Over half of adults in the CNMI have hypertension—or high blood pressure—and a large number aren’t even aware of it, according to a 2016 report by the Commonwealth Health Care Corp. With this in mind, the CHCC has created a hypertension self-management program in collaboration...

As the rainy season gets going, mosquito populations are likely to increase. Although there are currently no outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses in the CNMI, dengue fever outbreaks have been declared in the Philippines, Palau, and, most recently, Yap in the Federated States of...

The Commonwealth Health Care Corp. is grateful to the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. for “working” with CHCC on its multi-million debt in utilities billing. In response to Saipan Tribune’s inquiry about CHCC’s debt to CUC, CHCC spokesperson Zoe Travis said they are thankful to CUC...

The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. is short by about 20 nurses and is revving up efforts to hire nurses from off island, according to CHCC spokesperson Zoe Travis last Friday. She did point out in her response to a Saipan Tribune’s inquiry that there is a shortage of nurses...