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Many congratulations to our Antiguan Medical students who graduated from the Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Facultad 1 Santiago de Cuba, earlier today.To continue and to excel in your medical studies during the global COVID-19 pandemic is commendable, we are proud of you! The Highest commendations are expressed to each of you. Dr. Aminata Joseph, MD, Dr. Brian Byers, MD, Dr. Sachi Pipe, MD, Dr. Laurica Stevens, MD, Dr. Rene Duchtailler, MD and Dr. Kheela Saunders, MD. All six graduates were recipients of the Prime Minister Scholarship awards. This administration will continue to significantly invest in our nation’s greatest resource-its people.#Education #investingineducation #youthdevelopment #medicaldoctors #Cuba #NextLevel

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Twenty-one members of the Jamaican team that competed at the recently concluded World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon will represent the country again August 19-21 for the NACAC Open Championships in The Bahamas.

Shericka Jackson, who won the 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships, leads Jamaica’s 39-member team that also features triple jump silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts from the Jamaica squad that won 10 medals to finish in third position in Eugene last month.

Rasheed Broadbell, who won the Commonwealth Games 110m hurdles gold medallist in Birmingham, England following the World Athletics championships, is also in Team Jamaica contingent that will compete for prize money, medals, and valuable World Athletics ranking points at the NACAC meet. Athletes who win their event could be considered as having met the World Athletics qualifying standard for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Jackson, who recently ran a new lifetime best of 10.71 at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, which makes her the sixth fastest woman in history, is down to run the 100m along with Commonwealth Games 200m finalist Natalliah Whyte.

Women’s Roster

100m: Shericka Jackson, Natalliah Whyte, Natasha Morrison (Alt)200m: Natalliah Whyte, Natasha Morrison400m: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Junelle Bromfield, Roniesha McGregor (Alt)800m: Adelle Tracey100m hurdles: Crystal Morrison, Megan Tapper400m hurdles: Shiann Salmon, Janieve Russell, Andrenette Knight (Alt)High jump: Kimberly WilliamsonLong Jump: Chanice PorterTriple jump: Shanieka RickettsDiscus: Samantha Hall4x100m: Natasha Morrison, Megan Tapper, Natalliah Whyte, Ashley Williams, Roniesha McGregor, Crystal Morrison4x400m: Junelle Bromfield, Roniesha McGregor, Ashley Williams, Shiann Salmon, Andrenette Knight

Men’s Roster

100m: Ackeem Blake, Conroy Jones, Oshane Bailey (Alt)200m: Andrew Hudson, Jazeel Murphy400m: Nathon Allen, Christopher Taylor, Karayme Bartley (Alt)110m hurdles: Rasheed Broadbell, Orlando Bennett400m hurdles: Shawn RoweHigh jump: Lushane WilsonLong jump: Tajay Gayle, Shawn-D ThompsonShot put: O’Dayne RichardsJavelin: Elvis GrahamDiscus: Traves Smikle, Fredric Dacres4x100m: Ackeem Blake, Andrew Hudson, Oshane Bailey, Kadrian Goldson, Conroy Jones, Jazeel Murphy4x400m: Nathon Allen, Christopher Taylor, Karayme Bartley, Javon Francis, Demish Gaye, Shawn Rowe.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the US in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.

The presence of the poliovirus in the city’s wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, the city and New York state health departments said.

State Health Commissioner Dr Mary T. Bassett said the detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in New York City is alarming but not surprising.

“The risk to New Yorkers is real but the defense is so simple — get vaccinated against polio,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said in a statement. “With polio circulating in our communities there is simply nothing more essential than vaccinating our children to protect them from this virus, and if you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine. Polio is entirely preventable and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us.”

The announcement comes shortly after British health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in London but found no cases in people. Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday.

In New York, one person suffered paralysis weeks ago because of a polio infection in Rockland County, north of the city. Wastewater samples collected in June in both Rockland and adjacent Orange County were found to contain the virus.

Most people infected with polio have no symptoms but can still give the virus to others for days or weeks. Vaccination offers strong protection and authorities urged people who haven’t gotten the shots to seek one immediately.

Based on past outbreaks, it is possible that hundreds of people in the state have gotten polio and don’t know it, officials said.

Polio was once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases of paralysis. The disease mostly affects children.

Vaccines became available starting in 1955, and a national vaccination campaign cut the annual number of US cases to less than 100 in the 1960s and fewer than 10 in the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A small percentage of people who polio suffer paralysis. The disease is fatal for between 5-10% of those paralyzed.

All schoolchildren in New York are required to have a polio vaccine, but Rockland and Orange counties are both known as centers of vaccine resistance.

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