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Canadian hospitals strain to care for influx of sick chidren but are short staffed

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2022-11-21 16:58

Canadian hospitals, strapped for staff, strain with sick children Canadian hospitals are straining to care for an influx of sick children, many with respiratory illnesses, in the midst of staffing constraints and as a shortage of children's over-the-counter medication sends more kids to hospital. Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters

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‘Immunity debt’: Why experts say this new term promotes COVID-19 ‘misinformation’

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2022-11-14 09:54

‘Immunity debt’: Why experts say this new term promotes COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ - National | Globalnews.ca The term "immunity debt" is circulating as an explanation of a surge in illness in Canada, but infectious diseases experts say it's “dangerous” and promotes COVID “misinformation.” Teresa Wright Global News

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The first hypothesis suggests people’s immune systems are weaker now, due to a lack of exposure to viruses while observing COVID-19 public health measures over the last two-and-a-half years.

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More severe COVID-19 may raise risk of long COVID--large study

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2022-10-31 17:20

More severe COVID-19 may raise risk of long COVID Meta-analysis finds that 51% of patients with milder cases, 67% of hospitalized patients, and 74% of ICU patients had long COVID. CIDRAP

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New research indicates Covid-19 appears to affect memory less than other aspects of cognition

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2022-10-20 09:46

Covid-19 appears to affect memory less than other aspects of cognition | New Scientist People who have had covid-19 can have lingering impairments in multiple aspects of cognition, but memory appears to be less affected #author.fullName} New Scientist

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Canada, Switzerland approve COVD-19 variant booster shots

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2022-10-10 09:13

Canada authorises Pfizer's Omicron retooled booster Canada on Friday authorised updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech SE that target the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, according to the government's website. Reuters Reuters

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WHO says its global infodemic manager community of practice is growing and tackling COVID-19, monkeypox and other outbreaks

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2022-09-28 12:33

The WHO global infodemic manager community of practice is growing and tackling COVID-19, monkeypox and other outbreaks The WHO-trained infodemic managers, over 1300 of them from 142 countries, are already making great strides in Member States and together around the globe as a global community of practice.

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Canada to remove all COVID travel restrictions from Oct 1

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2022-09-28 08:47

Canada to remove all COVID travel restrictions from Oct 1 Canada will drop all COVID-19 restrictions for travelers from Oct. 1, including vaccination and masking requirements for flights and trains, the government said on Monday. Reuters Reuters

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Canada to contribute C$1.2 bln to fighting AIDS, malaria

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2022-09-22 10:17

Canada to contribute C$1.2 bln to health fund to fight AIDS, malaria Canada would contribute C$1.21 billion ($898.9 million) to a global health fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and support health services that have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the Canadian government said in a statement on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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France clears Omicron boosters, Canada drops vax requirements for visitors

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2022-09-20 17:20

France clears Omicron-adapted COVID boosters for autumn vaccination drive France's HAS health authority on Tuesday followed the European Union's drug regulator and cleared two separate COVID-19 vaccine boosters updated to target the Omicron variant. Reuters Reuters

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Majority of Canadians have now caught COVID--study

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2022-09-14 09:26

ANALYSIS | Majority of Canadians have now caught COVID — so what does that mean for the future? | CBC News The majority of Canadians have caught COVID-19 since Omicron and its highly contagious subvariants triggered enormous waves of infection this year — with new estimates suggesting almost two-thirds of the population have had it. CBC

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Researchers in British Columbia analyzed close to 14,000 blood samples in the Lower Mainland throughout the pandemic to track antibody levels in the general population, and found a massive shift in the number of infections in the past few months.

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