#HealthCanada; #Novavax; #NuvaxovidCOVID19vaccine, #ClinicalTrials CMEDIA: Health Canada authorized today the fifth COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid produced by Novavax, an American biotechnology company based in Gaithersburg, MD, for the prevention of COVID-19 in adults …
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Toronto Pearson Airport travellers. Image credit: Unsplash #Canada; #CanadaBorderMeasures; #PublicHealthAgencyCanadaData Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canada’s Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Tuesday that starting Feb. 28 the federal government would eliminate the pre-arrival PCR …
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#Canada; #OnlineCourses; #MentallyHealthyWorkplace Ottawa/CMEDIA: The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has added three online courses to its mental health resources to help organizations achieve a psychologically healthy workplace. …
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#Health; #Neuroscience; #Genome; #MultiplaSclerosis; #SpinalCord; #ImmuneCells Sweden/CMEDIA: An international team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reports that cells in the central nervous system known as oligodendrocytes might …
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by Debra Atlas #EcoAnxiety; #ClimateChange; #GoodGriefNetwork The idea of climate change affecting people’s well-being may seem like science fiction. Yet the evidence of climate change has barreled full force into …
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overdose death #Canada; #BC; #opioidcrisisdeaths; #Covid19Pandeic; #IllicitDrugs Vancouver (B.C.)/CMEDIA: A 26 percent increase in its opioid crisis death toll in 2021 in the province of British Columbia (B.C.) was reported …
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#ILO; #COVID19crisis; #unemoloyment; #GenderInequality; #LatinAmerica; #Caribbean According to a new regional Labour Overview report by the ILO, with an unemployment rate of 9.6 percent, the region must face the prospect of …
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#Canada, #Ontario, #LongTermCareHomes, #Covid19, #RestrictionsEased Ottawa/CMEDIA: Visitor restrictions at Ontario long-term care homes are being eased as public health indicators are starting to improve and the rate of hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 continues to follow …
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#Canada; #Ottawa; #OttawaPolice; #SurgeAndContainStrategy; #TruckersProtest Ottawa/CMEDIA: “The Ottawa Police Service and its partners are implementing a surge and contain strategy in Ottawa’s downtown neighbourhoods to further protect neighbourhoods, restore order …
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#SocialIsolation; #SeniorWomen; #HeartDiseaseRisk California/CMEDIA: During the current pandemic, social distancing has been one tool used to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But data from a new study point to as …
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