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Article content The Manitoba Ombudsman has made nine recommendations to the provincial government following a data breach last summer that sent affected 8,900 children receiving services from the Children’s disAbility Services program of Manitoba Families. “This privacy breach was unprecedented in scope for this province,” said Ombudsman Jill Perron, in a press release. “When those affected are vulnerable children and youth, the impact of a privacy breach of sensitive personal health in...

Manitoba vaccine eligibility expands to include pregnant adults Manitoba announced Friday it is expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccination, including opening up vaccination at supersites and pop-up clinics to pregnant people age 18 and older. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Apr 30, 2021 12:01 PM CT | Last Updated: April 30 Manitoba is making the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine available to anyone 30 and older with certain priority health conditions.(Bob Edme/The Associated Press) Manit...

Brandon Sun Posted: MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, speaks during a COVID-19 media briefing earlier this month. (File) Manitoba recorded its highest daily number of new COVID-19 cases since December with 295 cases announced on Friday. Advertisement There were 50 new cases in Prairie Mountain Health, also the highest single-day total since December. Dr. Jazz Atwal said during his F...

  WINNIPEG -- Manitoba has expanded the number of people who can now receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the province. According to the province’s latest bulletin on Friday, the vaccine has now been approved for people aged 30-39 with priority health conditions. Health conditions that will allow people to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine include chronic renal disease, chronic liver disease and type 1 or type 2 diabetes. A full list of eligible conditions from the Manitoba governme...

Manitoba COVID-19 vaccine bulletin – 71 Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach Eligibility Criteria Eligibility for the AstraZeneca/Covishield vaccine has expanded to include people aged 30 to 39 with priority health conditions. A complete list is available online. Eligibility for super sites and pop-up clinics has expanded to include people aged 18 and older who: are pregnant; work in any health-care setting including outpatient settings (expanded from previous eligibility); or work in the vaccine ware...

Community Behavioral Health Ends Autism Acceptance Month with State Approval for Community Autism Peer Specialist Program CBH CAPS Program Now a Medicaid Supplemental Service News provided by Share this article Share this article PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvanias Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) has approved the Community Autism Peer Specialist (CAPS) Program as a Medicaid Supplemental Service. The new approval will allow the CAPS program, ...

By Protesters in West Philadelphia marched from the site of the MOVE bombing to Malcolm X park in protest of racial injustice. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) After weeks of testimony, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s fate falls in the hands of 12 jurors entering deliberation. More than 1,000 miles away, Philadelphians brace themselves for what that verdict will be and what that means for their city, which erupted in rallies last summer demanding justice for George Floyd, the Black m...

On top of Philly news Averting another Walter Wallace Jr. tragedy: $13 million boost for mental health crisis response Mayor Kenney’s proposed city budget would up the number of units available and help integrate with police dispatch. Protesters marched in West Philadelphia after police killed Walter Wallace Jr. while responding to a 911 call Emma Lee / WHYY �� Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything ...

  WINNIPEG -- The Manitoba government is providing $1.2 million to several programs and initiatives that provide mental health and addictions support. Families Minister Rochelle Squires and Mental Health, Wellness and Recovery Minister Audrey Gordon made the announcement at a news conference on Friday, saying the money will be provided through the Canada-Manitoba Home and Community Care and Mental Health and Addictions Service Funding Agreement. “We are investing in prevention services f...

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks at Olney Transportation Center, where a mass shooting occurred on Feb. 17, 2021. She joined local and state officials in calling for legislative and executive action to stop gun violence. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Mayor Jim Kenney revealed a budget plan this week that would freeze the Philadelphia Police Department’s $727 million budget for a second year in a row –– but top brass say they already need more funding. Philly Police spokesperson S...