Fires caused by #LithiumIon batteries r on the rise across #Canada, according 2 organization that represents country's fire chiefs, prompting warnings from fire services, injury lawyers & even #HealthCanada.
#Toronto saw a 90% increase in number of fires involving #RechargeableBatteries in 2023 — total of 55 fires, up from 29 the previous year — & the batteries were one of the leading causes of fires in #Vancouver that year.
#OPSEU / #SEFPO condemns the announcement by #CanadianBloodServices that for-profit multinational pharmaceutical company #Grifols will open paid plasma collection sites in Whitby, Cambridge, Hamilton in late 2024 and 2025. Grifols will be operating under an undisclosed 15-year deal with Canadian Blood Services to privatize plasma collection in #Canada.
The ubiquitous lime green COVID tests may not be as accurate as first believed. There are allegations that the supplier may have excluded important test data when submitting to Health Canada.
Its poor efficacy on medium & low viral loads has led to experts warning people to only trust it if it provides a positive reading but don't trust it if it provides a negative reading.
With the XBB.1.5 formulation of #Novavax still under review by #HealthCanada I opted for Phizer today (got the flu shot two weeks). I had Novavax in May of this year, so I guess I will look forward to it again next spring. Kudos to my 17 year old son who opted for both the flu and covid boosters this year. #CovidIsNotOver so remember to #WearAMask, the boosters help keep you out of the hospital / health care system, but you still don't want covid, because #CovidIsNotLikeTheFlu.
Bought Lucira in Canada. First time using it. I just don’t have the spleen to deal with Rapid Tests. I am not sleeping on the balcony because my spouse has a gig. I think this purchase suprised him.
Apparently 98% effective and #HealthCanada approved.
I paid 1/2 price due to the October expiry date. $50 each. If you buy 2, free delivery! 🙀
Novo Nordisk, the pharmaceutical giant behind the super popular "Ozempic" diabetic drug, announces that Canada will experience an intermittent short supply for the drug in the coming months.
While it was originally meant to treat Type 2 Diabetes, endocrinologists have been prescribing higher dosage of the drug for cosmetic weight-loss purposes instead, which adds to the supply constraints.
“the #HeatDome was a foreshock of the world to come, with impacts both immediate and long-lasting. Yet it occurred in a world that has only warmed, on average, about 1.2 degrees since 1850. We’re now racing to 1.5 degrees and are likely to cross that threshold by the mid-2030s.” #ClimateCrisishttps://mastodon.social/@ryanschultz/110906759659640682
“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.”