IMPART nurse-scientist (RN-PhD), Dr. Rose McCloskey, is currently working with the University of New Brunswick on a project to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within nursing homes. Since the beginning of January 2021, outbreaks in Saint John nursing homes has killed residents and staff members. It is a public health challenge to maintain those nursing
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Juliana Prestes is collaborating with community groups such as the New Brunswick Black History Society and PRUDE Inc., and calling for racial ethics and Black history classes to be made part of the sentence if a 47-year-old man convicted for his actions during a Black Lives Matter protest in Moncton, New Brunswick. Read TODAY@Dal
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Dr. Keith Brunt, IMPART member and Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB), highlights the pressure New Brunswick pharmacies are currently under due to COVID-19 and the impacts that removing the co-pay per prescriptions will have – especially on pharmacists in small, rural communities. Dr. Brunt outlines that “the pharmacy in New
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ROBERT WILLIAMS TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL SAINT JOHN • A research group in New Brunswick is developing an app that helps doctors determine a person’s level of vulnerability, and connects them to a social agency to tackle the program. It’s a solution that could save the province billions on health care costs for its vulnerable population, says
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