During the height of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems globally were put in the difficult position of developing criteria to ration access to critical care as large numbers of patients were admitted to hospital with life-threatening symptoms caused by the virus.
Nova Scotia Health is awarding more than $962,000 to 19 researchers through its research fund to study chronic disease management, aging and continuing care, mental health and addictions, and populations with vulnerabilities.
Jean Burke celebrated her 87th birthday in style on March 18 – with a tiara, sunglasses and her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, received at the Halifax Community Vaccine Clinic at the Multipurpose Centre on Young St.