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- 9/29/2020
Pharmacist leads therapeutic nutrition program for disease management
Virtual conference on October 3 to focus on the implications of therapeutic nutrition on Type 2 diabetes. - 9/29/2020
Fort McMurray health centre completes major repairs
Upgrades to the Northern Lights Regional health centre in Fort McMurray, Alta. have just wrapped up completion. The upgrades, which began in spring of 2016, involved major repairs to the roof and exterior building, including replacing all exterior windows and doors, building insulation, exterior finish materials and support framing. - 9/29/2020
COVID-19 cases rising in Indigenous communities
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Indigenous communities have been facing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases during the last few weeks. Miller says 673 COVID-19 cases have been reported in First Nations communities in all, and about 130 of them are active cases now. - 9/29/2020
In the background of photographs
Every photo has a background. It holds the details hiding behind the main attraction: people walking by, engaged in their own conversations; piles of mail that have not been tidied; dishes in a sink; other people’s beach towels; storefronts and parking meters. These are the parts of a photograph you did not intend to capture, the accidental participants in your memory. This is the place where I exist. - 9/29/2020
OMA urges government to mobilize rapid response teams to contain local flare-ups
"Mobile rapid response teams will place skills and equipment where they are most needed, while allowing capacity within the system to address the backlog of patient services and better prepare for the flu season," said OMA president Dr. Samantha Hill. - 9/29/2020
Walmart in US piloting drone delivery of home COVID-19 tests
The trial deliveries kicked off on September 22 in Las Vegas, with plans for deliveries to begin in Cheektowaga, NY in October. - 9/29/2020
Ontario could hit 1,000 daily COVID-19 cases in weeks according to modelling
New projections show a recent upward trajectory in COVID-19, with Ontario's cases currently doubling every 10 to 12 days. - 9/29/2020
Why have fewer long-term care residents died from COVID-19 in B.C. than Ontario?
Ottawa - An analysis comparing COVID-19 deaths in long-term care (LTC) residents in Ontario and British Columbia found that BC was better prepared for the pandemic and responded in a more coordinated and decisive manner, leading to far fewer deaths than in Ontario. The article is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).