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COVID-strained health care led to 4K deaths. How do we stop it from happening again?

COVID-19’s broader impact on the health-care system led to 4,000 deaths over a few months in 2020, a new report suggests, which has experts calling for enhancements —quickly.

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November 30, 2021

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B.C. reports its first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant

The COVID-19 briefing will be carried live at 1:30 pm on BC1, the Global BC Facebook page and here on the Global BC website.

shalw
November 30, 2021

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Canada may need to do ‘more’ to combat Omicron COVID-19 variant, Trudeau says

Canada might need to do more to protect Canadians from the newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.

shalw
November 30, 2021

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Merck says COVID-19 pill should be effective against all variants

The U.S. FDA will meet Tuesday about potentially authorizing the drug. The meeting comes as U.S. infections are rising again and countries grow concerned about the Omicron variant.

shalw
November 30, 2021

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Omicron: How does it compare with other COVID-19 variants of concern?

The Omicron variant, first detected by South Africa, has become the latest and fifth variant of concern designated by the WHO since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

shalw
November 30, 2021

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10 states win court bid to block Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers

The court order applies to a coalition of suing states that includes Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

shalw
November 30, 2021

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Yukon’s opioid fatality rate now highest in Canada, overtaking B.C.: coroner

Yukon chief coroner Heather Jones says opioid fatalities now represent over 20 per cent of all deaths investigated by the service between January and Nov. 26 this year.

shalw
November 30, 2021

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Pandemic professional Santa shortage leads to busy season for B.C.’s ‘Santa Bob’

The pandemic has created a shortage of professional Santas that’s keeping one Kris Kringle in British Columbia very busy this holiday season.

shalw
November 30, 2021

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Targeted travel bans ‘too late’ to stop Omicron COVID-19 variant, experts say

Travel bans targeting African countries won’t work, experts say, because the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has already spread beyond their borders.

shalw
November 29, 2021

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New COVID-19 variant has nations stopping air travel from southern Africa

Britain, Germany and Italy are among several nations enacting travel bans from southern Africa after a new COVID-19 variant was discovered there.

shalw
November 26, 2021

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Canadians divided over when COVID-19 vaccine mandates should be lifted: poll

The Ipsos poll found the number of Canadians who want to wait longer for mandates to end is higher than those who want them gone immediately — but not by much.

shalw
November 26, 2021

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South Africa criticizes Britain’s ‘rushed’ travel ban over new COVID-19 variant

Britain on Thursday temporarily banned flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini from Friday after detection of the new variant was announced.

shalw
November 26, 2021

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Studies that shaped Canada’s breast cancer screening guidelines ‘flawed,’ researchers say

A group of Canadian and American researchers has called into question the 1980s studies that shaped Canada’s modern-day breast cancer screening guidelines.

shalw
November 25, 2021

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COVID-19 vaccines should be prioritized for poor before kids, WHO says

The WHO’s interim guidance was issued as more regulatory agencies authorize certain vaccines for use in children, including Canada.

shalw
November 24, 2021

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Ontario reports under 600 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths

Of the 591 new cases recorded, 293 were unvaccinated people, 14 were partially vaccinated, 237 were fully vaccinated and for 47 people the vaccination status was unknown.

shalw
November 24, 2021

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Germany to pass 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 as virus surges again

Germany is poised to pass the mark of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week, a somber milestone that several of its neighbors crossed months ago but which Western Europe’s most populous nation had hoped to avoid. Discipline, a robust health care system and the rollout of multiple vaccines — one of them homegrown — were…

shalw
November 24, 2021

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Hormone therapy could prevent thousands of miscarriages each year in Britain, new NHS guidance says

Pregnant women at risk of miscarrying will be prescribed a hormone therapy…

shalw
November 24, 2021

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U.S. to require COVID-19 vaccines for non-residents crossing land border in January

The rules pertain to non-U.S. nationals. American citizens and permanent residents may still enter the U.S. regardless of their vaccination status, but face testing hurdles.

shalw
November 23, 2021

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Children in Toronto 1st in Canada to receive pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, local officials say

City officials said 10 COVID-19 shots were provided ‘ahead of a limited number of youth vaccination appointments on Wednesday and a large number of vaccinations on Thursday.’

shalw
November 23, 2021

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Canadiens’ great Guy Lafleur facing lung cancer again, strives to raise awareness

The Canadian Cancer Society estimates 21,000 people will die of lung cancer in this country in 2021 — some 25 per cent of all cancer deaths.

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November 23, 2021

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COVID-strained health care led to 4K deaths. How do we stop it from happening again?

B.C. reports its first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant

Canada may need to do ‘more’ to combat Omicron COVID-19 variant, Trudeau says

Merck says COVID-19 pill should be effective against all variants

Omicron: How does it compare with other COVID-19 variants of concern?

10 states win court bid to block Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers

Yukon’s opioid fatality rate now highest in Canada, overtaking B.C.: coroner

Pandemic professional Santa shortage leads to busy season for B.C.’s ‘Santa Bob’

Targeted travel bans ‘too late’ to stop Omicron COVID-19 variant, experts say

New COVID-19 variant has nations stopping air travel from southern Africa

Canadians divided over when COVID-19 vaccine mandates should be lifted: poll

South Africa criticizes Britain’s ‘rushed’ travel ban over new COVID-19 variant

Studies that shaped Canada’s breast cancer screening guidelines ‘flawed,’ researchers say

COVID-19 vaccines should be prioritized for poor before kids, WHO says

Ontario reports under 600 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths

Germany to pass 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 as virus surges again

Hormone therapy could prevent thousands of miscarriages each year in Britain, new NHS guidance says

U.S. to require COVID-19 vaccines for non-residents crossing land border in January

Children in Toronto 1st in Canada to receive pediatric COVID-19 vaccine, local officials say

Canadiens’ great Guy Lafleur facing lung cancer again, strives to raise awareness

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