Health

Alberta introducing more internationally-educated health care workers to workforce

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Alberta introducing more internationally-educated health care workers to workforce

More internationally-educated health workers are being introduced across Alberta to help fill the gaps in the current health care system. This comes after the federal government announced $86 million in funding for health professional accreditation and to address shortages. This past year, Edmonton’s NorQuest College received similar funding from the provincial government for its internationally … Read more

The early Alzheimer’s symptom you could spot while parking your car

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The early Alzheimer’s symptom you could spot while parking your car

Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia in the UK. It is progressive and the symptoms usually develop over many years. Spotting the early signs of dementia can be difficult too, because many overlap with common mental health struggles. So it could be hard to know how much to worry if you think someone … Read more

Cameroon starts world’s first malaria vaccine program for children

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Cameroon starts world’s first malaria vaccine program for children

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent, which accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria … Read more

Decade after tragic fire that killed 32, some Quebec seniors’ residences still lack sprinkler systems

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Decade after tragic fire that killed 32, some Quebec seniors’ residences still lack sprinkler systems

Ten years after 32 people died in a fire that ripped through a residential complex for seniors in rural Quebec, around a quarter of all private seniors’ residences in the province are still struggling to comply with a requirement to install sprinkler systems. The January 2014 fire at the Résidence du Havre in L’Isle-Verte, Que. … Read more

A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000

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A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000

LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. A large soccer stadium in the capital city has been converted into a treatment facility. The Zambian … Read more

Quebec study finds COVID measures were effective in reducing cases

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Quebec study finds COVID measures were effective in reducing cases

A study aimed at countering online misinformation reveals that health measures taken by governments in connection with COVID-19 helped reduce hospital admissions and the number of cases in 2020. In a study published in 2023 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Mohsen Farhadloo, assistant professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management and Business Technology … Read more

NHS unveils world-first genetic test for better blood transfusion matching

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NHS unveils world-first genetic test for better blood transfusion matching

NHS unveils world-first genetic test for better blood transfusion matching (Image: Getty) From Monday, people with sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia in England will have access to a genetic test to better match their blood transfusions, and offer more personalised care. The NHS is the first healthcare system in the world to provide the new … Read more

2 New Mexico Republican lawmakers seek to impeach Democratic governor over gun restrictions

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2 New Mexico Republican lawmakers seek to impeach Democratic governor over gun restrictions

SANTA FE, N.M. — Two Republican legislators filed a resolution Wednesday aimed at initiating impeachment proceedings against Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham over her emergency public health orders suspending the right to carry firearms in some public places in greater Albuquerque, such as parks and playgrounds. The resolution from Reps. Stefani Lord of Sandia Park … Read more

Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution

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Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution

ST. LOUIS — The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently released Environmental Protection Agency assessment. It’s a difficult problem that’s concentrated in agricultural regions that drain into the Mississippi River. … Read more