Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Kristy Kirkup
Publication Date: May 18, 2025 - 20:31
With measles making a resurgence, efforts are under way to educate doctors who’ve never seen it in person
May 18, 2025
Family doctor Danielle Smith has treated dozens of patients with itchy, painful rashes at her B.C. practice, but the blotchy red dots she saw earlier this year puzzled her. The rash was concentrated on the patient’s face and spread out as it moved down the body, almost as if a red bucket of paint had been poured over the person’s head.Dr. Smith asked her colleague and fellow physician Karina Zeidler for help. The patient was asked a series of questions, including about their travel history. Blood work was ordered. A urine sample was collected. The person’s nose was swabbed.
The wildfire season so far this year has been the second worst on record after 2023, according to the Government of Canada, which forecasts the trend to continue.
June 12, 2025 - 15:46 | Ari Rabinovitch | Global News - Canada
Transit Committee was provided with an update on Stage 2 O-Train extensions, OC Transpo’s Non-Fare Revenue Strategy, and the City of Ottawa’s action plan to address recommendations from the Westboro Collision Coroner's Inquest.
The Transit...
June 12, 2025 - 15:11 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
Jean Chrétien says U.S. President Donald Trump is a “bully” who will likely try and do something “crazy” to capture headlines of the upcoming Group of Seven Summit in Alberta, but his advice to Prime Minister Mark Carney is to stay above the fray.Mr. Chrétien, who as prime minister hosted what was then the G8 Summit in 2002, also in the Alberta region of Kananaskis, said Mr. Carney should stay focused on the work at hand.
June 12, 2025 - 15:11 | Emma Graney | The Globe and Mail
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