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After marking World AIDS Day on Sunday, Saskatchewan advocates for residents living with HIV/AIDS are continuing to promote awareness about a lack of support for those dealing with the conditions. Saskatchewan continues to lead the country when it comes to HIV diagnosis with a rate five times the national average, according to the Public Health…
A persistent fever landed nearly three-year-old Wade Butter in hospital right before his birthday in 2023. “We kind of sensed that something was wrong and called his family doctor. And that’s when everything started,” said Nichole Fink, Wade’s mom. A trip to their local hospital in Cambridge, Ont., confirmed the family’s worst nightmare. “The pediatrician…
SINGAPORE: Twenty-four children at the Little Seeds Preschool branch at Calvary Baptist Church have fallen ill with gastroenteritis symptoms. Seven children were hospitalised. Of these, four have been discharged and the remaining three are in stable condition, said the Ministry of Health (MOH), Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) on Monday (Dec 2)….
New HIV diagnoses in Manitoba have increased 130 per cent in two years, according to data from the Manitoba HIV Program. 169 people were diagnosed and referred to the program in 2021. That number jumped to 256 in 2022, and 388 in 2023. In 2024 so far, the program is reporting over 300 diagnoses. The…
Environmental factors like prolonged stress, chronic inflammation and toxic exposure could play a key role in triggering Parkinson’s disease, even in people without genetic risk, a Canadian study has found. A team from McGill University in Montreal published a paper last month in Nature Neuroscience that may have uncovered a new link between the immune system and…
