For the first time since 1792, Fogo Island is facing a future without a doctor.The MV Veteran sails behind two small fishing boats in Island Harbour on Fogo Island. (Garrett Barry/CBC)The cancer treatments and surgeries were hard enough — she’d leave the hospital with drainage tubes, or exhausted from chemotherapy. But the breaking point for Sabrina…
More than a week after a shortage of available physicians closed the emergency room in Red Lake, health professionals are weighing in on possible solutions to the northern Ontario doctor shortage.The emergency room at Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital was closed from 8 a.m. March 26 to 8 a.m. March 27. (Red Lake Hospital/Facebook)More…
Marvel With a global box-office of around $1.9 billion, Marvel and Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has been so successful it’s unlikely…
The doctor who was accused of breaking New Brunswick’s COVID-19 rules by failing to isolate, and of being the source of a deadly outbreak, in 2020 is suing the province, the RCMP and Facebook’s parent company.Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola, who now practises in Quebec, was accused of violating the Emergency Measures Act for not quarantining after a trip…
A CDC advisory panel is meeting today to consider recommending Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. Dr. Dyan Hes,…
John Bishop might just be starting off as the newest companion in Doctor Who, but he’s already unsure about his future in the role. The comedian was recently announced as Jodie Whittaker’s pal on board the TARDIS following the departure of Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole, but with the current Time Lord set to leave…
BBC The BBC has announced an October 31st premiere for “Doctor Who: Flux,” the thirteenth season of the modern run of “Doctor…
A doctor who was filling in at a rural Alberta hospital says he treated three COVID-19 patients with ivermectin, triggering a warning from the provincial health authority about the dangers of the controversial drug. Ivermectin is used primarily to rid livestock of parasites. It has not been approved for use in either Canada or the U.S. for…
A heroic NHS doctor who worked on the frontline of the coronavirus response has died of cancer aged 40. Dr Jessi Tucker received a devastating call from her doctor on the first day of the Covid-19 lockdown last March, telling her the lump on the top of her thigh was skin cancer. Just moments earlier,…
A self-proclaimed ‘naturopathic doctor’ allegedly sold customers pellets she claimed had Covid-19 giving ‘lifelong immunity’ and then told them to forge in fake vaccine cards that they had received the Moderna jab. Juli Mazi, 41, is also accused of instructing a customer to sign her name for her as the ‘healthcare professional’ administering the Moderna…