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Frontline continuing care assistants (CCAs) are sounding the alarm over unsafe staffing levels, inadequate time to care for patients, and worsening working conditions in Saskatchewan’s health care system. CUPE 5430’s CCA committee’s new research report, Checking the Pulse of CCAs, highlights the growing challenges CCAs face in workplaces across the province. The research report surveyed 1,290 continuing care assistants and found:

Was it not the late, great Whitney Houston who sang, "Didn't we almost have it all? " And in "Survivor 51," we truly almost did. Wednesday's episode took one giant step backwards when Jeff corralled the castaways on a new beach to announce that it was time to (say it with me now): Drop! Your! Buffs! And while I'm typically all gassed up about an ol' switcheroo (I even spoke to "Survivor: Africa" winner Ethan Zohn about the show's very first tribe swap), reverting the game back to a three-tribe format is... not so exciting. Making matters worse, since Rob decided to quit the game last week, the three tribes are starting out with uneven numbers: six, six, and five. Going from a Tribal Council of 11 players to one with five or six? A frustrating development to an otherwise excellent season (so far).

Bioengineer.org news storyFor people living with HIV, modern antiretroviral therapy can suppress the virus to levels below what standard laboratory tests can detect. Yet some patients on long-term treatment experience a curious phenomenon: a single test result showing a small, transient amount of virus in the blood, followed by an immediate return to undetectable levels. These events, known as viral blips, have puzzled clinicians and researchers for years, raising questions about whether they represent harmless statistical noise, brief bursts of viral production from hidden reservoirs, or early warnings of impending treatment failure. A new nationwide Swedish study, published in BMC Infectious Diseases, offers one of the most comprehensive answers to date. Drawing on the Swedish national InfCareHIV cohort, researchers analyzed data from 4,210 treatment-naïve adults who began antiretroviral therapy from 1 January 2007 onward, with follow-up data extracted through 30 September 2020. The median observation time was 5.5 years, with some individuals followed for as long as 13.7 years.