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Around 400 million people are currently living with viral hepatitis, and the disease claims an estimated 1.45 million lives each year, making it one of the world’s leading causes of death. Hepatitis B and C together cause approximately 80% of…
There is no public health justification for implementing any measures to prevent the spread of MERS through the restriction of travel or trade. Screening at points of entry is considered unnecessary at this time. However, raising awareness about MERS and…
Parents of a four-year-old battling a rare form of cancer reflect on how polished their doctor was giving them heartbreaking news. A transgender male explains how he felt stigmatized by the health-care system when looking for help. A daughter brings…
Patients in six communities across the province will now benefit from an approach called bundled care, which is helping people transition more smoothly out of hospital and into their homes. The bundled care model provides a single payment to a…
William Osler Health System know that people who live in their community are the ones who benefit from their health care system, which means that these people are also the ones who know where they should focus our efforts. They…
Wait times for surgeries on Vancouver Island could be significantly reduced if the region’s health authority moves ahead with contracting operating room space from a Calgary-based private surgical provider. According to Interior Health, this third-party clinic could allow for up to…
General health has improved worldwide, thanks to significant progress against infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria in the past decade and gains in fighting maternal and child illnesses. But healthy life expectancy has not increased as much, so people…
In August 2014, at the height of the Ebola epidemic, Redemption Hospital lacked robust IPC (infection prevention and control) practices and relevant equipment to prevent the spread of Ebola. Both staff and patients were becoming sick and dying in the…
A chronic shortage of specially trained nurses kept overtime costs for B.C.’s two largest health authorities at more than $70 million a year, with the two hardest-working nurses taking home an astounding $125,000 in overtime pay. “The health care system…
Second cancers are on the rise. Nearly 1 in 5 new cases in the U.S. now involves someone who has had the disease before. When doctors talk about second cancers, they mean a different tissue type or a different site,…
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