Testing

• B.C. government rolls out chronic wasting disease response plan

  The B.C. government has implemented mandatory testing for deer killed in a part of the province where a troubling new disease has surfaced.

  Environment

  Feb 13, 2024
  
• Wastewater testing for COVID-19 expands to include influenza, says Western scientists

  Led by a consortium of universities including Western University, the initiative, launched in 2020, surveils sewage in monitoring the location of emerging COVID-19 infections.

  Health

  Sep 4, 2023
  
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• Queen’s University researchers working on cutting-edge breast cancer research

  Cancer researchers based out of Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., are hard at work on technology that could monitor the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment.

  Canada

  May 12, 2023
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• ‘It was just like a miracle’: Saskatoon woman finds kidney donor

  Since Debbie Onishenko's story came out in August, she's received calls from a bunch of people; some in the same predicament as her, and others, like Brent Kruger, looking to help.

  Health

  Feb 6, 2023
• Quebec paramedics see pay cut for COVID-19 vaccination, testing

  The front-line health-care workers who are registered in the JeContribue program are no longer entitled to $32-an-hour pay to vaccinate or test people for COVID-19.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2023
• New project brings HIV, hep C and syphilis testing to pharmacies in N.S.

  It's estimated that about 10 per cent of people with HIV don't know they have it. Meanwhile, 40 per cent of those with hep C are unaware.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2022
• Providence Manor declares fourth COVID-19 outbreak

  This news of a fourth outbreak comes as COVID-19 outbreaks continue in three other areas of the care centre -- Sydenham 3, 4 and 5.

  Health

  Oct 6, 2022
• Kingston’s Providence Manor declares three COVID-19 outbreaks

  Since last week, three outbreaks of COVID-19 at Providence Manor have combined for a total of 27 active cases at the long-term care home in Kingston, Ont.

  Health

  Oct 5, 2022
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• COVID-19 outbreak declared in unit of Kingston General Hospital

  A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared in the Connell 9 unit of Kingston General Hospital.

  Health

  Sep 21, 2022
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• COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at H.J. McFarland Memorial Home in Picton, Ont.

  Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has declared an outbreak at H.J. McFarland Memorial Home.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2022