After publishing COVID-19 data just once a month over the summer, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control returned to biweekly updates this week.
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Mandatory masking is back for staff at several Ontario hospitals
Several Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask mandates for staff with COVID-19 cases on the rise once again – a clear sign the province has entered a new wave, an expert explains.
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In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.
Amid an uptick in Covid infections, administrators, staff and patients are divided over the need for masks in health care settings.
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Long Covid: MRI scans reveal new clues to symptoms
People living with long Covid after being admitted to hospital are more likely to show some damage to major organs, according to a new study.
MRI scans revealed patients were three times more likely to have some abnormalities in multiple organs such as the lungs, brain and kidneys.
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B.C. politicians vote against lifting vaccine mandate for health-care workers
A vote was held at the Union of B.C. Municipalities this week about the mandate requiring health-care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Nearly 83% of tested N.B. schools exceeded peak CO2 limits, air quality results show
More than two weeks into the school year, New Brunswick has released the school air quality test results from 2022-23.
Twenty-nine of the 35 public schools tested last winter had peak carbon dioxide levels above the Department of Education’s threshold of 1,500 parts per million (ppm), shown in results posted online and included at the end of this story.
Continue readingNearly 83% of tested N.B. schools exceeded peak CO2 limits, air quality results show
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As Covid-19 hospitalizations climb, rates among seniors and children raise concern
Covid-19 hospitalizations have been on the rise in the United States for months, with weekly admissions now more than triple what they were two months ago. Seniors have the highest rates of Covid hospitalizations by far, but hospitalizations among children — especially among those younger than 5 — are rising fast.
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Des milliers de travailleurs de la santé atteints
Up to 10% of healthcare workers may be affected by long COVID, according to preliminary results from an extensive epidemiological survey by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ).
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Up to 10 per cent of Quebec health-care workers affected with long COVID
Between six and 10 per cent of health-care workers in Quebec have suffered from long COVID since the start of the pandemic, preliminary data released on Thursday revealed at the first Canadian Symposium on long COVID, in Montreal.
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Why we desperately need a royal commission on COVID‑19
COVID killed more than 53,000 Canadians. So why is the federal government still refusing to call an inquiry into lessons learned?
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Retour du port du masque obligatoire dans les installations du CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS
In an internal note sent to all its staff, the CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS indicates that the wearing of the procedure mask is now mandatory in all its facilities due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
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‘I can’t believe we’re talking about polio in 2023’
The Covid-19 pandemic eroded trust in science. The 2024 election, public health officials fear, may make it worse.
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US households will be able to order more free Covid‑19 tests starting Monday
The US government will relaunch a program to provide free Covid-19 home tests to Americans, US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
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Does the risk of getting long Covid increase each time you get reinfected?
More than three years into the coronavirus pandemic, fewer and fewer people are experiencing their first Covid-19 infections. But as cases climb, those who’ve had the virus before may wonder: What are their chances of developing long Covid — and does the risk increase with each reinfection?
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Manitoba’s two major political parties say they would not repeat COVID-19 lockdowns
The leaders of Manitoba’s two largest political parties said Wednesday they would not impose the kind of restrictions on people and businesses seen during the…
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Mask wearing mandatory in clinical areas at Stratford-area hospitals
The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance has reintroduced masking requirements in all clinical areas in hospitals in Stratford, St. Marys, Seaforth and Clinton.
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L’intestin des patients atteints de la COVID longue semble plus perméable
Individuals with the long COVID and neurological symptoms have different intestinal flora, it was heard on Wednesday at the first Canadian Symposium on Long COVID, held at the Hilton Midtown hotel in Montreal.
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Long covid: the doctors’ lives destroyed by an illness they caught while doing their jobs
Comments closedDoctors must have adequate protection at work. SARS-CoV-2 is airborne. It is outrageous that three and a half years into this pandemic, staff and patients are still, knowingly and repeatedly, being exposed to a level 3 biohazard.