Rebuilding 🇯🇲: Strength to Strength🙏🏾

Data-driven decision-making in health for workplaces & Public Health📈 Family doctor @ 11 Cunningham Avenue ☎️876-390-8783 📧 [email protected] 🏳️‍🌈🇯🇲

[Rebuilding 🇯🇲: Strength to Strength🙏🏾 @immunedocja]

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Dr. Tasha-Kay Walker-Palmer is my study partner from med school.

The most dedicated doctor I know, at literally any hour at hospital helping patients.

While travelling, she had to be rushed to operating theatre.

Do what you can to help 🙏

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[Rebuilding 🇯🇲: Strength to Strength🙏🏾 @immunedocja]

HBD @djmillerJA 🎂

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

Dionne Jackson Miller, #Jamaican journalist, broadcaster, attorney-at-law, university lecturer, opinion leader, mentor, born on this day, June 9th, not too long ago. One of #Jamaica's best. #Caribbean

[RoostersWorldja @RoostersWorldja]

Interested in gaining field experience?
Some of my colleagues at UWI are looking for volunteers to assist with research projects on campus. Most opportunities do not currently have a stipend, but they offer valuable hands-on experience, networking, and exposure to real-world research.
Research students, in particular, would greatly appreciate the support.
If you're interested in conservation, biology, ecology, or field research, reach out.
#Research #FieldWork #UWI #Jamaica #Conservation #RoostersWorldJA

[Jamaica Gleaner @JamaicaGleaner]

For most people, standing atop Mount Everest even once would be the achievement of a lifetime. For Jamaica-born mountaineer Rohan Freeman, it is a feat he has now accomplished twice.

Read more: https://t.co/TCrfnfLUv8

[Usain St. Leo Bolt @usainbolt]

“Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth” ~Desiderata

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

#Hantavirus update: the number of cases reported to @WHO remains 13, including three deaths. No new deaths have been reported for more than a month.

We are in close contact with the governments where isolated patients are receiving treatment or where passengers and crew members are being quarantined.

[Carlos del Rio @CarlosdelRio7]

45 years ago (June 5, 1981) the first description of what we now know as HIV/AIDS was published in @CDCMMWR The article describes Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in 5 previously healthy men. Today, thanks to research and science, we have effective therapies & prevention @EmoryCFAR

[IRIE FM News Dept. @IRIEFM_NEWS]

Health Ministry says no Ebola in Jamaica; 8 non-symptomatic travellers in quarantine
https://t.co/XsvIdiDfK6

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visits Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo as authorities race to contain a fast-growing Ebola outbreak, with 1,028 suspected and 225 confirmed cases. Health officials warn the third-largest outbreak is outpacing the global response.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

"Why do Americans think that their lives are more important than the lives of Kenyans?"

My CNN report on the public opposition to an Ebola isolation facility for Americans in Kenya

[The Independent @Independent]

Cancer jabs destroy whole tumours in treatment-resistant cases, trial shows https://t.co/gxt5oyDZEf

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

Brushy One String, # Jamaican #Reggae and soul singer born Andrew Anthony Chin, many years ago on 30 May, in Ocho Rios. Known for performing on a single-string acoustic guitar. Son of reggae singer Freddie McKay and Beverly Foster, a backing vocalist who toured with Tina Turner, Chin was orphaned in childhood, raised by his grandmother in Linstead, St. Catherine. Received no formal education; taught himself to read as an adult.

Inspired by a teenage vision, Chin adapted a worn acoustic guitar to a single low-E string, using the body as percussion to produce a style blending blues, reggae, and rhythm and blues. He came to international attention after Italian filmmaker Luciano Blotta featured his song “Chicken in the Corn” in the 2007 documentary Rise Up. The viral spread of the song’s YouTube video, amassing over 70 million views brought him global recognition. A documentary about his life, The King of One String, was released in 2014.

Brushy has performed at major international venues including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and South by Southwest. His debut studio album, Destiny, draws comparisons to Delta blues and classic soul. He is widely regarded as one of #Jamaica’s most distinctive and original musical voices. #Caribbean
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[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

UPDATE: TODAY, May 29, 2026, Kenya’s High Court temporarily blocked a U.S. plan to establish an Ebola quarantine facility for Americans exposed to Ebola in Kenya.

[Nadine McLeod, Ph. D @nadinekmcleod]

I'm happy to be presenting with my colleague, Dr. Steffon Campbell, at the CARIMAC seminar on Wednesday

[Dr Khia Josina Duncan @KhiaJosina]

Today is World Thyroid day where we recognize Thyroid innovation and nutrition in management of Thyrod disease. There is new treatment for Thyroid nodules known as Thyroid ablation which is available in Jamaica. #Thyroidinnovation #WorldThyroidDay Book an appointment Fairco Medical 8762811881, Portmore Medical 8763266098, Island Doctors in Ocho Rios 8766777675, Integrity Medical Services in Mandeville 876 824-2341 #ENTSurgeon #ThyroidAblation #SaveYourThyroid

[Karin Wilson Edmonds 🇯🇲 @KarinYogaLife]

My next newsletter "3 Ways yoga helps menopause symptoms" is coming tomorrow.
Subscribe to stay in the loop on everything I'm creating.
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[RoostersWorldja @RoostersWorldja]

We are carrying out a study to document whether these bugs are found in Jamaica. Some local names include “kissing bugs” or “mother grudgeful.”

There is also another bug commonly found on plants that can look similar, so we are asking the public to share observations and photos to help with identification.

If you see a bug that looks like this, please send the location, date, and a clear photo to @RoostersWorldJA or email [email protected].

Please share this post with your network so we can gather more information from across Jamaica. 🇯🇲

[AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_]

Toshifumi Suzuki, the Japanese businessman who helped build 7-Eleven into a global convenience store giant, has died at 93. - Nikkei/NHK

[PAHO-WHO Caribbean @PAHOCaribbean]

Jamaica’s efforts to sustain its elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV & syphilis status have been strengthened with the handover of 10 desktop computers to @themohwgovjm Family Health Unit. The equipment will support surveillance, reporting & data management.

[USForeignAssist @USForeignAssist]

[1/8] The U.S. continues to move aggressively to contain the Ebola outbreak at its source to protect American people and prevent further international spread. To accomplish these objectives, @StateDept has committed significant financial assistance, deployed technical experts, and expanded bilateral operations in the impacted regions.

[Damion Mitchell @DamionMitch]

🔘 Psychiatrist Dr Aggrey Irons has died

Renowned psychiatrist Dr Aggrey Irons has died at the age of 74. He had been ill for some time. His was the voice of wit, breaking down complex issues of psychiatry and mental health especially during the era when they were often ignored. Irons was pivotal in advancing mental health policy and public service.

▫️A St George's College old boy, for 21 years he worked as the Senior Medical Officer at the Bellvue Hospital, the largest mental institution in the Caribbean.

▫️Irons was a former president of the Medical Association of Jamaica and the Jamaica Psychiatric Association.

▫️A musician, the Kingston native was also a member of the 50/50 Band while devoting two days per week to volunteer work, such as caring for terminally ill patients at the Consie Walters Cancer Care Hospice, and working with some of Jamaica's finest athletes.