The Ebola virus has spread to Senegal as the deadliest outbreak in history gets worse
By Abby Ohlheiser and Abby Phillip From The Washington Post As the Ebola outbreak worsens — with the death toll spiraling and the World Health Organization warning that 20,000 people could eventually be infected — another West African country has…
Ascension in the Cayman Islands
From Health City Cayman Islands Strategic Direction for Global Healthcare Delivery Ascension is the largest faith-based and largest not-for-profit health system in the U.S. Its mission-focused Health Ministries employ more than 150,000 associates in more than 1,900 sites of care…
Boston Children’s Hospital preps surgeons with custom 3D-printed models
By Billy Steele From engadget Undoubtedly, 3D printing has taken root in a variety of disciplines, and medicine is no stranger to leveraging its tool kit. At Boston Children’s Hospital, surgeons are using printed models to prep for the operating…
$20M waste to energy deal sealed on Caribbean’s Nevis Island
By Ben Messenger From Waste Management World The government of Nevis Island, a small island in the Caribbean Sea, has signed off a deal that will see a waste to energy facility constructed on the island in partnership with Baltimore,…
US assesses virus of the Caribbean
By Aleszu Bajak From Nature Researchers warn that a change of mosquito host could accelerate spread of chikungunya across the Americas. In the past few months, passengers at North American airports have been warned that travel to the Caribbean might…
Ebola outbreak: Nigeria closes all schools until October
From BBC Children in Nigeria will be away from school for a further six weeks All schools in Nigeria have been ordered to remain shut until 13 October as part of measures to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola…
How lizard tails could help scientists study human limb regeneration
By Adam Clark Estes From Gizmodo Prosthetic technology is getting insanely good. But what if we just didn’t need it any more? What if we could simply program our genes to regrow human limbs as easily as lizards regrow lost…
Aitheras Aviation Group, Cayman Islands begin operations on Grand Cayman
CLEVELAND – August 25, 2014 – Aitheras Aviation Group has established an air medical operation based at Island Air at the Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman. Aitheras, the country’s first air medical provider, will provide services to Health…
5 Amazing ways to get rid of stress
By Alissa Ward From olwomen It is not unusual for a person to get stressed occasionally. Today’s hectic life, burden of work, family problems, drama with friends, financial or relationship matters can be the major causes of stress. Expecting too…
How an algorithm detected the Ebola outbreak a week early, and what it could do next
By Lyndsey Gilpin From TechRepublic HealthMap is a data mapping tool that detects and tracks diseases across the world. The system discovered the Ebola virus outbreak nine days before any health organization did. The Ebola outbreak has spread incredibly fast….
