The Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) is reporting that about 90 per cent of its members are seeing an increase in absenteeism among their employees because of flu-like symptoms.
Health officials in Clarendon are reporting that there is now panic in the parish as a growing number of residents are turning up at health centres ...
Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Marion Bullock Ducasse says the Ministry of Health, through the National Health Fund which manages pharmaceuticals, has an adequate supply of the drugs.
Last night, the acting permanent secretary of the health ministry, Dr Kevin Harvey, said with the developments in America, Jamaica is now on high alert and local surveillance teams remain vigilant ...
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is reiterating that her government is committed to putting in place policies to ensure equal opportunities for women.
With Local Government elections due next March, the Portia Simpson Miller-led government is moving to amend the constitution to include local government.
Chikungunya is a word that comes from the Makonde language of Tanzania in eastern Africa and translates roughly as "that which bends up," in reference to the severe arthritis-like ache in joints ...
Lobby group, Citizens’ Action For Principles And Integrity (CAPI) says health minister Dr Fenton Ferguson should be sacked and an emergency task force be set up to deal with the chikungunya outbreak.
