In a monumental move forward, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center a grant of $834,471,422.15 to aid its reconstruction. The hospital had sustained significant damage from Hurricane Maria and had been in disrepair for several years prior to the 2017 storms. The initiative to replace the hospital initially commenced under the Mapp administration, and has significantly accelerated under the Bryan administration, through the efforts of the Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR), the Territorial Hospital Redevelopment Team, and Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett. Plaskett announced the award with notable satisfaction, acknowledging the hard work that went into securing these funds. “This award is for the prudent replacement standard which will be integral for improving our preparedness…
ST. CROIX — Despite not having a quorum and thus not being able to move and pass motions, an informational…
Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach has made good on an earlier promise to provide access to individual…
Dengue, the most common arboviral disease worldwide, is making its presence felt in U.S territories…
FDA Approves World's First RSV Vaccine for Older…
Janeka Simon May 05, 2023Sixty years after initial failed trials, a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been approved…
JFL North Still Needs Additional Work Before…
Janeka Simon May 04, 2023The Juan F. Luis Hospital said Wednesday during a Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services…
Territory's Nursing Sector Faces Uncertainty…
Janeka Simon May 04, 2023The Pafford contracts are expiring in days, and senators at Wednesday’s meeting of the Committee on…
V.I. Dept. of Health Reports Uptick in Cases,…
Staff Consortium May 01, 2023The V.I. Dept. of Health on Monday reported a slight increase in active Covid-19 cases across the territory,…
The V.I. Department of Health announced today that the number of active Covid-19 cases in the territory remains low, with only seven reported cases and a positivity rate of 2.4 percent. According to ...
"Make protecting yourself and your family part of your planning” for Easter and Carnival, said Justa Encarnacion, commissioner of the Department of Health at Monday’s Government House press briefi...
Individual health insurance is coming to the U.S. Virgin Islands as early as April, said Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach, a key priority of Mr. Roach's office that he says has been long in the maki...
“It’s a life and death matter for me,” Joel Gifft bellowed across the hall of the at the Fritz E. Lawaetz Legislative Building on St. Croix, as he advocated passionately for veterans who have ha...
The V.I. Department of Health will be dropping its epidemiological report on Covid-19 from daily down to weekly, said VIDOH Territorial Epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis, as she appeared at Government H...
JFL North, the temporary hospital that has taken four years to build and last week celebrated its grand opening, has been delayed yet again, with the Juan F. Luis Hospital on Friday announcing that th...
Update: March 8, 2023 at 3:44 p.m.: The Juan F. Luis Hospital Wednesday afternoon issued a release stating that patient transfer to JFL North will begin on March 25th, after CEO Doug Koch said the tra...
The V.I. Government owes Pafford Medical Services more than $34 million, a 7-month debt causing alarm among local medical professionals about the ability to sustain health services in a territory that...
Ahead of a scheduled ribbon-cutting ceremony for JFL North, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Hospitals and Human Services were provided with an advance tour of sections of the facility, ...
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