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covid-19: health officials asking people to change holiday plans at the first sign of illness
bonnie henry said people, even with mild illness, should assume they have covid-19 and must not have contact with others.
vancouver sun
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dec 26, 2021
dr. bonnie henry, the provincial health officer.

opinion: why i made the privileged choice to take parental leave during a pandemic
'i am trained for a specific role... but there are others that can do my job. i, however, am the only person who is my son’s mother.'
dr. winnie siu
opinion
dec 26, 2021
dr. winnie siu with her husband allan reesor-mcdowell and three kids emerson (6), owen (3) and wesley (1) outside their ottawa home. winnie is a public health doctor who chose to take parental leave in the midst of the covid crisis.

vaccines: a christmas wish for our children
by vaccinating our younger children, we can blunt this covid-19 wave and any others during the cold winter months, a season in which we know respiratory illnesses can spread more easily.
healthy debate
children
dec 24, 2021
pediatricians and other health professionals caring for children should be prepared to address the concerns and fears of parents, adolescents and children. getty

first person: savouring 'bubble' baby's second christmas
leader-post digital editor austin davis reflects on the holiday season as his daughter evelyn grows from infant to toddler in a pandemic.
leader post
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dec 24, 2021
austin davis, his wife melanie metcalf and their daughter evelyn and dog bermie gather in their family room on tuesday, dec. 21, 2021 in regina.

josh freed: latest covid variant means another cautious christmas
welcome to another holiday season when we must isolate, not congregate; another no-el with no-bars, no-shows and no-parties.
montreal gazette
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dec 24, 2021
despite the renewed yuletide anxiety, the mood in the city is better than during last year’s lockdown christmas. now that we’re mostly double or triple vaxxed, montrealers are feeling somewhat safer, josh freed writes.

what do i do if i have covid-19 symptoms and can't get a pcr test?
with ottawa public health stating that testing capacity has been exceeded, it's not so simple. ottawa public health has a list and description of covid-19 symptoms on its website, including the most common — fever, chills, cough, loss of taste or smell, shortness of breath, etc. — and additional symptoms, such as sore throat, headache and abdominal pain. in a notice wednesday to ottawa doctors, nurse practitioners and walk-in clinics, oph officials said the health unit is advising 10 days of self-isolation, regardless of vaccination status, if timely access to pcr testing is not available and someone is experiencing any of the most common symptoms of covid-19: fever; cough (new or worsening); shortness of breath; decrease or loss of taste or smell; extreme fatigue (not related to receiving a covid-19 vaccine in the past 48 hours); muscle pain (not related to receiving a covid-19 vaccine in the past 48 hours); nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea.
taylor blewett
世界杯决赛2022
dec 24, 2021
ottawa public health is recommending 10 days of self-isolation, regardless of vaccination status, if timely access to pcr testing is not available and someone is experiencing any of the most common symptoms of covid-19.

first aid with mental health at its heart
the lives for families program educates people on the possible mental impacts of covid-19 and pandemic restrictions.
brighter world, mcmaster university
mental health
dec 23, 2021
melissa kimber, haruka kanai and louise murray-leung at the lynwood charlton centre. (brighter world, mcmaster university)

as the pandemic landscape shifts, what about the children?
life hasn’t gotten back to normal. it’s just moved to another new normal.
healthy debate
children
dec 23, 2021
many of our children (just like many of us) had been living with the hope that restrictions would soon end, and life would return to normal. getty
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canadian society for exercise physiology
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obesity matters
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canadian centre for caregiving excellence

covid-19: health officials asking people to change holiday plans at the first sign of illness
bonnie henry said people, even with mild illness, should assume they have covid-19 and must not have contact with others.
vancouver sun
世界杯决赛2022
dec 26, 2021
dr. bonnie henry, the provincial health officer.

opinion: why i made the privileged choice to take parental leave during a pandemic
'i am trained for a specific role... but there are others that can do my job. i, however, am the only person who is my son’s mother.'
dr. winnie siu
opinion
dec 26, 2021
dr. winnie siu with her husband allan reesor-mcdowell and three kids emerson (6), owen (3) and wesley (1) outside their ottawa home. winnie is a public health doctor who chose to take parental leave in the midst of the covid crisis.

vaccines: a christmas wish for our children
by vaccinating our younger children, we can blunt this covid-19 wave and any others during the cold winter months, a season in which we know respiratory illnesses can spread more easily.
healthy debate
children
dec 24, 2021
pediatricians and other health professionals caring for children should be prepared to address the concerns and fears of parents, adolescents and children. getty

first person: savouring 'bubble' baby's second christmas
leader-post digital editor austin davis reflects on the holiday season as his daughter evelyn grows from infant to toddler in a pandemic.
leader post
世界杯决赛2022
dec 24, 2021
austin davis, his wife melanie metcalf and their daughter evelyn and dog bermie gather in their family room on tuesday, dec. 21, 2021 in regina.
powered by
canadian society for exercise physiology

josh freed: latest covid variant means another cautious christmas
welcome to another holiday season when we must isolate, not congregate; another no-el with no-bars, no-shows and no-parties.
montreal gazette
世界杯决赛2022
dec 24, 2021
despite the renewed yuletide anxiety, the mood in the city is better than during last year’s lockdown christmas. now that we’re mostly double or triple vaxxed, montrealers are feeling somewhat safer, josh freed writes.

what do i do if i have covid-19 symptoms and can't get a pcr test?
with ottawa public health stating that testing capacity has been exceeded, it's not so simple. ottawa public health has a list and description of covid-19 symptoms on its website, including the most common — fever, chills, cough, loss of taste or smell, shortness of breath, etc. — and additional symptoms, such as sore throat, headache and abdominal pain. in a notice wednesday to ottawa doctors, nurse practitioners and walk-in clinics, oph officials said the health unit is advising 10 days of self-isolation, regardless of vaccination status, if timely access to pcr testing is not available and someone is experiencing any of the most common symptoms of covid-19: fever; cough (new or worsening); shortness of breath; decrease or loss of taste or smell; extreme fatigue (not related to receiving a covid-19 vaccine in the past 48 hours); muscle pain (not related to receiving a covid-19 vaccine in the past 48 hours); nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea.
taylor blewett
世界杯决赛2022
dec 24, 2021
ottawa public health is recommending 10 days of self-isolation, regardless of vaccination status, if timely access to pcr testing is not available and someone is experiencing any of the most common symptoms of covid-19.

first aid with mental health at its heart
the lives for families program educates people on the possible mental impacts of covid-19 and pandemic restrictions.
brighter world, mcmaster university
mental health
dec 23, 2021
melissa kimber, haruka kanai and louise murray-leung at the lynwood charlton centre. (brighter world, mcmaster university)

as the pandemic landscape shifts, what about the children?
life hasn’t gotten back to normal. it’s just moved to another new normal.
healthy debate
children
dec 23, 2021
many of our children (just like many of us) had been living with the hope that restrictions would soon end, and life would return to normal. getty
powered by
obesity matters
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