As Week 3 of the provincial election campaign begins, there are questions about how Nova Scotia’s major political parties plan to combat the rising number of opioid overdose deaths. As of Nov. 1, there were 60 confirmed or probable opioid toxicity deaths in 2024, according to the Department of Health. There were 73 in 2023 — a record … Read more
The Court was responding to a request for an advisory opinion by the General Assembly on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The advisory from the ICJ is a legal opinion provided by the Court on questions of international law. Unlike judgments … Read more
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Hours after the campaign rolled out, reports indicated that a healthcare centre in the north had been hit, injuring six people, including four children, in a location where a humanitarian pause had been in place, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief. “We have received an extremely concerning report that the Sheikh Radwan primary … Read more
This time of year traditionally offers many things for me to look forward to—voting booths, Superbowl parties, Fall foliage, a break from hot temperatures, a colorful and delicious pallet of root vegetables, warm casseroles and stews, spooky costumes, and plenty of holiday cheer and gratitude. But among all things I love so much during Fall … Read more
By MIKE MAGEE Two years ago, prior to the 2022 election, mental health experts alerted the medical world to their version of an assessment scale for yet another new condition – “doomscrolling.” As defined in the article, “Constant exposure to negative news on social media and news feeds could take the form of ‘doomscrolling’ which is … Read more
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Canadian cancer researchers are part of global efforts to test targeted alpha therapy, a new form of treatment that some … Read more
A three-dimensional reconstruction of Zosia’s face, a woman buried as a “vampire”, is pictured, in this undated handout photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden. — Reuters PIEN: Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, “Zosia” was never supposed to be able to come back from the dead. Entombed in … Read more
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Newswise — The Division of Ophthalmology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago recently became an Ocular Gene Therapy Treatment Center for LUXTURNA® (voretigene neparvovec-rzl), the first gene therapy approved in the U.S. to treat children and adult patients with a form of vision loss that can result in blindness. Lurie Children’s became … Read more