Cases – Xpress Chronicle

Syphilis Epidemic Under the Radar? Revolutionary Testing Strategy Exposes a Surge of Hidden Cases

An NIH-supported study highlights the potential of a strategy to reach both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals. Providing optional syphilis tests to most people seeking care at a large emergency department…

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases September 21, 2024

Health News

How one family’s tragedies helped unlock a cause of sudden cardiac arrest

Sudden cardiac arrest hits some 60,000 Canadians out of hospital each year. The heart abruptly stops beating, blood circulation and breathing halts, and when it happens outside a hospital, it's fatal…

Mike Crawley September 20, 2024

Health News

Kenneth Law, who sold poisonous chemical linked to 131 deaths, sued by Ontario teen’s parents

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.Two years after losing her only child, Maria Lopez says she takes strength from her necklace with a picture of 18-year-old Jeshennia."She was an enchanting…

Thomas Daigle September 20, 2024

Health News

A Halifax woman has spent years fighting for out-of-province care. Now she’s ready to end her life

As Jennifer Brady climbs into inflatable pants that cover from her toes to her chest, she positions her water bottle on the table beside her and starts pushing buttons on…

Angela MacIvor September 18, 2024

Health News

AI tool cuts unexpected deaths in hospital by 26%, Canadian study finds

Inside a bustling unit at St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto, one of Shirley Bell's patients was suffering from a cat bite and a fever, but otherwise appeared fine — until…

Lauren Pelley September 16, 2024

National News

48 former bets face misrepresentation cases

ASIDE from dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, several former candidates are now facing criminal charges from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for allegedly committing material misrepresentation.Data provided by the Comelec…

By HDT September 13, 2024

Health News

Ottawa resident who died last month had rare mosquito-borne virus

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says a resident who died in August of brain inflammation had the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, a mosquito-borne disease that's rarely spread to humans.Like the West Nile virus,…

XPChronicle September 12, 2024

Science & Technology

Civilian astronauts ready to conduct perilous spacewalk

In the early morning hours on Tuesday, four commercial astronauts soared into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, embarking on a historic mission.The four…

Nicole Mortillaro September 11, 2024

World News

Feds urge human rights tribunal to dismiss concerns over Jordan’s Principle backlog

The federal government is urging the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to dismiss a leading First Nations child advocate's concerns about a large backlog of unprocessed Jordan's Principle requests.In Ottawa this week,…

Brett Forester September 11, 2024

Health News

Edmonton doctor who admitted to taking drug rebates faces $5K fine, temporary suspension

An Edmonton fertility doctor who admitted to participating in a drug kickback scheme for more than two years will pay a $5,000 fine and serve a temporary practice permit suspension,…

Madeleine Cummings September 10, 2024