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- 11/24/2021
Legault under fire as opposition seizes on explosive report on COVID in care homes
After congratulating itself for months for its management of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quebec's governing Coalition Avenir Quebec party is on the defensive following an explosive report of its handling of long-term care during spring 2020. - 11/24/2021
AB booking site had 4 pharmacies that weren't prepared to give pediatric COVID-19 shots
Frustrated parents made appointments for the 1,500 slots that didn't really exist, sending them scrambling to re-book and in some cases showing up only to encounter baffled pharmacists. - 11/24/2021
New Brunswick urologist creates website encouraging those without family doctors not to skip prostate exams
Prostate cancer cases make up about 10% of cancer-related deaths in Canadian men, but many still avoid the exam. - 11/24/2021
PEI to cover shingles vaccines for seniors
The Shingrix vaccine will be available through community pharmacies across the province. - 11/24/2021
South African scientists detect new virus variant amid spike in cases
Currently identified as B.1.1.529, the new variant has also been found in Botswana and Hong Kong in travelers from South Africa. - 11/23/2021
Questionnaire distributed to First Nation to trace source of possible blastomycosis
Symptoms range from a mild cough to serious breathing problems. - 11/23/2021
B.C.'s sick leave law will provide workers five paid days minimum starting Jan. 1
Labour Minister Harry Bains says the five paid days are fair and were determined following a consultation period that generated 60,000 responses. - 11/23/2021
Rule out cervical cancer with the HPV detection test
Dr. Marc Steben is head of the Canadian Network HPV Prevention and answers questions on the most recent clinical advances. - 11/23/2021
Provincewide healthcare impacts less likely during current COVID wave: Ontario Health
Intensive care occupancy has now been hovering at around 130 patients for weeks, with 137 people in critical care as of Wednesday. - 11/23/2021
Investigation fails to find source of legionnaires' disease outbreak in New Brunswick
Seven people were hospitalized and one person died after the outbreak was declared in early August.