One in 7 Canadians has genital herpes: StatsCan study.
As many as one in seven Canadians aged 14 to 59 may be infected with herpes simplex type 2 virus and more than 90 per cent of them may be unaware of their status, a new study suggests.
Im still grieving, widow of assisted-suicide advocate Dr.
The widow of late infectious disease specialist Dr. Donald Low is sharing her husbands story with the public, hoping his case will help sway the Supreme Court of Canada to strike down physician assisted suicide laws.. Speaking at a news conference at Toronto City Hall on Monday morning, Maureen Taylor said her late husband would be awed by the progress made toward decriminalizing assisted suicide in the year since his death. Im still grieving.. CTV News��.
First Ebola case diagnosed in the United States - CTV News
Four American aid workers who became infected while volunteering in West Africa have been treated in special isolation facilities in hospitals in Atlanta and Nebraska, and a U.S. doctor exposed to the virus in Sierra Leone is under. Health officials use two primary guidelines when deciding whether to test a person for the virus -- whether that person has travelled to West Africa and whether he or she has been near friends or relatives or other people who have been��.
REPLAY: Dr. Neil Rau takes your questions on Ebola and.
Dr. Neil Rau is a Medical Microbiologist; lecturer at the University of Toronto; medical director of Infection Prevention and Control with Halton Healthcare Services, and a consultant for CTV News as the Infectious Diseases Specialist.. October 3 2014 11:14 AM. For background, Dr. Rau was hired as a consultant to CTV News in 2005, following on fears that a pandemic might emerge from H5N1 in Asia. Many bird flu stories later, Dr. Rau continues to be called upon��.
Nigeria declared Ebola-free in spectacular success story.
Some 9,000 people have been infected with Ebola, and about 4,500 have died, mostly in hard-hit Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, with the number of cases expected to increase exponentially in the coming weeks. Dr. Simon. Mardel, of Britains University Hospital of South Manchester, called rehydration a low-tech approach that has been neglected by a medical system focused on groundbreaking research.. CTV Vancouver: Mysterious creature in Okanagan.
What you need to know as flu season peaks in Canada
McGeer, who heads infection control at Torontos Mount Sinai Hospital, says so far this year influenza rates seem to be on a par with last years, though the season peaked a little later in 2013-14. The numbers are worse than two years ago, but better.
Drug-resistant superbug poses threat in Canada - CTV News
A nasty stomach bug that sickens thousands of people in Canada each year is growing resistant to most of the medicines used to kill it and could begin to pose serious threat in this country, says a Canadian microbiologist.. Resistance to the main drug used to treat shigella infections -- ciprofloxacin (or Cipro) -- has been on the rise for some time now, affecting less than five per cent of cases back in 2010, to about 14 per cent of cases today. In some populations��.
Supreme Court to hear assisted suicide appeal | CTV News
Supreme Court to hear assisted suicide appeal. CTVNews.ca Staff Published Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:35PM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:48PM EDT. The Supreme Court of Canada will revisit the issue of. The association, along with two British Columbia families, is arguing that current laws prohibiting assisted suicide violate the rights of terminally ill Canadians to die on their own terms.. 84% of Canadians support assisted dying, new poll shows.
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett dies at 66 after battle with Alzheimers
The firm said he died of natural causes, from a chest infection combined with the worsening effects of his dementia. Transworlds. Pratchett married Lyn Purves in 1968 and published his first novel, The Carpet People, three years later in 1971. As.
Emails show WHO resisted declaring Ebola emergency
Those arguments struck critics, experts and several former WHO staff as wrong-headed. Thats like saying you dont want to call the fire department because youre afraid the fire trucks will create a disturbance in the neighbourhood, said Michael.
NBA scores: Westbrook leads Thunder to win over Bulls
Damian Lillard scored 23 points, and Arron Afflalo had 14, and Nicolas Batum added 10 points and 12 assists to help the Trail Blazers open a five-game trip with their eighth victory in nine games. They improved to 3-1 since losing starter Wesley.
Measles spike: 119 cases confirmed northeast of Montreal
But because some people who have come in contact with infected patients may have been out in public before knowing they were exposed, officials expect the number of cases to continue to grow. Meanwhile, the vaccination records of all students and staff.
Montreal patient tests negative for Ebola virus | CTV News
The patient had recently returned to Montreal after visiting Guinea, one of the West African countries hardest-hit by an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people. He was admitted to hospital on Friday with��.
AG takes aim at First Nations health, prisoners and tax-credit oversight
Fergusons findings are not news to vulnerable people who have long struggled to obtain access to basic health care, said Nishnawbe Aski Nation Deputy Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler.. It found that CSC officials made fewer recommendations for early.
Canada concerned over Ebola outbreak, but risk to country.
���The Quarantine Act allows us to detain a person and request a full medical assessment,��� Taylor told CTV News. In an effort to isolate those infected, Canada has sent two mobile testing units to West Africa. ���People who are��.
Almost-millionaire missed lottery win by 7 seconds
Seven seconds separated one Canadian man from being a millionaire. The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal Thursday from Joel Ifergan who claimed a Loto-Qu��bec lottery processing delay cost him millions, according to reports. Im very .
CFIA inspectors family once owned cheese farm at centre of.
CTVNews.ca Staff Published Friday, September 20, 2013 6:26AM EDT Last Updated Friday, September 20, 2013 11:37PM EDT. One of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency employees tasked with investigating a deadly E. coli outbreak at a small. Gort is the daughter of the original owners of Gorts Gouda Cheese in Salmon Arm, B.C. An E. coli outbreak involving Gorts cheese products has been linked to the death of an elderly woman and at least 12 illnesses in three provinces.
Dr. Marla: Understanding HPV risk factors
They found that among men in the study, the prevalence of oral HPV was 7.2%; Numbers were higher for men who -were smokers 12.2%; Those who were in non-monogamous relationships 17.9%; Those who had a partner with oral HPV infection 28.6% .
Measles spike - CTV News
The number of measles cases in a community northeast of Montreal has spiked to 119 and the disease is spreading among people who have not been vaccinated, health officials said Wednesday.
Ebola warning: 10000 new cases a week are possible - CTV.
West Africa could face up to 10000 new Ebola cases a week within two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, adding that the death rate in the current outbreak has risen to 70 per cent.. Liberia have been the hardest-hit nations in the current epidemic, and Aylward said WHO was very concerned about the spread of Ebola in their capital cities -- Freetown, Conakry and Monrovia -- where people move freely across borders.. CTV News. CTVNews��.
Dengue fever cases may be 4 times more common than.
There may be nearly four times as many people infected with the tropical disease dengue globally than was previously believed, according to a new study.
Another delay in case of parents accused of malnutrition in toddler death
Their 14-month-old son, John, died the day after he was brought to a Calgary hospital in November 2013. Police have said the child had a staph infection that was untreatable due to complications from malnutrition. They said the family has strict.
14M childrens lives affected by conflict in Syria, Iraq: UNICEF
As the conflict in Syria enters its fifth year, a new report by UNICEF highlights what needs to be done in order to help the estimated 14 million children suffering in desperate conditions across the region. ���These children have seen things that no.
Another delay in case of parents accused of malnutrition in.
Charges have been laid by Calgary police against the parents of a 14-month-old child whose death was related to malnutrition. The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:56PM EST. CALGARY - Theres been another��.
Spanish nursing assistant cleared of Ebola virus with final tests
Nor is she aware of the global interest in her case, Mesa said. Romeros husband and 14 other people who came into contact with her when she felt feverish after treating Pajares are hospitalized under observation. None have shown Ebola symptoms.
South Korea hit by MERS: 14 people dead, 12 new infections
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of -- Authorities in South Korea temporarily closed two hospitals amid persistent fears over the MERS virus outbreak, which has killed 14 people through Saturday, though health officials continue to claim the outbreak has already .
Malaria killing thousands more than Ebola in West Africa
Figures are always estimates in Guinea, where half the 12 million people have no access to health centres and die uncounted. Some 15,000 Guineans died from malaria last year, 14,000 of them children under five, according to Nets for Life Africa, a New .
American doctor with Ebola arrives at Atlanta hospital for.
Fear that the outbreak killing more than 700 people in Africa could spread in the U.S. has generated considerable anxiety among some Americans. But infectious disease experts said the public faces zero risk as Emory��.
The Lake Erie Triangle havent won a playoff game in two decades
As ham-and-egger talents came and left, and as new coaches were hired and soon fired, the inescapable conclusion reached by all cognitively functioning humans in that part of the world was that GM Russ Thomas was epically bad at his job. I swear I knew.
The lost: A look at passengers, crew aboard AirAsia jet
SURABAYA, Indonesia -- For many, it was a family trip to Singapore to ring in the new year, a chance to go shopping and enjoy the citys famed restaurants. One family was going to visit their 15-year-old daughter, who had just begun studying at a.
JESUS CHRIST IS IMMINENTLY PICKING HIS BRIDE.
The prophesy that The LORD revealed to me on 12th December 2014 about a most fearsome and a very infectious disease outbreak coming to the earth has been accurately fulfilled 6 months later as from 20th May 2015 and is currently.. South Koreas health ministry said Monday it had confirmed 23 new MERS patients and a sixth death, taking the total number of people infected to 87.. http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/mers-fears-grow-in-south-korea-1.2405831.
Nanaimo Superstore cashier tests positive for Hepatitis A
Island Health says the Hepatitis A vaccine can prevent infection when its administered within 14 days of exposure. It also says theres a chance people could have been exposed February 5, 8, 12, 15, or 18, but the time has passed for the effectiveness.