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8 months ago

Tracking lifespans: Has Canada’s life expectancy fallen?

A key measure of Canadian life expectancy has taken turn for the worse. It’s a measure of how many healthy years a person gets in life, and it has fallen. CTV’s Garrett Barry has more on the findings and what might be behind them.

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8 months ago

Severe flu season has claimed two lives in this province with over 30 currently in hospital

A severe flu season continues across the country, and now new data from Newfoundland and Labrador’s Influenza Dashboard shows this province is also being hit hard. Between December 28 and January 3, there were 124 new cases of influenza. During that period, 33 people were hospitalized, with no admissions to critical care and no deaths. […]

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8 months ago

Chief medical officer urges residents to get flu shot after N.L. reports two deaths

A severe flu season has swept the country, with two influenza-related deaths being reported in Newfoundland and Labrador. As NTV’s Beth Penney tells us, the provinces Chief Medical Officer of Health says it’s not too late to get your flu shot. 

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8 months ago

New urgent care centre in St. John’s aims to take strain off emergency rooms

The province’s first Urgent Care Centre in the Eastern-Urban zone will open its doors next week, but today media got a tour of the new facility.  NTV’s Bailey Howard was there.

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