Posted: Dec 30, 2020 1:58 PM AT | Last Updated: December 31, 2020
Nexplanon is a small plastic rod infused with a synthetic hormone that s implanted in the upper arm to prevent pregnancy.(Photo illustration/CBC News)
Following a spring approval by Health Canada and training for health-care providers
this fall, Nova Scotians now have access to another form of birth control.
Nexplanon is a small plastic rod that s implanted in the upper arm and slowly releases a synthetic hormone that prevents pregnancy.
Since the late 1990s, millions of women around the world have used it, but Health Canada just approved it in May 2020.
Falling under the same umbrella category as an IUD, or intrauterine device, Nexplanon is a long-acting reversible contraceptive, or LARC. It s effective for up to three years and it stops working as soon as it s removed.
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 10:42 AM AT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
Watch Nova Scotia s first COVID-19 vaccine be administered
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0:30Halifax nurse Danielle Sheaves became the first Nova Scotian to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 16, 2020. 0:30
A Halifax nurse is the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Nova Scotia. It s a little overwhelming this morning, but feels good, and I was honoured to be asked to be the first person to get the vaccine this morning, Danielle Sheaves, a registered nurse in the designated COVID unit at the Halifax Infirmary, said Wednesday.
She said she will definitely feel safer going into work now.
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 4:05 PM AT | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
Dr. Shelley Deeks will start her new role about a month after the first COVID vaccines arrive in Nova Scotia.(Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via The Associated Press)
One of Ontario s top public health physicians is moving to Nova Scotia.
Dr. Shelley Deeks will take on a new job as Public Health s surveillance medical officer of health.
Deeks has been with Public Health Ontario since 2009, and is leaving the role of chief health protection officer.
This year, she s been leading the pandemic response efforts. Public health is a small world and I look forward to continuing to collaborate with my colleagues in Ontario, Deeks said in a news release. I am, however, excited for this next stage of my career and being able to contribute to public health in Nova Scotia.