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Category: Health

Posted inHealth, Mass Casualty Commission

Nova Scotia commits to expanded mental health supports three years after Portapique tragedy

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 19, 2023April 26, 2023
An image from a microscope of a black legged tick that has eight legs.
Posted inHealth, Province House

Lyme disease awareness advocates disappointed by Nova Scotia premier’s lack of action

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 19, 2023April 26, 2023
Posted inProvince House

Auditor General: government is moving too slow on new hospital project

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 19, 2023April 26, 2023
A senior woman wearing a bright striped top, scarf and olive coloured jacket stands smiling broadly in front of a window beside a younger woman. The grinning younger woman is holding a phone in front of them, taking a selfie.
Posted inCOVID, Medical Research

Dalhousie researcher: pandemic’s effects on mental health in long-term care ‘very mixed’

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 18, 2023April 25, 2023
Two white women and a man of colour sit around laughing and enjoying some drinks. The drinks are cocktails served in tumblers.
Posted inMorning File

Rethinking our relationship with drinking

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent April 18, 2023April 18, 2023
Posted inCOVID

On average, 38 Nova Scotians are dying from COVID each month, five times the number of flu deaths

by Tim Bousquet April 17, 2023April 17, 2023
A hand holds onto a yellow medical instrument.
Posted inHealth

Middleton woman sues doctors, hospital because a medical device was discovered in her body nearly 6 years after a C-section

by Tim Bousquet April 17, 2023April 24, 2023
A boy wearing a green helmet sitting on a white bicycle on a wharf in Pictou harbour with the Northern Pulp mill belching out clouds of emissions before it was closed in 2020. Photo: Dr. Gerry Farrell
Posted inEnvironment

Dalhousie study finds Northern Pulp Mill was by far the biggest polluter near Pictou

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter April 16, 2023May 16, 2023
A woman wearing a dark t-shirt and glasses speaks at a podium. In the background are three Nova Scotia flags, coloured blue, yellow and red.
Posted inHealth

Wait list for family doctors continues to grow

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson April 14, 2023April 21, 2023
Two women hug in a kitchen with pale grey walls. A woman in a pink sweater is back to the camera, hair wrapped up in a high ponytail on top of her head. The other woman is wearing a grey sweater, smiling, eyes closed, hair wrapped in a pink scarf.
Posted inHealth, Medical Research

Dalhousie-led project to study factors that increase lung cancer risk in ‘never smokers’

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont April 13, 2023April 20, 2023

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