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Humidex could hit 36 C today: Here’s how to stay safe

Humidex could hit 36 C today: Here’s how to stay safe

Daytime high expected to be 30 C or above, 36 C with the humidex
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Lapse at local dermatology clinic may have exposed patients to infection

Lapse at local dermatology clinic may have exposed patients to infection

Nurse no longer employed by Skin Clinique used ‘improper and outdated procedure’ to administer anesthesia 
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Health unit issues drug warning as overdose numbers spike in Sudbury and Manitoulin districts

Health unit issues drug warning as overdose numbers spike in Sudbury and Manitoulin districts

Illicit drug supply in the area continues to be toxic says PHSD
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Heartbreak: Adam Aelick, 22, died alone at HSN because of COVID-19 even though he didn’t have it

Heartbreak: Adam Aelick, 22, died alone at HSN because of COVID-19 even though he didn’t have it

Medically fragile young man’s death sheds light on wide-ranging impacts of the pandemic
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<updated>Food Recall: </updated>Joe’s Gluten-Free Potato and Onion Perogies

Food Recall: Joe’s Gluten-Free Potato and Onion Perogies

Customer complaint leads to recall for undeclared milk
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Column: COVID-19 is not the new normal, we get to create our new normal

Column: COVID-19 is not the new normal, we get to create our new normal

More tips for for staying mentally healthy during the pandemic from Stacey Roles, a registered nurse psychotherapist
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Help Public Health capture the impact of COVID-19 with this survey

Help Public Health capture the impact of COVID-19 with this survey

Survey period ends Sunday
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Pink eye? Hoarse voice? Call a COVID-19 assessment centre near you

Pink eye? Hoarse voice? Call a COVID-19 assessment centre near you

Health Sciences North has one patient in the ICU who has tested positive for COVID-19 and 13 other admitted patients under investigation
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Heartwarming gift: Local family donates homemade hand sanitizer to St. Joseph’s Villa

Heartwarming gift: Local family donates homemade hand sanitizer to St. Joseph’s Villa

The local long-term care home is mourning the death of a resident who tested positive for COVID-19
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<updated>Pandemic lessons:</updated> 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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