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Public Health Sudbury: One new COVID death, 3 new outbreaks in city

Public Health Sudbury: One new COVID death, 3 new outbreaks in city

The death is linked to the outbreak at Health Sciences North
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Northern medical school reacts to pandemic with community advocacy projects

Northern medical school reacts to pandemic with community advocacy projects

Students get medical school credit for providing assistance in small towns 
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Sudbury Community Drug Strategy numbers indicate that opioids are still a significant problem

Sudbury Community Drug Strategy numbers indicate that opioids are still a significant problem

Overdose visits at hospital and paramedic calls in January have spiked compared to previous years
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Sudbury Board of Health endorses permanent paid sick leave for Ontario

Sudbury Board of Health endorses permanent paid sick leave for Ontario

Board agrees that paid sick leave is important to prevent the spread of COVID-19
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Public Health Sudbury: Arenas, community centres to be used for mass vaccination

Public Health Sudbury: Arenas, community centres to be used for mass vaccination

COVID-19 vaccine clinics for the general public could begin in mid-April
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Changes to province’s autism program miss the mark say Sudbury parents

Changes to province’s autism program miss the mark say Sudbury parents

Age caps for funding and lack of clinicians to provide diagnoses stand out as issues
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If you are sexually assaulted, it’s a gamble your hospital will be able to collect evidence, Sudbury study finds

If you are sexually assaulted, it’s a gamble your hospital will be able to collect evidence, Sudbury study finds

Study from Sudbury-based survivors advocacy group found nearly half of Canadian hospitals surveyed did not have sexual assault evidence kits, leaving survivors who want to pursue a criminal case out in the cold
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Questions raised about angry social media commentary directed at health workers

Questions raised about angry social media commentary directed at health workers

Does anyone have the right to harass medical workers because of public health restrictions?
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‘I’m angry’: Former Sudbury woman who launched $22M lawsuit against HSN tells her story

‘I’m angry’: Former Sudbury woman who launched $22M lawsuit against HSN tells her story

Shannon Hayes works in disaster relief with the UN; now she’s seeking relief from the courts for the disaster that was her breast cancer misdiagnosis as she continues to battle her disease
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Class action lawsuit against HSN claims ‘systemic errors’ in breast cancer imaging

Class action lawsuit against HSN claims ‘systemic errors’ in breast cancer imaging

Patients who received breast radiology at the Sudbury hospital between 2008 and 2020 could be affected
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