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A patient who went to the Moncton Hospital's emergency department with a "serious health concern" was being monitored by staff and had some early testing completed while waiting to be assessed by the physician, said Horizon Health.

At least four sexual assault nurse examiners have resigned from Horizon's already understaffed program in the wake of comments by New Brunswick's premier about a Fredericton victim being turned away, which one nurse described as a "slap in the face."

Horizon Health is asking people not to visit the emergency rooms at two hospitals in New Brunswick this weekend, unless their medical needs are life-threatening.

For the third week in a row, Sussex ER is facing reduced hours. On Friday and Sunday evening, the ER will close because of a nursing shortage.

All New Brunswickers 18 or older can now get a second COVID-19 booster dose if at least five months have passed since their last dose, the government announced Tuesday.

Four more New Brunswickers have died from COVID-19 in the past week, hospitalizations because of the virus have increased, and the number of new positive cases has nearly doubled, figures released by the province Tuesday show.

The department of health’s dedicated physician recruiter position is vacant, and the province is changing its tune about leading recruitment.

A new doctor to New Brunswick says the province is still not responding quickly enough to physicians who want to work here, despite a rising number of people on the primary-care waiting list.

No New Brunswickers died from COVID-19 in the past week, marking the first time in more than seven months no new COVID deaths were recorded, according to figures released by the province Tuesday.

COVID-19 has claimed the lives of five more New Brunswickers in the past week, figures released by the province Tuesday show.