Pop-up rapid COVID-19 testing previously scheduled for this weekend at Elmsdale Fire Hall and St. Andrew’s United Church in Halifax are cancelled to support other testing.
The lower level entrances (ambulance bay and receiving bay) at Harbourview Hospital in Sydney Mines, will be experiencing intermittent closures for two days to allow maintenance work to be done.
A Canadian research team, including researchers in Halifax at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, was the first to use gene therapy in 2017 to treat patients with Fabry disease, a rare chronic illness that can damage major organs and shorten lives.
In response to the recently announced case of the UK variant of COVID-19 in New Minas and a few positive cases in the Sackville area, where the source of infection is unknown, Public Health is increasing its testing capacity in these locations to provide more opportunities for the community to get tested.
Food security is a top priority for the Community Health Boards (CHBs) in Eastern Nova Scotia. After seeing the need in their communities, CHB volunteers Mary Desmond and Shaunna Scott decided to take action.
