health
An estimated 20,000 Alberta kids face waiting years to get therapy for disabilities
An estimated 20,000 children are stuck on Alberta’s Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) waiting list, facing years of delays to get speech, behavioural and other treatment or therapy for autism and various disabilities. Source link
60 years ago, Agent Orange was sprayed at CFB Gagetown. Vets want to know: are toxins still in the soil?
Sixty years after Agent Orange got sprayed at CFB Gagetown, veterans, military family members and some U.S. lawmakers are still raising concerns these herbicides could linger in the soil. They are calling for more testing as Canada redevelops the base. Source link
Canadian government should 'indefinitely exclude' people with mental illness from MAID, committee recommends
A special parliamentary committee is recommending that the federal government “indefinitely exclude” people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness from applying for medical assistance in dying (MAID). Source link
Earliest outbreak of the plague killed hunter-gatherer kids 5,500 years ago
Scientists have solved a mystery that puzzled them for decades: Why were so many dead children buried by hunter-gatherers in Russia 5,500 years ago? It turns out they were killed by the earliest known outbreak of the plague, revealing new insights about the disease. Source link
U.S. Centers for Disease Control issues travel alert for Manitoba over hepatitis A outbreak
Manitoba’s ongoing hepatitis A outbreak, which has claimed the lives of four people, has prompted a travel alert by the national public health agency of the United States. Source link
N.L. health-care workers got an email promising a day off — but it was only a cybersecurity test
Employees of Newfoundland and Labrador’s health authority recently received an email titled June Holiday thanking them for their hard work in recent months — only to find out it was all just a cybersecurity test. Now, the NLHS Digital Health Service CEO is apologizing, saying the email was “not sensitive.” Source link
Alberta judge dismisses bid to stall closure of supervised drug sites
A judge has dismissed a last-ditch legal effort to temporarily halt the closures of supervised consumption sites in Calgary and Lethbridge, citing a similar effort to stall another shuttered site. Source link
E-scooter injuries rising among children, B.C. hospital data shows
E-scooter-related injuries among children are on the rise, according to new data from B.C. Children’s Hospital, as the devices grow in popularity across the province. Source link
Alberta urged to follow federal guidance as it develops fall COVID-19 vaccine plan
Infectious disease experts hope the Alberta government will fully adopt federal COVID-19 vaccine guidance as it plans its immunization rollout for later this year. Source link
Labrador’s 1st Innu nurse receives honorary doctor of laws
Memorial University’s Labrador Campus hosted a historic convocation and recognized the decades of contribution made by Labrador’s first Innu nurse. Source link