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A new COVID-19 variant is on the rise in Canada. Here’s what you …

WEBThe Public Health Agency of Canada, while reporting low COVID levels countrywide, says that the most prevalent EG. 5 variant — EG. 5.1 — is predicted to …

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‘The situation was so devastating’: How Sick Kids transformed to …

WEBWilliams spoke to the paramedics from Ornge, the province’s air ambulance and critical care transport system, who brought in the first COVID patient and were …

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Budget 2021: Ontario’s health-care spending compared to other …

WEBTwelve months into a global health crisis that has pushed Ontario’s health-care infrastructure to its limits, the province has delivered its budget for 2021. Ontario …

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Is COVID still a global health emergency

WEBOn Friday, the World Health Organization will declare whether COVID is still a public health emergency, three years after the organization first triggered the alarm. …

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Ontario to hire nearly 100 new health and safety inspectors to …

WEBThe ministry’s new round of hiring will bring its total number of health and safety inspectors to 507. Data obtained by the Star earlier in the pandemic showed a …

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Ontario to open clinic for rare Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

WEBHealth Minister Eric Hoskins on Monday announced a new clinic for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). “This is the aptly timed Rare Disease Day. It happens once …

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Parents say provincial health authority refuses to help them …

WEBParents say provincial health authority refuses to help them manage medically fragile children. Shannon Reaume and her husband need overnight help to …

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Taking it to the street: How a mobile team bringing COVID-19 …

WEBThe mobile vaccination team from East Toronto Health partners was out on the streets on a sweltering day Monday, hoping to convince people who haven’t yet …

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Is the ‘Kraken’ surge starting

WEBNew data released Tuesday by Public Health Ontario projects that XBB.1.5, known by the nickname “Kraken,” will be responsible for 22.2 per cent of all new COVID …

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Hospitals in rural and northern Ontario struggling after COVID-19

WEBAs Ontario prepares for another pandemic winter, some hospitals and health-care systems in rural and northern regions are already struggling to cope …

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How a Toronto hospital handled Canada’s first COVID-19 case: …

WEBOn a Thursday evening in late January, a 56-year-old man went by ambulance to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre with a fever and persistent dry …

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Ontario health minister urges faster approval of foreign-trained …

WEBHealth Minister Sylvia Jones is directing the regulatory bodies for nurses and doctors to “make every effort … as expeditiously as possible” to accredit those trained in …

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Ontario is starting to collect race-based COVID-19 data. Some …

WEBData collection is beginning once training for public health units and changes to data entry systems are complete, according to a health ministry spokesperson. …

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There’s a COVID-prevention drug that can protect vulnerable …

WEBThere’s a COVID-prevention drug that can protect vulnerable patients. Doctors say not enough people know about it Evusheld, authorized for people with …

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Windsor-Essex County fentanyl exchange program highlighted …

WEBWindsor-Essex County fentanyl exchange program highlighted after passing of provincial bill. Dr. Gary Kirk, chief medical officer of health at the Windsor-Essex …

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The sons of Omicron: New COVID variants — what researchers are …

WEBWhat we are seeing so far. The early data around BA.2.75.2 as well as variants BQ.1.1 and XBB, all descendants of Omicron, isn’t encouraging. When viruses …

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Surge at emergency departments in Brampton, Etobicoke leads to

WEBA crush of patients arriving at emergency departments in Brampton and Etobicoke have forced William Osler Health System to postpone some elective …

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Inside the ‘one-stop-shop’ centre for breast health

WEBThat lengthy, complicated process is what motivated Dr. Pallister, in 2007, to advocate for patient-centred care at MSH and create a one-stop-shop model for breast …

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These 37 hand sanitizers have been recalled by Health Canada in …

WEBThese include brands that contain, or possibly contain, ingredients that are not permitted by Health Canada (such as ethyl acetate, methanol and 1-propanol); have …

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World Hepatitis Day in Windsor: Know Your Status

WEBIn honour of World Hepatitis Day, the Windsor Essex Community Health Centre (WECHC) a non-profit, community health centre, with funding from the Ministry …

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Toronto announces plan to combat disproportionate impact of …

WEBThe community health centre is among a dozen the City of Toronto is partnering with as part of its Black Community COVID-19 Response Plan. - Supplied . …

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How much do doctors bill OHIP for services

WEBSome 518 Ontario doctors received more than $1 million in fee-for-service payments from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan in 2017-18, a Toronto Star database …

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