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2050 look-ahead: Same diseases, new approaches mostly ahead for health care sector
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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January 13, 2025
Editor’s note: Almost one-fourth of the way through this century, TribLive is looking ahead to the next 25 years, using the events of the past 25 as a road map of what possibly is to come. This installment of the occasional series looks at health....
Utah, Marina Islands, Virgin Islands BEAD Initial Proposal Approved
Broadband Breakfast
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July 23, 2024
July 23, 2024 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration approved the Initial Proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program from Utah, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin...
Keep it Blue: Glen Lake Association’s boat tours inspire water stewardship
Glen Arbor Sun - Michigan
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July 9, 2025
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Discovery Boat photos by Kate Gille. Each Friday in July the Glen Lake Association’s 23-foot Bennington pontoon boat called the Discovery Boat offers a couple two-hour tours that depart from Glen Craft Marina on Big...
Healthy reef sounds inspire coral larvae growth
Earth.com
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Coral reefs are the ocean’s vibrant underwater cities, and they face a growing crisis. These ecosystems support countless marine species and over a billion human lives. Overfishing, irresponsible tourism, coastal construction, nutrient runoff, and...
Medical School Coming To Tortola–Will Address Region’s Healthcare Needs.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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October 13, 2024
- Advertisement - Ponce Health Sciences University, a renowned medical institution based in Puerto Rico, is planning to expand its educational reach by building a new medical school in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The new medical school is...
Kraft Heinz to pull Oscar Mayer turkey bacon from shelves over listeria risk
Food Business Africa Magazine
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July 9, 2025
USA – Kraft Heinz is recalling approximately 362,760 pounds of Oscar Mayer fully cooked turkey bacon following concerns over possible listeria contamination. The recall, announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
I’m a Travel Advisor, and These Are My 5 Favorite Caribbean Private Island Resorts
AOL
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COMO Parrot Cay COMO Parrot Cay's Serenity Villa as seen from above.Vacationing on a private island might seem extravagant, but the Caribbean offers a variety of resorts that are worth a second look. As a travel advisor specializing in the region...
Virginia Giuffre’s family locked in bitter legal battle over Prince Andrew’s '£7m payout'
Daily Express
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July 9, 2025
Virginia Giuffre had a 'multimillion-dollar estate' in Australia (Image: Getty) Prince Andrew's abuse accuser's family are bracing for a fresh legal battle with her reportedly abusive husband in order to stop him inheriting her wealth, which...
Guest Oped: EPA is Cleaning Up Trenton’s Historic Potteries Site
The Trentonian - New Jersey
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July 9, 2025
By Michael Martucci, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region 2 If you grew up in Trenton, you may remember the tall brick smokestacks and kilns that dotted the skyline. The East Trenton and Top Road neighborhoods were...
Price transparency divides hospitals, CMS
Politico
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January 8, 2025
Driving The Day LET’S BE TRANSPARENT — Hospitals, CMS and advocacy groups are clashing over how well regulations intended to help patients shop around for health care and drive competition among hospitals are working heading into the Trump...
Why and How Kansas Public Health Could Be Key in Shaping a Statewide AI Roadmap
JPHMP Direct
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January 14, 2025
AI Roadmaps and Legislation Across the US Although guidance and research are still emerging, a growing body of resources from across the country can be used to inform the development of localized strategies and frameworks. For instance, several...
VIPD investigate death of male found near Juan Luis Hospital, St Croix
Loop News
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The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) is investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered near the Juan Luis Hospital on Friday morning. At approximately 7:28am, the 911 Emergency Call Centre received reports of a deceased...
Gov’t to explore ways to collect millions in outstanding hospital fees
Dominica News Online
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January 8, 2025
The Dominica China Friendship Hospital is the main hospital in DominicaDominicans are owing millions of dollars in outstanding hospital fees and the government will be exploring ways in which they can be collected, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit...
Health workers trained for emergencies
The BVI Beacon
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October 7, 2024
The BVI Health Services Authority has partnered with a United Kingdom-based company to help standardise the quality of emergency-response training for healthcare workers in the Virgin Islands. The initiative, which is free for the BVIHSA, is...
BVI: Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital welcomes first babies of 2025
Loop News
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The British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) announced the arrival of two New Year babies on January 2 at Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital. James Scott, born at 12:10 PM to Rebecca Wohning and Oliver Scott, weighed 3.455 kg. One minute...
Walgreens Becomes Visory Health Featured Pharmacy
Progressive Grocer
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January 7, 2025
Visory Health’s network of more than 36,000 pharmacy partners nationwide now includes Walgreens, as well as Kroger, Publix and Stop & Shop. Drug store chain Walgreens has become one of the featured pharmacies of tech prescription platform Visory...
Jeffrey Epstein timeline: Florida case led to15 more years of sex abuse
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
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The Jeffrey Epstein saga began — and could have ended — in Palm Beach County in 2006. The Palm Beach Post sued in 2019 to find out why it didn't. Now, secret documents detailing what happened 17 years ago when Epstein was indicted on only a single...
Community Bike Clinic Repairs 21 Bikes for Aureo Diaz Heights Youth
The Virgin Island Consortium
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On Monday morning, the basketball court of the Aureo Diaz Heights housing community was filled with children pushing their broken bikes in front of them, hoping to get them fixed. The “bike clinic” to repair or tune up bikes was an initiative of...
Health Department advises public to avoid roadway where sewage spill occurred
Virgin Islands Free Press
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October 5, 2024
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health is urging the public to avoid traversing Watergut and King Cross streets where a sewage spill has been reported on St. Croix. The VI Waste Management Authority (WMA) on Friday reported that...
Health Department offers free chikungunya vaccine this month
Virgin Islands Free Press
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October 2, 2024
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health said today that it is now the season for diseases spread by mosquitoes and encourages everyone to take steps to protect themselves from chikungunya by getting vaccinated this October. This...