Drones in Ottawa to kill mosquitoes and fight West Nile virus

Drones in Ottawa to kill mosquitoes and fight West Nile virus

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is developing a multi-faceted strategy to keep insects and the potentially dangerous viruses they can carry under control. One way local health authorities are doing this is by using drones. These drones are capable of transporting and dispersing larvicides to kill mosquitoes. The technology is supplied and operated by GDG Environnement. … Read more

Maurice Williams, lead singer of The Zodiacs, dies at 86

Maurice Williams, lead singer of The Zodiacs, dies at 86

Maurice Williams, singer of the group The Zodiacs whose famous ballad Stay will be one of the greatest musical successes, recently died at the age of 86. Williams died Aug. 6, according to an announcement from the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame, which did not provide further details at this time. A writer and … Read more

The Cap Cotentin transport network and its customers victims of fraud

The Cap Cotentin transport network and its customers victims of fraud

Par Sebastien Lucot Published on August 16, 2024 at 5:32 p.m. See my news Follow La Presse de la Manche The Cap Cotentin transport network and its customers have been victims, for several weeks, of frauds stealing their identity via them social networks. Through pages, Facebook et Instagramentitled “Public transport map in Cherbourg” and attractive … Read more

Calgary hospital opens doors to young Indigenous students

Calgary hospital opens doors to young Indigenous students

For one day, nine young people from Indigenous communities were able to visit the Peter Lougheed Hospital Center in Calgary, an initiative aimed at introducing them to careers related to the health system. On the program: cardiopulmonary resuscitation competition, handling of a respiratory simulator and even making plaster. Alberta Health Services’ initiative aims to encourage … Read more

Monkeypox: WHO issues highest level of global alert

Monkeypox: WHO issues highest level of global alert

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its highest level of global health alert in the face of a resurgence of monkeypox cases in Africa. Today, the Emergency Committee met and advised me that in their view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice, WHO Director-General Dr … Read more

Future interns’ revolt against the drop in the number of open positions

Future interns’ revolt against the drop in the number of open positions

INVESTIGATION – Two petitions from internship candidates have already gathered more than 5,000 signatures. These students from the 2024 class are denouncing a reduction of 1,500 positions in specialties that the hospital urgently needs. Some are tempted to leave France. The Olympic parenthesis has closed, and the country’s problems are resurfacing. Our medical training system … Read more

West Nile virus: how is this virus transmitted, with sometimes dramatic consequences?

West Nile virus: how is this virus transmitted, with sometimes dramatic consequences?

A new infection that is worryingOn Monday, August 12, 2024, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) reported that three cases of West Nile virus infection had been identified in the Var department. It is a virus that is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. and which can have dramatic consequences. For good reason, if it is most … Read more

The Minister of Health visits hospitals in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

The Minister of Health visits hospitals in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Health Minister Christian Dubé has been in Abitibi-Témiscamingue since the beginning of the week. He has visited most of the major hospitals in the region. Mr. Dubé says he wants to thank the employees for the work that was done during the summer period. Christian Dubé believes that the goodwill of all has helped avoid … Read more

Post-election unrest: Venezuela to regulate social media

Post-election unrest: Venezuela to regulate social media

Venezuelan Parliament Speaker Jorge Rodriguez announced Monday that, in the wake of post-election unrest, the national assembly would vote on a series of laws including regulating social media and NGOs. Each country has its own model for dealing with the issue of social networks that infect society with anti-values, commented Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a … Read more

Dr. Yv Bonnier Viger will leave the regional public health department in September

Dr. Yv Bonnier Viger will leave the regional public health department in September

After eight years as regional director of public health for Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Dr. Yv Bonnier Viger will leave his position on September 3. At 74, he believes it is now time to make way for younger people. I am a model from 1950, so as we get older we have to make room for the next … Read more