Can this 19th-century health practice help with long COVID?
ByVaishnavi Chandrashekhar Published April 8, 2022 • 15 min read In 2012, doctoral student Hosanna Krienke was looking for topics for her…
ByVaishnavi Chandrashekhar Published April 8, 2022 • 15 min read In 2012, doctoral student Hosanna Krienke was looking for topics for her…
The improving state of the COVID-19 pandemic means Canadian jurisdictions can now ease public health restrictions further, federal officials said Friday.A person wearing a mask crosses a street in Toronto on March 2. Provincial governments in several provinces, including Ontario, are rapidly lifting COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)The improving state of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Health Canada is warning anyone with several models of Fitbit’s Ionic smartwatch to immediately stop using the device because its battery can overheat and may cause burns.Approximately 70,561 units of the Fitbit Ionic smartwatch have been sold in Canada from August 2017 to August 2020. (Richard Drew/The Associated Press)Health Canada is warning anyone with several…
Photographs ByCédric Gerbehaye Text byNina Strochlic Published January 25, 2022 • 9 min read Six months ago, thick paper was taped to…
How is the American health system is holding up compared with ours? The Omicron wave is revealing flaws everywhere, overwhelming weaknesses in every country. It’s also providing lessons on what might be fixed.A patient being brought to a hospital emergency entrance last week in New York City, where hospitals are more crowded than any time…
Health officials are warning that COVID-19 cases around the U.S. are on the rise as Americans face the threat of the Omicron…
Health Canada has recalled a children’s jacket sold by Shein and flagged to the government agency by CBC Marketplace, due to high levels of lead content.This jacket, purchased for $23 from Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein, contained almost 20 times the limit of lead Health Canada says is safe in children’s products. (David Abrahams/CBC)Health Canada has…
The province’s vaccine record website has experienced a possible privacy breach, Alberta Health said in a statement Thursday. Alberta Health says some users downloaded the wrong QR code from the province’s COVID records website. (Matthew Howard/CBC)The province’s vaccine record website experienced a possible privacy breach, Alberta Health said in a statement Thursday. Alberta Health says it has received reports…
The Higgs government’s much-anticipated health plan is out, promising a range of new tools and targets to improve the system in New Brunswick but no sweeping changes to address some of the sector’s most chronic problems.Health Minister Dorothy Shephard announced the senior-care element of the health plan Tuesday, and her department released the whole plan…
PCWorld Microsoft said last week that it will soon begin pushing its controversial PC Health Check app to all PCs, partly to prepare them for the Windows 11 transition, but also to provide users with a dashboard to monitor the ongoing health of their devices. The update, officially known as KB5005463, will install PC Health…