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WiredJA News Team Health 06 October 2026

AFRICA HEALTH | From Henrietta Lacks to Lusaka: The Long Fight Over Who Owns Black Biology

Pathogen samples, genetic codes and patient records: the hidden currency of America’s new health deals. Zambia refused to pay it, and still got its money. The Caribbean should take note.

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, October 6, 2026, Calvin G Brown | - Strip away the diplomatic language and the Trump regime’s “America First” health deals come down to a simple trade: American money for African biology. That is what makes Zambia’s announcement this week so significant.

WiredJA News Team Health 06 October 2026

Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe, Foreign Affairs Minister of Zambia speaking at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

CARIBBEAN | PM Terrance Drew: Basseterre Could Diagnose Him. It Could Not Treat Him.

When St Kitts and Nevis needed to save its own Prime Minister, the nearest world-class hospital was a French one. That should trouble every CARICOM capital. ST KITTS-NEVIS | September 6,...

WiredJA News Team Health 06 September 2026

JAMAICA | HEALTH |The Mind Is Not an Afterthought: Jamaica Cannot Ignore Its Mental Health Crisis Says Dr. Dawes

Opposition Spokesperson Dr Alfred Dawes calls out a nation in pain — where tarpaulins, empty fridges, and unpaid bills are making Jamaicans sick in ways no prescription can fix. KINGSTON, Jamaica,...

WiredJA News Team Health 22 May 2026

HEALTH & GLOBAL AFFAIRS | WHO declares Ebola Global Health Emergency — No vaccine, No cure, No Excuse for Caribbean Complacency

A lethal Ebola strain with no approved treatment has broken containment in the DR Congo and crossed into Uganda. The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency —...

WiredJA News Team Health 18 May 2026

CARIBBEAN | The Party That Kills: How Energy Drinks Are Destroying Caribbean Kidneys

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AFRICA HEALTH | From Henrietta Lacks to Lusaka: The Long Fight Over Who Owns Black Biology

CARIBBEAN | PM Terrance Drew: Basseterre Could Diagnose Him. It Could Not Treat Him.

JAMAICA | HEALTH |The Mind Is Not an Afterthought: Jamaica Cannot Ignore Its Mental Health Crisis Says Dr. Dawes

HEALTH & GLOBAL AFFAIRS | WHO declares Ebola Global Health Emergency — No vaccine, No cure, No Excuse for Caribbean Complacency

CARIBBEAN | The Party That Kills: How Energy Drinks Are Destroying Caribbean Kidneys

HEALTH | The Mighty Seed: Why Pumpkin Seeds Deserve a Place on Every Caribbean Plate

HEALTH | The Bitter Truth: How Caribbean Grandmothers Knew What Science Is Now Proving About Cerasee

AFRICA | Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who’s behind it and how it could be controlled

AFRICA | WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads

Cuban Drug HeberprotP Authorized For Clinical Trial in the US

An African history of cannabis offers fascinating and heartbreaking insights – an expert explains

Pig's kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants

Creating 'ghost hearts'-combining a cleaned-out pig heart with a patient’s own stem cells

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