Bought Lucira in Canada. First time using it. I just don’t have the spleen to deal with Rapid Tests.

Apparently 98% effective and #HealthCanada approved.

I paid 1/2 price due to the October expiry date. PCR quality,,

Comes with batteries..🙂

Oh, they need to be a lot cheaper..come on.

#covid #covid19 #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/health-canada-reviewing-new-covid-vaccine-1.6949904 “With early signs indicating the #COVID19 caseload is poised to grow in the weeks ahead, #HealthCanada is actively reviewing three new #vaccines specifically designed to target an #Omicron subvariant of the virus.

The department told CBC News Monday that new #mRNA vaccines from #Pfizer and #Moderna and a non-mRNA product from #Novavax have been part of a months-long review process and supplies could start to roll out in the fall.”

“A study of #wildfire seasons conducted by scientists working with #HealthCanada and other federal departments estimated up to 240 deaths from short-term exposure, and up to 2,500 #PrematureDeaths in the long run, from fire events in 2017 alone. In parts of #BC hardest hit by that year’s wildfires, the smoke was estimated to reduce average #LifeExpectancy by a full year.”

Health Canada approves first RSV vaccine for adults age 60 and over - The Canadian Press https://apple.news/AFCmGdpxtR_mNw3CTxn6XGg
#HealthCanada has approved the first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (#RSV) for adults age 60 and over.
..older people are much more likely to become severely ill and require #hospitalization…a randomized clinical trial showed the vaccine, called #Arexvy, was 82 per cent effective at preventing lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV compared to.. placebo.

Province gears up for fall #COVID19 #booster campaign - Victoria Times Colonist https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/province-gears-up-for-fall-covid-19-booster-campaign-7361104 “The latest formulation of the #COVID19 mRNA #vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna is under review by #HealthCanada. If and when it’s approved, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is hopeful for a late September or early October start.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/health-canada-harrison-healthcare-calgary-alberta-ndp-1.6920247 “According to #HealthCanada, #Alberta was subject to a $13,781,152 deduction to its #CanadaHealthTransfer payment in March 2023 under the Diagnostic Services Policy in relation to patient charges to access diagnostic services such as #MRIs and #CTs. 

Two other provinces saw higher deductions under the policy in March. #Quebec saw $41,867,224 deducted, while #BritishColumbia saw $17,165,309 deducted.”

The recent revelations that a #Calgary health clinic advertising a membership based fee structure have drawn the attention of Health Canada.

#HealthCanada confirmed to LWC that they have contacted #Alberta officials, specifically in regards to a #MardaLoop clinic, to inform them that patients paying for preferential #healthcare access is contrary to the #Canada Health Act.

https://livewirecalgary.com/2023/07/26/health-canada-confirms-they-have-contacted-alberta-health-over-marda-loop-clinic

#HealthCanada advises against 'Dr. Pooja' #AbortionPills | CTV News https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/health-canada-issue-public-advisory-for-abortion-morning-after-pills-sold-on-dr-pooja-websites-1.6401547
“Health Canada put out an advisory on Tuesday warning against purchasing unauthorized prescription drugs from the website “Dr. Pooja,” which sells abortion and "morning after" pills.
The agency says Canadians should not buy or use any unauthorized health products from “Dr. Pooja” websites, as the drugs could be ineffective, expired, mislabelled, subject to recalls, or counterfeit versions”

Maybe it’s time to take a leaf out of the Australian book

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-teen-vaping-survey-e-cigarettes-1.6845408
“The latest results from #HealthCanada's #Canadian #Student #Tobacco, #Alcohol and #Drugs Survey, which surveyed 61,096 teenagers in grades 7 to 12 from nine provinces between September 2021 and June 2022, found that 29 per cent of Canadian students had ever tried an e-cigarette.”

Health Canada should be transparent about how it’s monitoring drug safety
#Canada #Health #HealthCanada #Pharmaceuticals #BigPharma #Drugs #DrugSafety #ClinicalTrials #DrugApproval #PharmaCompanies #Pharma
https://the-14.com/health-canada-should-be-transparent-about-how-its-monitoring-drug-safety/

Long Covid needs to be taken seriously.
#COVID19 #LongCovid #Canada #CdnPoli #HealthCanada #medicine #PatientCare
https://theconversation.com/people-with-long-covid-continue-to-experience-medical-gaslighting-more-than-3-years-into-the-pandemic-203744

Over the past few years, #HealthCanada has been tracking the spread of xylazine, an #AnimalTranquilizer - in the country's #StreetDrugs . Informally, it's often referred to as #TranqDope or just the #ZombieDrug "
#Xylazine is not approved for human use but increasingly has been cut with #opioids like #fentanyl - which can lead to gruesome effects. Users can sometimes fall into blackout states and develop agonizing wounds and "rotting flesh" that can require amputation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tranq-dope-alberta-health-canada-amy-leung-1.6807950

From @MoriartyLab except BirdChan:

📣 The Apr 9-15
Canadian COVID Forecast and
associated data are now live¹. 📣

SEVERE: CAN, BC, NS, PEI, SK
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, North, ON, QC
HIGH: NB
ELEVATED: AB

✨️ About 1 in 30 people in Canada is CURRENTLY infected. ✨️

Link to weekly report and associated data here: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/

We're still doing some model updates in the background, so there is still some shifting of forecast scores for recent weeks.

✨️ A key change is that we've redone weighting of waste water inputs using reinfection-adjusted seroprevalence from Dec/21 to Jan 31/23 to estimate infections/100K people for each province's waste water inputs.

For provinces without waste water data going back to Dec/21, we use the longest stretch of data we have to do the weighting.

✨️ The other thing that has changed about waste water weighting is comparison to the lowest point of the pandemic (wrt excess mortality).

Our baseline for comparison was just before Delta, when the majority of people 60 and older were freshly, fully vaccinated.

When adjusting waste water signal for relative severity, we used to divide Omicron waste water signal by about 2, to reflect reduced severity.

Read the rest of the thread at:
https://nitter.net/MoriartyLab/status/1645518141483614216#m

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¹ NOTE: On Sep 20/22 we revised the hazard index inputs and scale so that it now corresponds directly to expected toxic drug-corrected excess mortality. A score of <1 (LOW) means that COVID is not expected to cause substantial excess mortality. A score of 1-2 means that COVID is expected to cause 1-2% excess mortality (or about 2X more deaths than flu in an average year). A score of >2-4 means that COVID is expected to cause 2-4% excess mortality etc. For reference, average drug death-adjusted excess mortality for the COVID epidemic in Canada until Omicron (Dec 2/21) is currently ~7%.

² The Hazard Index is calculated from 3
equally weighted categories: 1) Current
infections and spread, 2) Healthcare
system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each
category there is one sub-category for
trends over the most recent week
(Trends) and one sub-category for
current parameter values relative to a
specified baseline (Current values).
Trends and current values are weighted
equally when determining the final score
for a category. All Hazard Index input
data and sources are available here. Past
hazard index scores are available in the
Table below. Hazard index scores are
grouped into 6 ranges: LOW (<1, blue),
MODERATE (1 to <2, white), ELEVATED (2
to <4, yellow), HIGH (4 to <6, light
orange), VERY HIGH (6 to <8, dark
orange), SEVERE (>8 red).

#COVID #Canada #health #canpoli #HealthCanada

RT for @MoriartyLab:

The Apr 2-8 Canadian COVID Forecast and associated data are now live.

SEVERE: CAN, BC, NB, ON, SK
VERY HIGH: NL, NS, PEI
ELEVATED: AB, MB, QC, North

About 1 in 24 people in Canada is CURRENTLY infected.

Full weekly report: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index

#covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #BringBackMasks #N95sSaveLives
#BreakTheChain
#MaskUp #ONHealth #HealthCanada #NotMild #COVIDAwarenessWeek #LongCOVID

#HealthCanada has launched a new #TollFreeNumber 1-844-POISON-X or 1-844-764-7669 to help people across the country access critical #medical advice related to #poisonings more easily.
The agency made the announcement in a news release Monday marking National #PoisonPrevention Week. #Health #Canada says over 1,500 people die annually due to #unintentional poisoning from medication, cleaners, cannabis products and other household items.
https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/health/2023/3/20/1_6321586.html

#HealthCanada regulation is in place to prevent #minors from seeing #NonMedical #cannabis inside a store, a #regulation the owner of #CoastRangeCannabis in #Comox says is #unfair .
“When we have #liquor stores that minors are allowed to go into with their parents, all the products are on display. There are many visual enticements for minors in liquor stores but they’re not even allowed to see cannabis products through a window,” said Sheila Rivers.
https://www.cheknews.ca/cannabis-store-owners-want-rules-changed-to-allow-better-visibility-for-safety-1145111/?amp

#VancouverIsland

“ #HealthCanada says it's receiving an increasing number of illegal drug samples that contain #xylazine — a #veterinary sedative, relaxant and pain reliever not approved for human use. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/xylazine-health-canada-1.6781776

Long COVID could be "mass disabling event" for Canadians: report. #longcovid #covid19 #healthcanada #newnormal

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/report-says-long-covid-could-impact-economy-and-be-mass-disabling-event-in-canada-1.6306608

“MV140 is a sublingual bacterial #vaccine developed in Spain by Inmunotek, and has been approved for use there since 2010.

Since its development, it has been used for patients in several European countries through special access programs, including in the U.K., Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, among others.
Now, it is heading to Canada.
Red Leaf Medical, which owns the licence for #Uromune (MV140) in Canada, filed a new drug submission with #HealthCanada a year ago.”

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/sublingual-vaccine-for-urinary-tract-infections-is-awaiting-approval-by-health-canada-1.6303000

#HealthCanada denies terminally ill #Saskatchewan man permission to continue #MagicMushrooms therapy — #ThomasHartle waited nearly 18 months only to be denied anxiety-reducing #psilocybin #therapy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/health-canada-denies-terminally-ill-sask-man-permission-to-continue-magic-mushroom-therapy-1.6765386