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Why the timing of your next COVID shot is so important

The timing of your next COVID-19 vaccine may be more important than ever, as highly contagious Omicron subvariants are on the rise in Canada and waning immunity from previous vaccination and infection threatens to fuel another surge. Canada is once again a hotbed for variants, with BA.2.12.1 now making up more …

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Returning to work and worried about catching COVID? You’re not alone

As provinces move to drop most COVID-19 restrictions and mask mandates, many employees are returning to the workplace — whether they like it or not.  And an Angus Reid/CBC poll conducted in March suggests many do not. More than half of respondents (56 per cent) said they would look for another job …

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Specialized clinics to treat long COVID are in demand and physicians say they can’t keep up

Dr. Neeja Bakshi, an internal medicine physician based in Edmonton, runs a post-COVID clinic out of her private practice to help patients with long COVID. Since it opened last fall, Bakshi says demand is so high that patients getting referrals now have to wait until November to get their first …

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Lifting North Korea’s COVID veil

Nothing is Foreign30:18Lifting North Korea’s COVID veil More than two years into the pandemic and North Korea finally admits it has a COVID problem — and it could be getting dire. Since May, the secretive North Korean government says more than three million people have come down with a “fever” …

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This Dalhousie grad thought she was over COVID but now she’s too weak to walk

When Amy Tenenbaum graduates from Dalhousie University on Friday, she’s hoping she has the strength to walk across the stage to get her diploma. Tenenbaum’s life has changed dramatically since testing positive for COVID-19 in January. The 22-year-old — who is from Rhode Island — is one of several hundred people in Nova Scotia currently experiencing symptoms of …

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More Canadians could face late-stage cancer tied to diagnosis delays during COVID pandemic

It all started with a stomach bug. That’s what Cheryl-Anne Labrador-Summers thought, anyway. It was October 2020, not long after she’d moved to the tranquil lakeside Ontario community of Georgina, and instead of relaxing with her family like she’d planned, the mother of three was struggling to figure out why …

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How COVID, Brexit and the war in Ukraine are driving up the price of fish and chips in Britain

At west London’s Hooked Fish and Chips, Bally Singh is struggling to keep the tills ringing for a British tradition, with prices sky-rocketing for fish, potatoes, cooking oil and even the flour used for the batter the dish is cooked in. Cranking up their bubbling oil friers only to see …

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Your questions answered: Should I wear a mask if I’ve already had COVID?

This story idea came from audience members, like you, who got in touch with us. Send us your questions about COVID-19 and masking. We are listening: ask@cbc.ca As Canadians look ahead to summer vacation plans with friends and family, there are still lingering questions about which safety precautions are necessary …

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Taiwan learning to live with record COVID cases, as mainland China continues strict controls

Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave of infections as it eases restrictions that had kept outbreaks at bay to start life with the virus. For the whole of 2021, Taiwan reported less than 15,000 locally transmitted cases. …

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Why COVID is a key suspect in severe hepatitis cases in kids worldwide

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly health and medical science newsletter. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Unexplained severe acute hepatitis cases among children continue to emerge in Canada and around the world, and while health officials desperately search for a cause of …

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