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Not Now," Says PM as Opposition Critics Slam NHI Proposal
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (363+ words) Greater Belize Media Not Now," Says PM as Opposition Critics Slam NHI Proposal A new political clash is brewing over the future of healthcare funding and tonight, the Prime Minister is responding. Opposition Leader Tracy Panton is taking aim at…...
Hantavirus Cases Rising in Argentina, Experts Point to Climate Change
1+ week, 4+ day ago (290+ words) Argentina is seeing a sharp rise in hantavirus infections and deaths, with health officials reporting 101 confirmed cases and 32 deaths so far this season, nearly double last year's numbers. According to CNN, this is the country's highest number of infections since…...
WHO Warns of More Hantavirus Cases From Cruise Ship Outbreak
1+ week, 6+ day ago (224+ words) A hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius has sent health authorities scrambling across more than two dozen countries, as passengers who disembarked before the outbreak was understood have now dispersed globally, drawing uncomfortable comparisons to the early…...
Hantavirus Cruise Ship Heads for Canary Islands as Global Contact Tracing Expands
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (205+ words) A cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak that has killed at least three people is heading to Spain's Canary Islands as health authorities rush to trace contacts across several countries. The MV Hondius left Cape Verde on Wednesday and…...
Belize Launches National HIV Self-testing Policy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (737+ words) Greater Belize Media Belize Launches National HIV Self-testing Policy The Government of Belize is collaborating with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS and key NGOs to roll out a major step forward in the fight against HIV by introducing a…...
Family of Accused Triple Murderer Produces Surveillance Alibi
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (290+ words) ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer "On Saturday, March twenty-first, 2026, police formerly arrested and charged twenty-two-year-old Shelby Jonathan Hernandez, a Belizean fisherman of San Pedro town for three counts of murder. Hernandez is known to police, having been recently convicted of…...
South Africa Welcomes China, Russia, Iran Warships
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (182+ words) South Africa has opened its waters to naval forces from China, Russia and Iran, which has triggered concern at a time of strained US relations. Warships from the three countries began a week-long joint naval exercise off the coast of…...