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It’s 2021, and people in Trinidad and Tobago are still reluctant to talk about infertility. Lead clinician and medical director of the Trinidad and Tobago IVF & Fertility Centre Dr Catherine Minto-Bain said even with all the information that’s available on infertility, the stigma, embarrassment and fear associated with it are still unbelievable. “It makes … Continue reading Abnormal sperm a major cause of infertility

The Minister of Health, Dr. Daniel Rivera, highlighted this Wednesday that the expansion of the immunization centers and the response of the population to receive the vaccine would help prevent new infections of diphtheria. Rivera said that “the Expanded Immunization Program (PAI) works in coordination with the Provincial Directorates and Health Areas (DPS / DAS) in the monitoring of active cases so far and expands the centers for greater access and availability.” The National Epidemiological Surveillance System has been able to detect about 19 cases of diphtheria, of which seven remain under investigation. Ten have a positive culture for diphtheria choline bacterium. In contrast, four have been confirmed for the Eleck test, which guarantees that the person had the toxin that causes the disease, three cases have been ruled out, and […]

Alcohol consumption was responsible for an average 85,000 deaths annually during the period 2013 to 2015 in the Americas, according to a study undertaken

Santo Domingo, DR Three people died in San Francisco de Macoris, Duarte province, after drinking clandestine alcoholic beverages, reported police authorities and the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The deceased are Fernando Peña Bonilla, 42, Enrique Reyes Padilla, 47, and Antonio Olivares Rojas, 64, who consumed an illegal alcoholic beverage known as Don Pablo. Operations are intensified Meanwhile, the Police, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and Public Health inspectors intensified operations to seize and dismantle factories engaged in the production of adulterated alcoholic beverages. The raids were carried out in commercial establishments in Santiago, Esperanza, Mao, Montecristi, Dajabón, Santiago Rodríguez, San Francisco de Macorís, Espaillat and others. On Wednesday, an illegal factory dedicated to producing the beverage Don Pablo was dismantled in the Santa Ana sector, San Francisco de Macoris. In Duarte province, […]