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In 2024, Manitoba reported a rate of 19.5 cases per 100,000, while the national rate was 5.5 cases per 100,000.

Public Health Sudbury & Districts is warning all residents in Sudbury, New Sudbury and Falconbridge to bring tap water to a roiling boil for at least a minute before consuming, or use bottled water.

A peer-reviewed Canadian study published in 2011 found that emergency room visits in Ontario fell by 17% during the men’s hockey final at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

To address a soaring price tag for the Interim Federal Health Program, the government introduced the new co-pay on May 1 for supplementary and prescription health coverage.

Two Canadians disembarked the ship on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena almost two weeks ago and were on the same flight as a third Canadian who was not on the vessel.

Existing law permits authorities to treat someone against their will only if their mental state poses a ‘grave and immediate danger’ to themselves or others.

The WHO says the species of hantavirus in this outbreak is the Andes virus found in South America, which is carried by rodents and the only species known to be capable of limited transmission between humans.

The authority, which oversees healthcare at the Carman Memorial Hospital, says some of the surgeries include hernia repairs and gallbladder removals.