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Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jason Luan issued the following statement for National Addictions Awareness Week, Nov. 22-28:

As of Nov. 22, 2020, 90% of patients who had their surgery postponed during the first wave of COVID-19 were able to have their surgery completed through B.C.’s commitment to surgical renewal.

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing an additional $211,000 to support a partnership that focuses on the health and wellbeing of post-secondary students. Healthy Campus Saskatchewan brings...

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To protect the health and safety of Albertans, mass gatherings will be limited to 15 people and more restrictions will be placed on available services.

Inequalities in addressing AIDS threaten global efforts to stamp out the disease as a public health threat by 2030, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in a report published on Friday, which provides 10 key recommendations to get the world

CONCLUSIONS: Participants are now better equipped with tools to perform mental health triage for early intervention during COVID-19 and other disasters and understand risk on a population level.

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) occurring in intensive care units are associated with increased morbidity and mortality.1-3 These infections increase the length of hospital stay for an affected patient, as well as the cost of

CONCLUSIONS: While the majority of journal's editorial policies purported to support the ethical safeguards, many COVID-19 clinical research publications identified in this rapid review lacked documentation of these important safeguards for research

CONCLUSIONS: While patients typically present to PEDs for a somatic complaint, screening their psychosocial and emotional states may reveal underlying mental health concerns that require intervention and at times, assistance from social workers.