hugh Graham spent his earlier years, life for the business mogul and politician was far from smooth. The tenement yard he called home hosted at least 28 others, but in the zinc and...
Jamaica’s 2021 Rhode Scholar Fitzroy Wickham will offer prayer on behalf of youths in this year’s National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB), which will be hosted virtually for the first time in 41 years. The event will be hosted on Thursday,...
