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Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond is a professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.
The pandemic has magnified difficult truths about how Indigenous people are treated in Canadian society. These truths were starkly described in the recent independent review of racism in British Columbia’s health care system that I was asked to lead by Health Minister Adrian Dix. This review described the racial profiling and prejudice experienced by Indigenous people at the point of care in all regions of B.C. and how this results in poor health services and wellness outcomes. The report was titled In Plain Sight because this problem is well-k
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is in advanced negotiations with Pfizer about including the company s COVID-19 vaccine in the agency s portfolio of shots to be shared with poorer countries, a senior WHO official said on Monday. We are in . detailed discussions with Pfizer. We believe very soon we will have access to that product, Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser, said at the WHO s executive board meeting, adding that it would then look to add other vaccines. The WHO s vaccine-sharing scheme COVAX is set to start rolling out vaccines to poor and middle income countries in February with 2 of 3 billion targeted doses expected to be delivered this year. WHO already has deals with several suppliers, including AstraZeneca and the Serum Institute of India. However, critics say the absence of Pfizer s shot is an important gap and one of the reasons that poorer countries are lagging behind wealthier ones in administering vaccines. So far, 44 countries out of the 50 that have alr
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An outbreak of bird flu has killed tens of thousands of hens in a rural province north of Iraq s capital, decimating livelihoods overnight as authorities scramble to contain its spread.
Near the town of Samarra, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Haytham al-Hamash s coops have become graveyards.
Masked workers step around a few live hens to pick out the dead birds lying on their sides, tossing them into the back of a truck with a loud thud. Right now, chickens are dying and we can t do anything for them, Hamash told AFP.
His coops have been surrounded by makeshift trenches to keep infected chickens from escaping, as veterinarians in white suits examine the remaining flock.
Gardeners of all ages still underestimating potting mix risk - researcher
18 Jan, 2021 05:45 PM
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Gardeners should work with compost and potting mix in the open air, and wear a mask and gloves.
Gardeners should work with compost and potting mix in the open air, and wear a mask and gloves.
Otago Daily Times
By: John Gibb
Community awareness about Legionnaires disease is growing, but some gardeners still underestimate the risks posed by potting mix, a researcher warns.
Dr Ali Mohammadi said more people now realised the need to work with potting and compost materials in the open air, to wear a well-fitted mask and gloves and to wash hands afterwards.