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Pandemic lessons: How disease outbreaks from the past inform how we fight them today

Pandemic lessons: How disease outbreaks from the past inform how we fight them today

Historian Dieter Buse explores three outbreaks from times gone by, the lessons we learned (or should have learned) from them
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Column: Family councils want better protection for LTC residents, staff

Column: Family councils want better protection for LTC residents, staff

Rulings against southern Ontario homes over pandemic issues highlight issues in the long-term care sector
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Mick Lowe: The terrifying effect of the word ‘outbreak’ to long-term care residents

Mick Lowe: The terrifying effect of the word ‘outbreak’ to long-term care residents

My life inside an Ontario nursing home in time of global pandemic — the story continues
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Letter: Don’t forget PSWs when this pandemic is over

Letter: Don’t forget PSWs when this pandemic is over

Cheri Sorenson shares her experience contracting COVID-19 working in long-term care home
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Sudbury mom was 'freaked out' about HSN birth amid pandemic, but actually had 'lovely experience'

Sudbury mom was 'freaked out' about HSN birth amid pandemic, but actually had 'lovely experience'

Hospital says it has put a number of safety measures in place
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‘I feel abandoned,’ says woman who needs Botox injections to deal with pain

‘I feel abandoned,’ says woman who needs Botox injections to deal with pain

Tammy MacDonald says her treatments deemed non-essential in wake of COVID-19
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Opinion: Pandemic raising your blood pressure? Here are some tips to help think your way through it

Opinion: Pandemic raising your blood pressure? Here are some tips to help think your way through it

Registered nurse psychotherapist Stacey Roles provides some advice on managing anxiety brought on by COVID-19
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Video: Sudbury.com gets an inside look at HSN's drive-thru COVID-19 test site

Video: Sudbury.com gets an inside look at HSN's drive-thru COVID-19 test site

Health Sciences North swabbed more than 1,454 patients as of April 15
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HSN to open third drive-thru testing site in New Sudbury

HSN to open third drive-thru testing site in New Sudbury

New site opens April 15 on Lasalle Boulevard
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HSN plans to test hundreds more for COVID-19, opens drive-thru testing today

HSN plans to test hundreds more for COVID-19, opens drive-thru testing today

'The site is designed to protect health workers and patients alike from being exposed to the virus'
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