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Topic: hospital-acquired infectionsView all posts for the topic: hospital-acquired infections

Hospital-acquired COVID infections worsened as the pandemic progressed, research finds

Published July 27, 2023

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Published by: Ottawa Citizen
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By Elizabeth Payne

The chances of becoming infected with COVID-19 while hospitalized increased as the pandemic progressed, according to recent Canadian research.

In fact, significantly more Canadians became infected with hospital-acquired COVID-19 during the fifth and sixth waves of the pandemic — the first two Omicron waves from late 2021 until the spring of 2022 — than during earlier waves, according to the study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Researchers looked at cases of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between March 2020 and May 2022.

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Topic: British ColumbiaView all posts for the topic: British Columbia

B.C. woman sentenced to 18 months probation for coughing at grocery employee during pandemic

Published July 26, 2023

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Published by: CTV News
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By Todd Coyne

A British Columbia judge has sentenced a Vancouver Island woman to 18 months of probation for deliberately coughing in the face of a grocery store employee and shoving her shopping cart into another worker during the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Topic: vaccinesView all posts for the topic: vaccines

Updated COVID-19 vaccines recommended for fall boosters, Canada’s vaccine advisers say

Published July 11, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Jennifer La Grassa, Lauren Pelley

The country’s national vaccine advisers are recommending Canadians get another COVID-19 booster shot this fall, with updated vaccines expected in the months ahead.

The next round of vaccines will likely be monovalent — meaning they will specifically target the Omicron family of sub-lineages that are still circulating globally, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) said Tuesday.

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Topic: wastewater monitoringView all posts for the topic: wastewater monitoring

Wastewater sampling in Canada suggests COVID case rate 19 times higher than reported

Published June 29, 2023

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Published by: CIDRAP
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By Mary Van Beusekom

At the peak of a SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant wave in Ontario, wastewater sampling conducted before the surge suggested that COVID-19 cases were 19 times higher than reported because of changes in clinical testing.

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Topic: N95 respiratorsView all posts for the topic: N95 respirators

Public Health should offer N95 masks

Published June 28, 2023

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Published by: Ottawa Citizen
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By Mike Buckthought

Re: Heavy smoke, smog wallop Ottawa, cancelling Dragon Boat, Indigenous festivals, June 25.

Thanks to climate change, we’re experiencing unprecedented hazardous air quality. Concentrations of pollutants have been an order of magnitude greater than the levels in major cities. And more smoke is on the way.

Ottawa Public Health should follow the example of public health organizations in other cities: it should distribute N95 respirators to Ottawa residents. Huron Perth Public Health is now offering respirators to residents who are at high risk for respiratory issues.

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Topic: universal maskingView all posts for the topic: universal masking

Calgary doctor to challenge AHS mask policy change in court

Published June 16, 2023

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Published by: Global News
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By Adam Toy

You can’t be putting the responsibility for basic measures to protect people with disabilities and chronic disease… on them when a very minor, reasonable, easy-to-do accommodation can be just kept in place.

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Topic: cognitive issuesView all posts for the topic: cognitive issues

New imaging technique captures COVID-19’s impact on the brain

Published June 14, 2023

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Published by: Medical Xpress
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By University of Waterloo

Some may think COVID-19 affects just the lungs. What was found is that this new MRI technique that we created is very good at identifying changes to the brain due to COVID-19. COVID-19 changes the white matter in the brain.

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Topic: rapid testsView all posts for the topic: rapid tests

Ontario to stop free COVID-19 rapid test program in pharmacies, grocery stores

Published June 9, 2023

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Published by: CBC News / The Canadian Press
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By Allison Jones

An Ontario program that distributes free rapid tests for COVID-19 at grocery stores and pharmacies will end after this month.

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Topic: indoor air qualityView all posts for the topic: indoor air quality

Parents ask Ottawa’s largest school board to monitor air quality

Published June 7, 2023

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Published by: CityNews
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By Sarah Crookall

As children are on the list of those most affected by wildfire smoke, some parents are concerned about sending their kids to school due to poor air quality.

During Tuesday night’s Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) budget meeting, Ecology Ottawa Board Chair Katie Gibbs requested that funds go to ensure better ventilation in schools.

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Topic: NunavutView all posts for the topic: Nunavut

Auditor general: GN may have wasted up to 31 per cent of COVID‑19 vaccines

Published May 30, 2023

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Published by: Nunatsiaq News
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By Meral Jamal

Nunavut’s Health Department may have wasted one-third of its COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report presented Tuesday to the Nunavut legislative assembly by Canada’s auditor general Karen Hogan.

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Topic: universal maskingView all posts for the topic: universal masking

Hospitals must keep the masks

Published May 17, 2023

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Published by: Ottawa Citizen
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By Mike Buckthought

Re: Three Ottawa hospitals loosen masking requirements, still require them in clinical areas, May 15.

I’m really disappointed to hear that masks will no longer be required in certain public spaces at the Queensway Carleton, Montfort and Royal hospitals. Preventative medicine is best.

We need universal masking with N95 and FFP3 respirators to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses.

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Topic: QuebecView all posts for the topic: Quebec

Les tests de dépistage de la COVID-19 ne seront plus gratuits au Québec

Published May 14, 2023

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As of Monday, in Quebec, rapid tests will no longer be offered free of charge to everyone in pharmacies. Only people deemed at high risk of complications and citizens who receive free drugs, according to the public pharmacare system, will have free access to these COVID-19 tests.

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Topic: Newfoundland and LabradorView all posts for the topic: Newfoundland and Labrador

The N.L. government has been downplaying COVID-19 deaths for months

Published April 24, 2023

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Published by: CBC News
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By Daniel MacEachern

Newfoundland and Labrador’s online COVID-19 data hub doesn’t always accurately reflect how many people have died of the virus, according to data collected by CBC News.

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