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- 8/9/2020
How Canada compares to other countries on COVID-19 cases and deaths
After COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the number of cases started to climb globally. It’s difficult to apply a one-size-fits-all interpretation as to why certain states experienced higher numbers of infections while others kept theirs in check. - 8/8/2020
Canadian doctor set to be deported from U.S. dies of COVID-19
Dr. James Hill contracted the virus and died while in custody of U.S. authorities; he had been serving 13 years in prison for healthcare fraud - 8/8/2020
A guide to back to school rules across the country
An individual breakdown of the plans in each of the provinces and territories to have children safely return to schools - 8/6/2020
Nip it in the bud
Today the COVID swab result finally arrived for my patient . . . six days after it was sent. She has respiratory symptoms; I tested and sent in the sample on the same day she called, two days sooner than offered at her local Assessment Centre. A potentially sick person in the GTA area with result backlogged six days, never mind if you are rural, or in the midst of a second wave! From this I fear we are heading into autumn with limited lab capacity, overwhelmed testing facilities, along with an undefined test strategy, insecure PPE supply, and uncertain availability of either the flu or COVID vaccines for all who wants them. - 8/5/2020
Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount
Officials say Americans are getting discouraged waiting hours to get a test and days or weeks to learn the results - 8/5/2020
New Canadian statement on management of pulmonary hypertension
Joint Canadian Cardiovascular Society–Canadian Thoracic Society statement outlines current approach to diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension - 8/5/2020
Our pandemic fall
Discussed: Why Ontario needs a new CMOH; disease control as an economic stimulus; the remarkable achievement of non-occurrence; the culture war over facts - 8/5/2020
N.L. doctor testifies about COVID-19 transmission risks of lifting travel ban
Newfoundland and Labrador's COVID-19 infection rate could be 20 times higher in the absence of a travel ban, the doctor leading a team running models on the contagion said Thursday in court. Dr. Proton Rahman testified before the province's Supreme Court during a legal challenge to the travel ban that authorities imposed in May to slow the spread of COVID-19. - 8/5/2020
'Do our lives count for less?': COVID-19 exposes cracks in disability aid
Karyn Keith says she isn't asking for much. All she wants is the same support she'd receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because of her disabilities. The 44-year-old mother in Brampton, Ont., said she lives with constant pain and fatigue from multiple chronic conditions, including trigeminal neuralgia, a debilitating nerve disorder characterized by searing spasms through the face.