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NaN Hours Ago · British Columbia, Canada
Lab tests confirm positive hantavirus case in B.C. cruise ship passenger
Federal officials confirmed Canada’s first case of hantavirus linked to the outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship on Sunday. After one of the four passengers from the ship quarantining in B.C. developed symptoms on Thursday, and received a “presumptive positive” test on Friday, samples were sent to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg to confirm the results. The Public Health Agency of Canada says the sample came back positive for the Andes strain. The individual’s travel partner was also tested and is confirmed negative.
NaN Hours Ago · Edmonton, Canada
Another man has died while waiting for care at hospital: Alberta Medical Association
The Alberta Medical Association says another patient has died while waiting for care at a hospital, as the province’s health agency investigates the case. AMA President Dr. Brian Wirzba says the man arrived at Edmonton’s Royal Alexandra Hospital on May 8 and died several hours later. “He received some initial therapy in the emergency room but because there were no stretcher spaces inside the emergency department, he was left in waiting room,” Wirzba said in a Saturday phone interview.
NaN Hours Ago · Canada, Canada
Trump’s abortion ‘gag rule’ has Canadian aid sector asking Ottawa to show leadership
Canadian aid groups are deliberating how to respond to American policies that block U.S. aid for virtually any group in developing countries that provides abortion, science-based sexual health information or LGBTQ+ advocacy. The rollback of feminist aid has those groups calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to assemble a coalition of like-minded nations to defend sexual health programming.
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