Health

• COVID-19 and flu set to peak over holiday season in Ontario; Moore urges vaccinations

  Ontario's top doctor says there is "a lot" of COVID-19 circulating in the province right now, and levels of both that virus and influenza are on the rise.

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  Dec 4
  
• Pledge Day 2023 raises $177,000 for Calgary children’s charities

  QR Calgary's annual Pledge day raises funds for the Calgary Children’s Foundation and this year the live broadcast yielded a total of $177,000 in donations.

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  Dec 2
  
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• Sask. nurse practitioners say they should be able to bill province for private services

  Registered nurse practitioners who run private clinics in Saskatchewan say they could play a larger role in health care if they could bill the province for services.

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  Dec 1
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• Measles exposure warning issued for Vancouver airport and 2 flights

  The B.C. Centre for Disease Control released a bulletin Wednesday, saying a passenger with measles was in the airport on Nov. 23.

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  Nov 29
• Saskatchewan government to send breast cancer screening patients to private company in Calgary

  The Saskatchewan government says it's going to send breast cancer patients to Calgary for screening as the province continues to deal with medical imaging backlogs.

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  Nov 29
• ‘The wheel came right off’: B.C. patient wants probe of medical transport incident

  Randall Krall says he was being transported between hospitals in Victoria and Nanaimo after a heart surgery when the privately-contracted Medi-Van he was in lost a wheel.

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  Nov 24
• Five Sask. people dead from influenza in last two weeks: CRISP report

  As of Nov. 18, 18.9 per cent of the Saskatchewan population received influenza vaccine this season, the highest percentage of those living in Regina. 

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  Nov 24
• Ambulance smashed in Saskatoon as violence against paramedics increases

  An ambulance in Saskatoon had its window smashed Sunday morning as paramedics were attending to a patient in serious condition.

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  Nov 14
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• Tuberculosis case detected at University of Victoria

  Tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria that often infects the lungs and can be fatal if not treated.

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  Nov 9
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• Health officials urge more syphilis testing as U.S. newborn cases skyrocket

  More than 3,700 babies were born with congenital syphilis in 2022 — 10 times more than a decade ago and a 32 epr cent increase from 2021, the CDC said.

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  Nov 7