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COVID

More than 75% of Canadians had been infected with virus that causes COVID-19 by March 2023, report finds

by Yvette d'Entremont August 15, 2023August 16, 2023

COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) published its latest findings on Monday.

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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.

COVID, Medical Research

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

by Yvette d'Entremont April 18, 2023April 25, 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.

Health, Medical Research

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

by Yvette d'Entremont April 13, 2023April 20, 2023

A young girl of about four years old with brunette hair and wearing a yellow dress sits on the examination table in a doctor's office while a doctor checks her throat. The girl's mother is standing by, holding her hand.

Equity and Equality, Health, Medical Research

Canadian researchers’ national guidelines for treating children’s pain a global first

by Yvette d'Entremont April 4, 2023April 11, 2023

A man sitting at a desk with a pen and a form asks a woman questions in a drab office. They're both wearing masks.

Health, Medical Research

Campaign raising awareness about delirium with screenings at inpatient units in Nova Scotia

by Yvette d'Entremont March 15, 2023March 22, 2023

A black and white photo of an older man wearing glasses sitting hunched over on a wooden slatted bench. He's facing a grassy shoreline and large body of water but is looking down reading a newspaper.

Health, Medical Research

Program developed at Dal helps support mental health of men being treated for prostate cancer

by Yvette d'Entremont March 1, 2023March 9, 2023

The silhouette of a child posed in the far right of the frame stands out against an open sky at sunset or sunrise.

Health, Medical Research

Genetic testing could help identify youth at risk of developing mental illness, Dal study finds

by Yvette d'Entremont February 23, 2023March 2, 2023

The utterly empty Halifax airport in March, 2020.

COVID, Medical Research

Canadian researchers increase wastewater testing at airports to detect new COVID variants

by Yvette d'Entremont February 16, 2023February 23, 2023

A doctor in blue scrubs and wearing a head scarf and dark-rimmed glasses demonstrates how a robotic arm is used in knee replacement surgery. She is using a prosthetic knee in the process. On the stainless steel table are a number of surgical tools.

Health

Robot technology to be used in hip, knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth General

by Jennifer Henderson January 14, 2023January 14, 2023

a photograph of shelves of Victorian medicine bottles

Morning File

Great books shouldn’t be medicinal

by Philip Moscovitch November 27, 2020January 16, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc homepage.

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Category: Medical Research

More than 75% of Canadians had been infected with virus that causes COVID-19 by March 2023, report finds

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

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

Canadian researchers’ national guidelines for treating children’s pain a global first

Campaign raising awareness about delirium with screenings at inpatient units in Nova Scotia

Program developed at Dal helps support mental health of men being treated for prostate cancer

Genetic testing could help identify youth at risk of developing mental illness, Dal study finds

Canadian researchers increase wastewater testing at airports to detect new COVID variants

Robot technology to be used in hip, knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth General

Great books shouldn’t be medicinal

Nova Scotia launches review of provincial policing structure

Brad Johns once again spins the revolving door of SIRT directorship, but that won’t solve the crisis of legitimacy for the police oversight board

Mount Uniacke residents organize, submit comments as quarry owners apply for expansion

Halifax MP says council can go higher on federal housing application

NDP wants Nova Scotia municipalities to tax developers who leave lots empty