Miami, FL – The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County (DOH-Miami-Dade) is offering appointments for the Pfizer[1]BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson’s Jannsen COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is available to individuals 12 years of age and older while the Johnson & Johnson’s Jannsen vaccine is available to individuals 18 years of age and older. The vaccines will be offered by appointment at the following locations:

KINGSTON, Jamaica – With less than a tenth of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has urged residents to come forward to get the jab as the government seeks to reach its goal of vaccinating 700,000 persons by the end of next month and 65 per cent of the population by 2022.

The Lionel Town Hospital (LTH) in Clarendon is now able to offer advanced paediatric services to its patients, following the donation of equipment valued at $2 million.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago registered its first mother to child transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as health authorities also confirmed that a woman had died soon after giving birth from the virus.

Aetna and CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) will enter the individual insurance exchange marketplace in Florida (specifically in select counties in the South Florida and Southwest Florida markets) with their first Aetna CVS Health hybrid-branded insurance product, providing access to health care for more Floridians. Aetna and CVS Health bring together quality along with convenience and expanded services to meet consumer health needs, simply and affordably.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, has appealed for continued adherence to the coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety measures particularly during the Independence holiday period.

 Kingston, Jamaica – In an effort to combat the spread of misinformation around Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) online, a group of civil society organizations hosted a three-day training with fifteen social media influencers. The training took place at a Trelawny-based hotel from Wednesday, July 28 to Friday, July 30.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The director of the Pan American Health Organization, (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne Wednesday said that 617,000 indigenous people have been infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Americas and urged countries to prioritize the hard-hit communities.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government will on Thursday pilot legislation amending the Public Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 that it says will allow for certain categories of public sector employees to be vaccinated in order to work in “frontline” jobs.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A study on front-of-package labelling (FOPL) in Jamaica has found that octagonal warning labels perform best in helping local consumers make healthier food choices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) notes that while many countries are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, some are failing to address the problem of emerging nicotine and tobacco products.

NASSAU, Bahamas – New COVID-19 restrictions have been announced by health officials here in an effort to stem an upsurge in cases of the virus in recent days.