1onebes: avril 2022

Confectionery products recalled over possible salmonella contamination

Dozens of products sold under the brand name Elite are being recalled in Canada over fears of salmonella contamination.

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What could 'COVID season' actually look like?

Even if COVID isn't going away, some predictability about future waves would be nice. With highly contagious new variants emerging and driving surges around the world at different times — it doesn’t seem like we’ll reach a regular “COVID season” anytime soon.

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Saskatchewan COVID-19 patient marks 280 days in hospital

Ken Roth, 66, has spent nine months in hospital after contracting COVID-19 in July, 2021. And while there are fewer critically ill COVID patients these days, long hospital stays remain a challenge for the health-care system.

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Toronto physician named new scientific director of provincial COVID-19 advisory group

Public Health Ontario, which now oversees the group, says Dr. Fahad Razak will replace Dr. Peter Juni in his role on the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.

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Addictions doctor to purchase Clinic 554 for use as apartments for those in recovery

Dr. Sara Davidson, director of River Stone Recovery Centre in Fredericton, says she's going through the process of purchasing Clinic 554 in order to transform it into an apartment building with 16 to 24 units.

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Doctors Manitoba files freedom of information request to get province's backlog data

Doctors Manitoba has filed a freedom of information request to get data about surgical and diagnostic backlogs from the province.

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Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Friday, April 29

Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping said on April 27 there were signs that transmission had slowed, though hospitalizations across the province have slightly increased.

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Diagnosing autism in adults is more common, expert says, but getting an assessment isn't always easy

Sudbury, Ont., resident Megan Pilatzke began researching autism in 2019, but it wasn't until two years later that she was diagnosed with the neuro-developmental disorder at age 31. One expert says he's seen more people seeking formal autism assessments later in life.

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Moderna facility in Montreal area expected to produce 100 million vaccine doses by 2024

The American pharmaceutical giant Moderna confirmed Friday that it has chosen the greater Montreal area as the location of its new biomanufacturing plant. It is expected to produce 100 million doses of mRNA vaccines per year.

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Plans for 'state-of-the-art' Indigenous health centre in Hamilton advance with $10M from province

A "state-of-the-art" health centre to better meet the needs of the urban Indigenous community in Hamilton is closer to becoming a reality with the announcement of a $10-million injection from the provincial government.

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Ontario's COVID-19 hospitalizations, ICU admissions inch upward again

Ontario's COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions inched upward Friday, while the province reported the deaths of 20 more people with the illness.

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Unusually late flu season hits Canada

Experts believe lifting public health restrictions may be to blame for an uptick in flu cases across the country, adding pressure to hospitals already under strain from the pandemic’s sixth wave.

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Growing concern for COVID-related workplace deaths, injuries

As more companies call workers back on-site, there are concerns it could lead to a rise in workplace deaths and injuries related to COVID-19. Advocates want to ensure employers to take adequate measures to reduce exposure risks in the workplace.

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Possible cases of childhood hepatitis remains in 'single digits' in Canada: B.C. provincial health officer

British Columbia's provincial health officer says all 17 pediatric hospitals across the country are looking out for an 'unusual' childhood liver disease, but the number of possible cases remains in the single digits.

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25,000 miners told to use harmful McIntyre Powder fail to get Ontario apology

Friends, family and advocates for the 25,000 miners who were forced to inhale McIntyre ground aluminum dust walked away from the Legislative Assembly on Thursday without the Ontario apology they were expecting.

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In 1991, B.C. had more family doctors than it needed. So why are so many residents unable to find one now?

When Mike Harcourt became premier of B.C. in 1991 his government had to deal with rising health-care costs. Now, his former health minister says the province is dealing with the 'unintended consequences' of those actions.

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Moderna vaccine manufacturing plant coming to Montreal region

The American pharmaceutical giant Moderna has chosen the greater Montreal area to build its new biomanufacturing plant — the company’s first outside of the United States.

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Sask. child vaccine rates continue to fall, COVID-19 immunizations stall as immunization awareness week ends

As National Immunization Awareness Week winds down, two Saskatchewan experts say there is more need to educate now than ever as vaccine misinformation swirls.

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Moderna seeks U.S. approval for COVID-19 shots for children under 6

Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than six, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer.

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Climate change may increase risk of new infectious diseases

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Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that's likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study.

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Beijing closing all schools Friday in bid to fight COVID-19 spread

Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China's capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak.

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Taiwan faces largest COVID-19 outbreak yet

Taiwan, which had been living mostly free of COVID-19, is now facing its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, with more than 11,000 new cases reported Thursday.

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'Promising' breathalyzer-style COVID test highlights need for better data, experts say

New ways of testing for COVID-19 bring promises of accessibility and fast results, but that doesn't diminish the need for consistent national data on case counts, experts say.

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U.S., European Commission estimate most of their populations have contracted COVID-19

The European Commission said Wednesday that between 60 and 80 per cent of the European population was estimated to have contracted COVID-19, a rate comparable to an American estimate this week, as the highly transmissible Omicron variants have pushed infection rates up.

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COVID or stomach flu? Why it's hard to know right now

Doctors say they are seeing increasing numbers of patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, but Omicron isn't necessarily to blame.

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Stuck in bed 23 hours a day: What's wrong with home care in Canada and how another country changed course

Margot Algie suffers from a neurodegenerative disease and needs home care for all her daily activities. But she’s often only up for only one hour a day before another home care worker arrives to put her back to bed. A leading geriatrician says Canada needs to take a page from Denmark.

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Medical students learn to build a patient's trust. But how often does that really happen?

As health-care delivery becomes more complex — through implementing new technology and increasingly specialized doctors who depend on each other — physicians will have to adapt, writes medical student Leah Sarah Peer.

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He wasn't allowed to visit as his mother died in hospital. Now he's calling for compassion.

A Markham, Ont., man wants answers after his mother died in hospital in early March and was denied visitors during her 10 day stay because of the hospital’s COVID restrictions.

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P.E.I.'s mask mandate ends May 6, CPHO says

P.E.I. is officially dropping its mandatory mask mandate as of Friday, May 6, according to the Chief Public Health Office.

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Health concerns in remote First Nation in Ontario not taken seriously, says deputy chief

The deputy chief of the remote Fort Albany First Nation in northern Ontario says health concerns in the remote community are not taken seriously and members often don’t receive proper care until they travel elsewhere.

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Health unions have mixed emotions about Houston's health plan

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Nova Scotia's main health unions are all hoping the Health Plan the PCs unveiled on Friday will mean raises and a reprieve for their members who are tired and frustrated after two years of shouldering the heavy load exacerbated by the ongoing pandemic.

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Key COVID-19 numbers in the Ottawa area today

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ottawa have returned to where they were in mid-February. Meanwhile, there are some positive wastewater trends in the Kingston area.

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No new deaths from COVID-19 in N.L. for 1st time in more than a month

Newfoundland and Labrador reported no deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday in an update which is inclusive of data from over the weekend leaving the total at 157 since 2020.

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Med students push Sask. gov't to fund supervised drug consumption site

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Medical students are calling on the Saskatchewan government to financially support the supervised drug consumption site in Saskatoon. Their advocacy is backed by several high-profile professionals and organizations within the medical community.

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Minister admits it's taking Ottawa 'a long time' to set up suicide hotline

The federal minister responsible for mental health policy acknowledges it's taking her government “a long time” to set up a new national 3-digit suicide prevention hotline.

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Mass testing, lockdowns start in Beijing to contain COVID-19 outbreak

China's capital, Beijing, began mass testing of more than 3 million people on Monday and restricted residents in one part of the city to their compounds, sparking worries of a wider Shanghai-style lockdown.

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Children's hospitals under strain in Canada's 6th COVID-19 wave

As Canada’s sixth wave of COVID-19 continues, hospitals caring for the country’s youngest patients are facing both high patient volumes and high levels of staff off sick.

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Some Canadians fear mental health groups are reinforcing stigma by erasing 'schizophrenia' from their names

Some groups supporting people with schizophrenia are erasing the name of the illness from their organization’s name. It's a controversial decision that they say is being done to combat stigma — but others suggest it only reinforces it.

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Cancer taught me the hard truth about speaking up for myself

As a little girl, Jennifer Fotheringham was shushed for asking about cancer. As a grown woman, she was dismissed for asking about a mammogram. Now as a cancer survivor, she knows not to be silenced.

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Almost half of Canadians may have caught COVID

Canada’s COVID-19 immunity landscape has completely transformed since the emergence of Omicron — with new estimates suggesting that almost half of the population has been infected.

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Pandemic deaths in New Brunswick found to be much higher than official government count

New Brunswick recorded an estimated 423 deaths more than normal during an eight-week outbreak of the COVID-19 delta variant last fall, prompting questions about whether pandemic-related fatalities are being significantly underreported by the province's health officials.

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