Category: Health & Medicine

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5175881.1560530297!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/ebola-health-uganda.jpg The World Health Organization has deemed the Ebola outbreak in Congo a public health emergency of international concern. Ebola is highly infectious and spread through bodily fluids. The current outbreak, largely confined to Congo apart from three deaths in Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5214757.1563373154!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/uganda-ebola-outbreak.jpg The World Health Organization reported a new incidence of Ebola in Uganda on Wednesday, fuelling concerns that the virus may be spreading beyond Congo, as an expert panel weighs whether to sound the alarm internationally. The WHO said a Congolese Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5206258.1562727315!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/eat-smart-kale-salad-mix.jpg This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Last week the Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5213781.1563300551!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/rabies-death-20190715.jpg Public health officials and scientists stress that rabies rarely infects humans in Canada, but the death of a man in British Columbia who came into contact with a bat is a reminder to take precautions with wildlife. B.C.’s provincial Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5213310.1563288417!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/little-brown-bat.jpg A 21-year-old man who died from rabies after coming into contact with an infected bat on Vancouver Island this spring ran into the nocturnal mammal in an “unusual” daytime encounter, health officials said Tuesday. The man, whose identity has Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5211798.1563187578!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/congo-ebola-outbreak.jpg The first Ebola patient in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, has died, the government said on Tuesday. The spread of the virus to Goma, a city of roughly 1 million people on the border with Rwanda, has raised fears the outbreak, which Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5212953.1563288218!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/autumn-reinhardt-simpson.jpg Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson is a chauffeur; a librarian, digging up resources and information; a covert operative, helping clients circumvent unsupportive partners; a therapist; and a friend. Her actual job title is abortion doula. That phrase might seem like an oxymoron — although she does sometimes Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5212771.1563227160!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mkcoursin-dollow-101.jpg More than one in 10 children — or 20 million worldwide — missed out last year on vaccines against life-threatening diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF children’s fund said on Monday. In a Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5150441.1563219422!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/nb-measles-20190524.jpg This year’s flu season will likely be a bad one, Ontario’s health minister said Monday, and the province is stocking up on extra high-strength vaccines in preparation.  “We expect that it’s going to be a very difficult year,” Christine Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5211856.1563190339!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/congo-ebola-backstory.JPG Unidentified attackers killed two Ebola health workers in eastern Congo over the weekend, the Health Ministry said, the latest in a string of assaults that have hampered efforts to stop the deadly spread of the virus. The violence came before a high-level Read more …