The Current COVID-19 Vaccine Card is Terrible. We Asked Professional Designers to Create a Better Version
It’s hard to move through the modern world without carrying a full deck of personal cards with you: driver’s license, insurance card, credit cards, bank card, Medicare card, student ID card and more. They are the transactional visas of contemporary life and they’ve been designed with that role in mind—durable, portable, easy to use, hard to forge. The newest addition is the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 vaccination card—and it violates almost every rule of good design: it’s made of perishable paper; it’s too big to fit in most wallets; it’s ...
Source: TIME: Health - August 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Deadly coral disease sweeping Caribbean linked to wastewater from ships
Researchers find ‘significant relationship’ between stony coral tissue loss disease and nearby shippingA virulent and fast-moving coral disease that has swept through the Caribbean could be linked to waste or ballast water from ships, according to research.The deadly infection, known as stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), was first identified in Florida in 2014, and has since moved through the region, causing great concern among scientists.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 22, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Jewel Fraser in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Tags: Coral Marine life Environment Caribbean World news Conservation Oceans Bahamas Wildlife Americas Science Source Type: news

Biden Announces a Donation of 19 Million COVID-19 Vaccines to COVAX, With More to Follow
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will donate 75% of its unused COVID-19 vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program, acting as more Americans have been vaccinated and global inequities have become more glaring. Of the first tranche of 25 million doses, the White House said about 19 million will go to COVAX, with approximately 6 million for South and Central America, 7 million for Asia and 5 million for Africa. The doses mark a substantial — and immediate — boost to the lagging COVAX effort, which to date has shared just 76 million doses with needy countri...
Source: TIME: Health - June 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: ZEKE MILLER / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Recovery from alcohol among urban Alaska Native and American Indian people - Lillie KM, Shane A, Jansen KJ, Trinidad SB, Shaw JL.
Alaska Native and American Indian (ANAI) people experience dramatic alcohol-related health disparities compared to the general US population. Although the majority of ANAI people reside in urban settings (>70%), data are sparse on alcohol abstinence among ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 28, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Coronavirus: Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency; England to continue lockdown easing despite India variant fears
All todays events as they happened: China cancels spring Everest climbing season from Tibetan side while Portugal to reopen to UK tourists from MondayTaiwan records 180 new cases in island ’s worst Covid outbreakWho: vaccinate vulnerable global poor before children in rich countriesIndia variant could disrupt lifting of England lockdown, says Boris JohnsonHow a proudly multicultural country became ‘fortress Australia’11.43pmBST10.31pmBSTTrinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency in response to a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths, Keith Rowley, the prime minister, said on Saturday.It registered 21 deaths r...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 15, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Kaamil Ahmed (now) Tobi Thomas and Jedidajah Otte (earlier) Tags: Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research Science World news Source Type: news

Social consequences and contexts of adverse childhood experiences - Trinidad JE.
Adverse childhood experiences' (ACEs) negative consequences on health, education, and life opportunities are often explained through the neurodevelopmental changes in a person's stress reactivity and coping, which contribute to the adoption of health-damag... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Pandemic Accentuates Need for Caribbean Countries to Improve Food and Nutrition Security
Jaxine Scott displays some vegetables in her backyard garden at her Kingston, Jamaica home. Credit: Kate ChappellBy Kate ChappellKINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 2 2021 (IPS) Last year, Jaxine Scott was off work as a caregiver at a primary school as a result of the pandemic. One day, she noticed a green shoot emerging from some garlic in her fridge. She decided to plant it, and to her surprise, it thrived. “I thought ‘It looks like I have a green thumb, let me plant something else,’” Scott says. She now has a backyard garden, including cucumber, pumpkin, melon, callaloo, cantaloupe, pak choy and tomatoes. “It makes me feel...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kate Chappell Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Food & Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Labour Latin America & the Caribbean TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

USA put seven past Trinidad and Tobago as MLS-based players shine
Jesus Ferreira scored his first two international goals and had three assists to power the United States over a rusty Trinidad and Tobago (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

USMNT Feasts on Another Overmatched Foe, With Focus on U-23s Clear
The USMNT routed Trinidad & Tobago, 7-0, to emphatically cap its January camp with a result that was never in doubt. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mothers' physical and mental health status after the homicide of their adult children in the small island state of Trinidad and Tobago - Hinkson G, Huggins C, Modeste-James A.
Mothers of adult children killed by homicide experience traumatic grief that is unique to this population. Yet, there is limited research on their experience and its impact on mothers' physical and mental health status. A total of 20 mothers were interview... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 25, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

What can we do? Social workers in Trinidad discuss intimate partner violence against women - Nathaniel KA.
This article presents findings from research on the Caribbean island of Trinidad with male and female social workers, exploring their views of intimate partner violence against women. The premise here is that actions of helping professionals, including s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news

Donations of food, gifts bring taste of Trinidad and Tobago to stranded farm workers
Roughly 400 people from Trinidad and Tobago are stuck on Canadian farms after labouring through the pandemic as essential workers. They won't be home for Christmas, but the community is bringing the celebration to them. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton Source Type: news

It's never one type: the co-occurrence of child abuse and neglect among children living in community residences in Trinidad - Descartes CH, Maharaj PE, Quammie M, Mills J, Ramesar M, Pulwarty H.
This study aimed to provide evidence of the prevalence of multi-type maltreatment and patterns of co-... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Venezuela oil tanker that was abandoned with 1.1million gallons of oil has been kept afloat and is having the oil safely removed
Officials in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad & Tobago say a damaged Venezuelan oil tanker in shared waters no longer poses a risk of spilling (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Caribbean Threatened By 1.3 Million Barrels Of Oil From Sinking Oil Tanker
A state of emergency is being called for in Trinidad and Tobago over a slowly sinking oil tanker with 1.3 million barrels of oil (60... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 21, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news