Health

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- His Excellency the Governor-General Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, LL.D. was administered with his first dose...

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) on...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- Police Officers are better informed about the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine now that The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis...

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- As of March 3, 425 people on Nevis had received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- To date, 2,085 persons in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis have received their first dose of the Oxford...

  VIENNA/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Austria and Denmark, chafing at the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines within the European Union, have joined forces with Israel to...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- St. Kitts and Nevis is now offering the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Vaccine at the Newtown, Basseterre, Tabernacle, Sandy Point, Old Road,...

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – All Nevisians should be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis and Minister of Health in the...

The US could see a "fourth surge" of coronavirus cases fuelled by the spread of variants, a top health official has warned. Dr Rochelle Walensky,...

Unrealistic to think pandemic will be over this year, says WHO; China says it aims to vaccinate 40% of its population by June; number...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- Federal Minister of Health the Hon. Akilah Byron-Nisbett is assuring the nation that the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- Now that the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has secured an additional 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19...

The UK  government is facing urgent calls for tougher border measures after officials said they were searching for one of six people infected with...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- St. Kitts and Nevis, which aims to have 70 percent of its population vaccinated against COVID-19, is on track to...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- The International Federation for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said that the ambulance and passenger bus, which was...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- Awareness about the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine, the need for persons to get vaccinated, and testing measures...

Johnson & Johnson's single-dose coronavirus vaccine is effective at preventing moderate and severe cases of COVID-19, according to an analysis of the trial data...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – February 22 will be remembered as a major milestone in St. Kitts and Nevis’ history in the fight against the...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- With the COVID-19 virus still active, Kaye Bass, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, has called...

CORONAVIRUS: More help on the vaccine front is on the way. That was the message from vaccine developers on Tuesday as they laid out...