Health News – Page 7 of 72 – Caribbean Life

Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, meets with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Jarbas Barbosa.

Health

Intercultural, participatory approach key to ensuring health of Indigenous Peoples in the Caribbean: PAHO director

By Nelson A. King

Demonstrators protesting against the mayor’s plan to shift public-sector retirees to Medicare Advantage on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

AMNY

State judge blocks city plan to shift municipal retirees to Medicare Advantage plan

Health

NY Transit Museum hosts webinar on accessibility

By Milette Millington

Health

Governors vow to strengthen, expand abortion care

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn Borouagh Preiident Anthonio Reynoso addresses Maternal Health Expo.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Borough Prez hosts Maternal Health Expo

By Nelson A. King

A man in black huddled in a corner

Health

LGBTQ youth and suicide: NYC Health

By Nelson A. King

Nurses at New York’s Health + Hospitals protest working conditions.

Brooklyn

Public nurses protest working conditions, demand better pay

By Ebony Prescod

RN Phyllis Payne-Dublin, president of the Caribbean American Nurses Association (CANA) takes a patient's blood pressure while other CANA members look on.

Health

Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church, Vanderveer Cares hold successful joint health fair

By Nelson A. King

Assemblywoman Chandler-Waterman and NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams test the LinkNYC 988 crisis line.

Brooklyn

Chandler-Waterman, Williams and advocates rally for mental health awareness

By Nelson A. King

David Weinstein, chief executive officer, Nursing Lifetime of Excellence, recipient, Simone Ross, RN, and Ann Whyte Akinyooye, chief nursing officer, during the National Nursing Award Ceremony.

Health

National Nursing Week of Excellence Award Ceremony honors McKinney’s staff

By Tangerine Clarke

From left, District 20 K-1 Second Vice District Governor-Lion Antonio Robles; District 20 K-1 Governor Lion Ingrid-Andrews Campbell Lions International Director Lion Dianne Pitts and District 20 K1-1 Diabetes Chairperson Lion Beverley Campbell.

Health

Lions donate much-needed advanced retinal camera to Queens Hospital Center

By Nelson A. King

Antoine Craigwell

Guyana

Guyanese national to receive Clifford W. Beers Award

By Tangerine Clarke

President and CEO, Janice Emanuel McLean. Ph.D., ND, left, during a presentation of equipment and supplies to Dr. Sharma-RHO.

Guyana

Guyana institutions receive medical equipment worth USD$25,000 during mission

By Tangerine Clarke

Dr. Cynthia Sterling-Fox.

Trinidad & Tobago

Dr. Cynthia Sterling-Fox cultivates ‘dynamic’ nursing professionals

By Nelson A. King

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Brooklyn Paper

South Brooklyn Health officials cut ribbon on new Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital, opening to patients May 7

Dr. Illouise Murillo-Tucker.

Belize

Retired Belizean nurse devoted to the disenfranchised mental health population

By Nelson A. King

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