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- 2/8/2022
Manitoba hints at different approach to COVID-19 rules than other Prairie provinces
A top Manitoba health official says the province will not rush to loosen its COVID-19 restrictions simply because some other provinces are doing so. - 2/8/2022
Governments should listen to the experts and ease COVID restrictions
For the past two years, the majority of Canadians have done their part to help combat the greatest health care crisis in a generation. We’ve dutifully worn masks, social distanced, gotten vaccinated and done our part to help protect others. - 2/8/2022
How sweat sensors could play a critical role in monitoring our health
Sweat is a biological fluid — like blood, saliva and urine — that contains metabolites, electrolytes, proteins and hormones. The levels of these vary depending on a person’s health. Wearable sweat sensors have been developed to track users’ health condition and monitor the levels of these substances (known as analytes) in sweat. - 2/8/2022
Nutrition in adolescence: Multiple challenges, lifelong consequences and the foundation for adult health
The combined factors that shape diet can include personal factors, such as taste preferences and knowledge of healthy foods; social influences like friends, families and co-workers; and physical surroundings, including stores and advertising. - 2/8/2022
Kenney apologizes for comparing stigma of being unvaccinated to plight of '80s HIV-AIDS patients
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a personal tie to the issue, fighting in San Francisco in the 1980s to overturn a law extending hospital visitation rights to gay couples—a move aimed at preventing people from visiting their dying partners. - 2/7/2022
Vaccine mandate 'not an issue at all,' CEO of Canada's largest trucking company says
The vast majority of TFI's Canadian drivers are inoculated against COVID-19. - 2/7/2022
Saskatchewan ending COVID-19 passport, lifting mask requirement
Starting Monday, Saskatchewan will no longer require COVID-19 vaccine passports. It is also ending its indoor mask mandate at the end of the month. - 2/7/2022
B.C. woman says doc hung up her telehealth appointment because she was wearing a sports bra
Carly McGhee told Global News her appointment slipped her mind so she was in the middle of an at-home workout when the video-call started to ring. - 2/7/2022
Quebec announces reopening plan that lifts most COVID-19 restrictions by mid March
Legault presented a road map that begins on Saturday, when all limits on indoor private gatherings will be removed. He said his plan represented a return to a more normal life, nearly two years after he declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19. - 2/7/2022
Edmonton physicians call on province for more timely drug poisoning data
The Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association says they have twice requested local geographic data from the Alberta government on drug-related emergency services calls, overdoses and deaths.