哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. It’s been one year since the first cases of COVID-19 were announced in Nova Scotia, and a Halifax-based resilience researcher believes he has some insight into why the Maritimes fared so well overall. “We’re all fundamentally casserole […]
My pandemic diary
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. One year ago, I began what amounts to a pandemic diary. I didn’t write something every day. Some days I wrote a single sentence. Other days I wrote paragraphs. It’s impossible to accurately describe what I was […]
Public health on life support: underfunded and underappreciated
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Nova Scotians have become well-acquainted with the words “public health” over the last year, but what they may not know is that public health has been chronically underfunded for decades and the COVID-19 crisis will make things […]
Nova Scotia’s vaccination registration website overwhelmed, taken off line
If you’ve spent the day trying to book a COVID-19 vaccination appointment for someone 80 or older without success, you’re not alone. The third-party server responsible for booking the online appointments has been disabled, and the provincial Department of Health and Wellness isn’t sure exactly when it’ll be back online. Social media has been abuzz […]
How safe is dentistry in the pandemic? Dalhousie researchers aim to find out
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Dental and dental hygiene students and staff continue to regularly attend Canadian college and university campuses during the pandemic, but little is known about the occupational risks they face working in university dental clinics, labs, and offices. […]
What does a recovery of the tourism industry look like?
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. The “devastating” impacts of COVID-19 on Atlantic Canada’s tourism sector and the policies that could support a post-pandemic recovery were discussed during an online forum hosted by the MacEachen Institute on Thursday. “There’s a new player in […]
Here’s how people older than 80 will be vaccinated in Nova Scotia
Friday’s COVID-19 briefing was Nova Scotia’s 100th, Premier Stephen McNeil’s last, and a busy one for announcements. The province’s vaccine rollout is expanding with the creation of 10 community-based clinics open to Nova Scotians ages 80 and older. On March 8, clinics will open in Halifax, New Minas, Sydney and Truro. Clinics will open in […]
Can UV lights in nursing homes (and elsewhere) stop COVID-19?
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. A new $1.7 million research project announced by Research Nova Scotia on Wednesday will investigate whether installing UV lights in long-term care facilities reduces infections by killing airborne viral transmissions. If the technology does what researchers expect, […]
COVID and cancer: lockdowns and fears of catching the virus are leading to delayed cancer diagnoses and likely to more deaths
“The message we need to get out to our cancer patients is that it is different, but we're still here and they should not be cancelling appointments because of a fear of being exposed to COVID."
哈利法克斯审查员提供所有COVID-19浸erage for free. Please help us continue this coverage by subscribing. Since losing his mother to an aggressive cancer in December, Paul Service wonders how much longer — and how much more comfortably — she may have lived if not for the pandemic. “I can’t tell you it […]
Nova Scotia’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program is expanding
The provincial co-ordinator of a program providing specialized care for survivors of sexual violence says its expansion is “momentous.” On Friday, the Department of Health and Wellness announced the province’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program (SANE) is expanding to Shelburne, Cumberland, and Colchester counties. As of Feb. 1, SANE services have been available at Roseway […]
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