Health, Local news, News

Patrick Martin said he was not aware of the herpes vaccine testing in 2016

Published 28 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

Patrick Martin said he was not aware
of the herpes vaccine testing in 2016

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 28TH 2017 – Dr. Patrick Martin, who was Chief Medical Officer from October 1st 2004 to 16th June 2016 said Monday he was not aware of a herpes vaccine trial in St. Kitts and Nevis during that period.

Media reports in the United States state that St. Kitts and Nevis was involved in an off-shore testing of an experimental herpes vaccine from April to August in 2016.

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Health, Local news, News

Johns Hopkins says testing of an experimental herpes vaccine in St. Kitts from April to August in 2016 ‘unethical’

Published 28 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Johns Hopkins says testing of an experimental herpes vaccine in St. Kitts from April to August in 2016 ‘unethical’

WASHINGTON DC, AUGUST 27TH 2017 – News that St. Kitts and Nevis was involved in the off-shore testing of an experimental herpes vaccine is being reported in the United States.

The report raises questions as to whether the Timothy Harris-led Team Unity administration was aware of the project, the dates of which coincide with an illegal and ethical stem cell programme abruptly halted by the sitting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Patrick Martin when he learnt of the project, which he was unaware of. Martin was immediately removed from his post and sent on pre-retirement leave by the Timothy Harris Government.

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Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Chamber’s Nevis Division breaks silence on murder of Benjamin Joseph, fifth businessman gunned down in 2017

Published 28 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

Chamber’s Nevis Division breaks silence on murder of Benjamin Joseph, fifth businessman gunned down in 2017

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, AUGUST 28TH 2017 – The shooting death of Nevisian businessman, Benjamin Joseph, has awakened a sleeping St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce, at least its Nevis Division.

With 18 murders including seven on Nevis for the year to date, the Chamber, the St. Kitts and Nevis Bar Association, the St. Kitts Business Forum, the St. Kitts Christian Council, the St. Kitts Evangelical Association, the Nevis Christian Council, the Nevis Christian Council, the Nevis Teachers Union and the St. Kitts Teachers Union have all remained silent on the murders, even though four other small businessmen and a teenager were brutally murdered before Joseph’s killing.

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Health, Local news, News

“Unethical” herpes vaccine on sale in St. Kitts as international medical scandal widens

Published 28 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

“Unethical” herpes vaccine on sale in St. Kitts
as international medical scandal widens

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 28TH 2017 – St. Kitts and Nevis is selling a herpes vaccine, in which over 20 persons were experimented upon and deemed unethical.

The Daily Beast, a US-based publication, which it’s editor-in-chief says looks for “scoops, scandals and stories about secret worlds”, reports that an American university and a group of wealthy libertarians, including prominent Donald Trump supporter Peter Thiel, backed the testing of an experimental herpes drugs in St. Kitts and Nevis between April to August in 2016.

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Health

CHAW CLUB DEDICATES ITS MONTHLY HEALTH WALK TO RECOVERY OF ROSALYN BRADSHAW-GRANT!

Published 27 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

CHAW CLUB DEDICATES ITS MONTHLY HEALTH WALK TO RECOVERY OF ROSALYN BRADSHAW-GRANT!

The Capisterre Health and Wellness (CHAW) Club under the auspices of the Global Lifestyle Foundation and other Sponsors had its monthly health and wellness walk yesterday starting at Golden Lemon Resort at Back/Station Streets, Dieppe Bay and ended at the St Kitts Eco Park, Sir Giles Estate, located between the Village of Newton Ground and Sandy Point town.

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