Excess mortality rates: What do they tell us about the state of public health in Europe?
As the world marks the third year since the start of the pandemic, excess deaths remain high. We asked the experts why that is.
As the world marks the third year since the start of the pandemic, excess deaths remain high. We asked the experts why that is.
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When Sean Pinsent's phone rang in the early morning hours of March 7 and the display showed his sister's number, he was worried right away — about his mother Patricia Pinsent, who has advanced dementia and lives in long-term care. But he wasn't prepared for what he would hear: his mother had been attacked at night, while asleep in her bed. "I was very shocked, saddened, heartbroken," Pinsent said from his home in Medicine Hat, Alta. "I mean, she gave birth to five children who grew up to be very
Danny Moloshok/ReutersFormer Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes has been placed on a psychiatric hold after she was spotted roaming naked around Los Angeles, according to TMZ. The report comes just a few days after Bynes backed out of a panel at this year’s 90s Con in Connecticut, citing illness.Eyewitnesses told TMZ that Bynes was walking through downtown Los Angeles early Sunday morning alone and without any clothes. The 36-year-old actress supposedly waved down a car and informed the driver that s
CALGARY — A 15-year-old boy who died in Calgary weighing just 37 pounds was also near death in a British Columbia hospital about a decade earlier, a child welfare official from that province testified at the teen's fatal injury. Alexandru Radita was brought to a hospital in 2003 by ambulance with a bloated stomach, rotten teeth and thinning hair, and he was extremely underweight, the deputy director of Child Welfare in B.C. testified Tuesday at the Calgary inquiry. "It was about insulin and it w
At least two people have been hospitalized with Hepatitis A after eating frozen strawberries, per the CDC. Frozen fruit from Trader Joe's, Costco, others were recalled.
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A B.C. pharmacist has been suspended from the provincial College of Pharmacists for a month for faking his COVID-19 vaccination status at the height of the pandemic. Aftabahmed Abdullatif Shaikh has admitted to entering COVID-19 vaccinations onto his PharmaNet record on two separate occasions in August 2021, despite never having received the vaccine, according to the college's complaints outcome registry. The fake records helped Shaikh receive a COVID-19 vaccine passport. Shaikh also provided in
Lawmakers have allowed a Idaho’s punitive legal regime to get out of hand. If they don’t fix it, they will get people killed.
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Shelly Battista gave birth to twin girls Nina and Margot on Dec. 9, 2022 — exactly two years after she was told she is cancer-free
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My old friend Boris Johnson has returned, like one of those tropical diseases you hoped you had shaken off for good. According to distinguished members of the medical profession, the prognosis may be worrying. As soon as Johnson comes back, whole sections of the Tory party, which has been recovering its health under Dr Sunak, will come down with Boris Fever again.
One bill requires doctors to inform patients about an unproven practice to “reverse” a medication abortion.
New Brunswick reported eight more deaths from COVID-19 Tuesday, raising the pandemic death toll to 856, and the test positivity rate continued to climb, reaching a nearly year-long high. Hospital admissions because of the virus, meanwhile, "remained stable" March 12 to March 18, and the number of new lab-confirmed cases decreased, the COVIDWatch report shows. The latest results come about two weeks after March Break, when many students and their families travelled out of the province or out of t
Recent developments: Some of Ottawa's COVID-19 indicators are starting to drop after reaching levels last seen in January. One more person with COVID has died in Ottawa. The latest After weeks of stability, some of Ottawa's COVID-19 trends had risen to levels last seen in January, but they are beginning to drop again. Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says COVID-19 indicators are generally stable at moderate to high levels, which has remained consistent for most of 2023. Experts recommend people wear m
Candida auris infections reported by U.S. health care facilities rose by 95% in 2021.
Saskatchewan's branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said the province has spent at least $730,000 on private health care staffing in the Prairie North region, which includes North Battleford and Meadow Lake. CUPE said it got the information after filing a transparency grievance with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). The money was spent specifically on licensed practical nurses. The contract workers in the Prairie North region are provided by health care staffing solutio
The diabetes medication has gained popularity for its weight loss side effects, as a number of celebrities have been accused of using Ozempic for that purpose