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COVID-19 terminology: When should you self-isolate, self-quarantine or social-distance?
There is a raft of language around the coronavirus pandemic, which reflects new situations that require a whole different everyday vocabulary. Beware of confusion, however [...]
Coronavirus: WHO raises risk of spread to ‘very high’ around world
The risk of the coronavirus outbreak’s global spread and impact is at its highest possible level, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says. The level has been raised to [...]
What is coronavirus and how worried should we be?
Coronavirus are a broad family of viruses, but only six (the new novel coronavirus makes it seven) are known to infect people. On January 30th, the World Health Organization [...]
Kenya – 5 maize flour brands suspended over high aflatoxin levels
The Kenya Bureau Of Standards (KEBS) has suspended five maize flour brands found to contain excess levels of aflatoxin. The five include Dola by Kitui Four Mills, Kifaru by [...]
Empowering Black families by fighting stigma in mental illness, substance use
On Saturday, November 17 in Toronto, CAfRIC International held the “Empower Black Families” event; in an effort to bridge the gap of information and access to [...]
Fast facts about mental illness #BellLetsTalk
Who is affected? Mental illness indirectly affects all Canadians at some time through a family member, friend or colleague. In any given year, 1 in 5 people in Canada will [...]
Free prescription medications for Ontarians 24 and under
Prescription medications are now free for everyone under the age of 25 in Ontario. As of January 1, the province has made the biggest expansion to medicare in Ontario in a [...]
Ontario limits criminal prosecutions of HIV-positive people for non-disclosure
Ontario will no longer criminally prosecute HIV-positive people who don’t disclose their status to sexual partners if there is no realistic possibility of transmission, [...]
HIV vaccine clinical trial begins in South Africa
A new vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is being tested in South Africa in what scientists say is the first large study of an HIV vaccine’s effectiveness [...]