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“Of course, we’re now scrambling to try and get as many people immunized as we can, just in anticipation that this virus was already here.” Dr. Blondeau strongly encourages people to get vaccinated. Cold and fluThe virus linked to the common cold is also circulating. “Rhinovirus is the number one cause of the common cold, and we know it’s quite prevalent,” he explained. “Based on the specimens tested in the laboratory, positivity rates are exceeding 30 per cent.”Dr. Blondeau said people have begun to notice symptoms at home, work and school. “A lot of people have been feeling unwell, a little cough, achy, maybe some sniffles and whatnot, and right now we’re seeing a tremendous amount of rhinovirus circulating.”He warned against lumping cold and flu symptoms together because they often overlap. Questions about the vaccineWhen it comes to what goes into a flu vaccine, Dr. Blondeau said it changes annually to help scientists stay ahead of the curve. “There are sentinel laboratories around the world, including here in Canada. When we have a positive influenza specimen, we can forward that off to the National Microbiology Laboratory.

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NEED TO KNOWMom of six Trisha Stevens has filed a lawsuit after she developed sepsis following a hysterectomyStevens underwent multiple amputations and became paralyzed after she claims doctors were negligent in providing prompt care, according to the lawsuitThe Portland, Ore., mom is seeking $68.5 million in damages from her medical providersAn Oregon woman underwent multiple amputations and is now paralyzed from the lower back down after she claims her medical teams ignored signs she'd developed a serious infection, per a lawsuit. Portland mom of six, Trisha Stevens, 48, underwent a hysterectomy on Oct. 4, 2024, at Adventist Health Portland, after struggling with abnormal uterine bleeding and adenomyosis, per the complaint. Stevens claims that four days after the surgery, test results showed inflammation, but her doctor, who is named in the suit, allegedly did not review the results or take "any action in response to them, including communicating the results to Ms. Stevens or initiating any additional treatment, follow-up, monitoring based on those findings.

Nfld. & LabradorNeither Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services nor the provincial health department are able to say when a new urgent care centre built in Mount Pearl will be able to open. Topsail Road centre is partially occupied, but staffing problems prevent NLHS from offering urgent carePatrick Butler · Radio-Canada · Posted: Oct 15, 2026 12:23 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 15Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The new building at 850 Topsail Road in Mount Pearl where Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services hopes to open the metro region's second urgent care clinic, seen here on Oct 13, 2026. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)The Progressive Conservative government is holding fast to a promise to build a third urgent care centre in Conception Bay South, despite not being able to open a facility built more than a year ago in Mount Pearl. Infrastructure Minister Barry Petten, who is also the MHA for Conception Bay South, said Wednesday he intends for construction on the C. B. S.

Treatment with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) was associated with lower risks of psychiatric hospitalization and psychiatric emergency department visits in people with both schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes (T2D), compared with no GLP-1 treatment or treatment with newer diabetes medications, according to new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry. Schizophrenia is associated with an increased risk of T2D, and antipsychotic medications prescribed for schizophrenia also increase the risk of T2D.

Cold and flu season is upon us, and the Renfrew County and District Health Unit wants local families to be prepared. The RCDHU is encouraging parents and caregivers to take advantage of Ontario’s publicly funded Infant RSV Prevention program to protect their children against respiratory syncytial virus, which Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jason Morgenstern says can cause serious harm for infants and high-risk children. Families with infants born on or before April 1, 2026 and who are under 8 months old at the time of immunization and children under 24 months old who remain vulnerable to RSV are eligible for the program, which will run from October until March. The immunization will be available at hospitals for newborns prior to discharge, as well as at participating health care providers, obstetricians, and midwives. Appointments are also currently being booked for RCDHU-led immunization clinics which will start on October 21. The health unit is also encouraging parents and caregivers to ask their health care providers for a record of their children’s RSV immunization to keep for future visits.(written by Kasey Egan)

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Peace and SecurityOngoing and deadly Russian attacks across Ukraine are causing serious healthcare disruption, with more than $1.5 million-worth of medicines and supplies destroyed in four separate strikes on warehouses used by the UN there since July. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 21 warehouses have been targeted this year, out of a total of 400 incidents, almost all involving heavy weapons which is classified as firearms, tanks, missiles, bombs and mortars.

There’s a new, minimally invasive surgical option at Windsor Regional Hospital (WRH) to assist men experiencing symptoms of an enlarged prostate. The hospital has announced the introduction of the ThuLEP, thulium Laser Enucleation of the prostate. According to the hospital, it’s a significant advancement over traditional surgical approaches such as Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP), green light laser, and open/simple prostatectomy. The new procedure is considered a state-of-the-art procedure and offers improved patient outcomes, reduced hospital stays, shorter catheterization times, and enhanced surgical efficiency. Dr. Haider Abed is a urologist at Windsor Regional Hospital. He did specialized training for one year and started the program with a colleague at Mackenzie Health in Richmond Hill. Dr. Abed says this is new technology for Windsor and Windsor is only third healthcare centre in Ontario to do the procedure.

Nfld. & LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador Health Services is working on recruitment and training of new MRI technologists, both to fill existing vacancies and allow for the safe and effective operation of new MRI machines being introduced in Grand Falls-Windsor and Happy-Valley Goose Bay. N. L. Health Services acknowledges vacancies in Corner Brook and eastern NewfoundlandAshley Fitzpatrick · CBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2026 11:25 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 15Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A 2022 photo of the exterior of the Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre. (PracticeNL.ca)Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services has already identified, and is in the process of training, some of the MRI technologists it needs to operate machines coming to Grand Falls-Windsor and Happy Valley-Goose Bay, according to information provided to CBC News. As for the other positions and existing vacancies for MRI technologists?

KINSHASA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Children are disproportionately affected by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and must be included in ongoing and future studies, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) warned Thursday. In a press release, MSF said children have been particularly hard hit in North Kivu and Ituri, the two worst-affected provinces in northeastern DRC. In North Kivu, children under five account for 24 percent of confirmed cases, nearly twice the 13 percent recorded in Ituri, data from Epicentre, MSF's epidemiological research center, showed. MSF warned that inadequate infection prevention measures in general healthcare facilities may be exposing children to the virus while they seek treatment for other illnesses. "General health facilities often lack the specialized expertise, equipment, and infection prevention and control measures needed to identify and safely manage suspected cases," said Stephanie Hoffmann, project coordinator for MSF in Butembo of North Kivu, in the press release. The DRC had recorded 9,144 confirmed cases, including 4,410 deaths, as of Oct.

When Fiona Byrne entered her 30s, her body started to change. Despite never experiencing acne as a teen, she suddenly had cystic pimples at 32. Then, a few years later, by her mid-30s, her nails became unusually brittle, she started getting dizzy on escalators, her skin itched, and her periods fell closer together. Around 40, she was waking up at 3 a.m. with night sweats, and her hair, which had always been silky, was inexplicably dry. At that point, she started doing some research to connect the dots of this growing constellation of symptoms, and when she finally met with a menopause expert, she got her answer: she was in perimenopause. “It had been years and years of weird stuff before I had any clue that it was hormone-related. If I knew in my late 30s, I would have been on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) immediately,” says Byrne, now 49—and still in perimenopause. Most women hit menopause around age 51 or 52, says Mariya Rozenfeld, DO, an ob-gyn and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP)—the gold standard certification for physicians who treat patients with menopause—at NYU Langone.

Loading share buttons... At a glanceEvery child who contracts measles as an infant has a roughly 1 in 10,000 chance of developing Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, or SSPE, later in life. This degenerative brain condition is almost universally fatal and has no cure. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, doctors say they're seeing an alarming number of children struck down by the condition, as families of patients band together to find support. Experts say that measles vaccination remains the only protection against the disease. Lying motionless on a bed with a feeding tube across his face, nine-year-old Muhammad Nauman is a different little boy than the one whose laughter used to fill this home. For his father, Saifullah, a daily-wage labourer, the sight is almost impossible to comprehend and accept. Just a year and a half ago Nauman was an energetic child who spent his days playing cricket and the traditional game of tip-cat in the streets of Khyber District, close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Saifullah takes out his mobile phone and scrolls through videos of Nauman swimming in a canal and playing with domestic animals.

Study highlights tests as possible tool for monitoring neurodegeneration Thinning of a layer of nerve cells in the eye's retina was associated with slower information processing in people with multiple sclerosis, independent of physical disability, a study found.