Tag Archives: health

Flu season is right around the corner, and starting today residents can do their part to protect themselves from illness. As of Monday the influenza vaccine is available at public health clinics acros...

As the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) prepares for the Sunday move-in date, there’s one service that the state-of-the-art facility won’t offer for pediatric patients. It won...

A volunteer CPR instructor with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) violated a person's health privacy when she took a class of three students to a patient's Regina home as the patient was having ...

According to a new report, 33.4 per cent of children in Saskatchewan are obese. That's one of the findings contained in the report released Tuesday by the non-profit organization Children First Canada...

OTTAWA - Some MPs are warning the high-stress, high-stakes environment of politics coupled with relentless work schedules and bouts of politically motivated marathon voting and debating sessions are o...

Regina non-profit Wellness Wheel says its pilot project to get more people tested for HIV has been getting good reviews. Since December, a Regina pharmacy has been offering the test to everyone who wa...

A made-in-Saskatchewan data-mapping system will help STARS air ambulance crews find and treat patients more quickly. The donated system was built by Information Services Corporation. It was an idea fi...

A deadly flu season may have peaked over Christmas in Saskatchewan, but there is still time to get a flu shot for protection. The weekly provincial influenza report confirmed six people, including thr...

It has been a deadly flu season across Canada and Saskatchewan this year. According to the province's influenza surveillance report, six people have died of the flu as of Dec. 29, and the Ministry of ...

TORONTO - Cases of influenza are continuing to ramp up across the country, with kids and teens bearing much of the brunt of the dreaded winter bug, say infectious diseases experts, predicting that the...