Avis Favaro

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Health Journalist 🇨🇦 Contributor CTVNews Host Canadian Institute for Health information Podcast, contributor to Santis Health But mostly a professional hypochondriac

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Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)

propublica.orgBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Rapid-testing system at LTC homes cut ER transfers of seniors by 11% for respiratory infections that could be treated in the home. @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

ctvnews.caRapid on-site testing at LTC homes could prevent 8,000 ER visits across Canada every year, trial findsThe use of rapid, on-site testing at long-term care homes in Canada could prevent 8,000 emergency department visits every year, according to the findings of a recently published trial.
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American health workers looking to relocate? Doorway to practice medicine in Canada 🇨🇦
We have job openings nationwide. www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...

canada.caCanada announces new immigration stream specific to health workersCommunities across Canada need health workers. The health field is one of several key sectors of Canada’s labour force which is facing unprecedented shortages. To help respond to this challenge, last ...