Health News – Caribbean Life

Marlene Ferguson addresses the congregation.

Brooklyn

Retired RN Marlene Ferguson honored with ‘2026 Woman of the Year’ award

By Nelson A. King

Trinidadian-born nursing leader Jocelyn Alleyne displays eer award.

Trinidad & Tobago

NYBNA, CANA honor distinguished Trinidadian-born nursing leader Jocelyn Alleyne

By Nelson A. King

Cuban medics arrive in Jamaica to help the country in its fight against coronavirus.

Cuba

Jamaica dumps formal Cuban medical program

By Bert Wilkinson

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Modernizing SUNY Downstate Hospital

By Nelson A. King

Former NFL football player Herschel Walker, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the Bahamas, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025.

Bahamas

U.S.-China in major row over Bahamian hospital

By Bert Wilkinson

Go Red

Health

Join the movement

By Michael Kevin Williams

Nancy Hagans, president of the New York State Nurses Association, speaks during a press conference as New York State Nurses Association union members walk the picket line outside NewYork-Presbyterian Milstein hospital, during their strike in New York City, U.S., Jan. 12, 2026.

Health

NYC nurses strike despite agreements with several hospitals

By Dawn Plummer

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne.

Africa

Cuban Doctors Out

By Bert Wilkinson

New York Board-Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. Dwight Williams (l) attending to a patient on a recent dental mission to Jamaica.

Jamaica

Healing after the storm: NY medical team deploys to devastated Jamaica

By Nelson A. King

Maria Davis, fourth from left; Tamara Ivey, fifth from left; WIADCA officials and volunteers.

Health

WIADCA hosts ‘Heart-to-Heart Conversation’ on World AIDS Day; activist, advocate Maria Davis honored

By Nelson A. King

HIV flier.

Health

Caribbean urged to strengthen response to HIV

By Nelson A. King

Governor Kathy Hochul announced the opening of a new state-funded 21-bed inpatient psychiatric facility to serve youth at the New York City Children’s Center campus in the Bronx on Nov. 24, 2025.

Bronx

Hochul announces 1,000 psychiatric beds opened since taking office

By Nelson A. King

Dr. Dawn Marie Silvera, left, with friend, supporter and Jamaican compatriot Icilda Sibley at the Gala 28th Annual Vernese Weeks Scholarship Luncheon of the Bronx-Manhattan-Westchester (BMW) Chapter of the New York-based Caribbean-American Nurses Association (CANA) at Eastwood Manor in the Bronx.

Jamaica

Jamaican Family Nurse Practitioner Dr. Dawn Marie Silvera extols ‘sacred call of nursing’

By Nelson A. King

Governor Hochul.

Health

Hochul rips Republicans for spiking health care costs for New Yorkers

By Nelson A. King

Breast cancer survivors receive an award, with CABS' CEO Sherly Demosthenes-Atkinson, fourth from left, and CABS' staff member Lanicia Francis, left.

Health

CABS honors 12 at Annual Circle of Care Awards and Benefit Gala

By Nelson A. King

Veronica Weekes, third from left, receives scholarship award, flanked by Dr. Virginia Bernard, RN, president of the Bronx, Manhattan and Westchester Chapter of the Caribbean American Nurses’ Association, Inc. (CANA), right; Mistress of Ceremonies Wendy Lake-Ricke, RN, left; and Lorna Ferriera, RN.

Health

Aspiring Caribbean nurses awarded scholarship honoring Barbadian RN Vernese Weekes

By Nelson A. King

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