TAIBU Community Health Centre (TCHC) in Malvern, Ontario will receive $800,000 in funding from the federal government to help provide culturally appropriate and focused mental health programs for Black Canadians. The multidisciplinary, non-for-profit health centre is one of 22 community organizations across Canada which will benefit from an investment of $11.5 million to promote mental […]
By David Jessop Wealthy countries are vying to be the first to produce and roll out a fully tested and safe vaccine, test their citizens, and seize the global financial opportunity that being first presents.David Jessop asks how prepared the Caribbean is to respond to vaccine nationalism. How well prepared is the Caribbean to respond […]
Public health units in Toronto and York regions are warning of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to two church events held in the Greater Toronto Area last month. In a joint release issued on Friday, Toronto Public Health and York Region Public Health said the Miracle Arena for All Nations events took place on August 16 […]
Black Canadians are being hit disproportionately hard by COVID-19 physically and financially, according to a new study which was carried out by the Edmonton-based African Canadian Civic Engagement Council and Innovative Research Group. The study looked at the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 from the perspectives of Black Canadians and those in the broader […]
By Virginia Nsitem During the current COVID-19 outbreak, many people transformed their dining rooms and kitchen tables to their home office. Unfortunately, these home work-spaces are not designed for sitting and working on the computer for over eight hours per day. This can lead to headaches, neck and back pain, and joint pain in the […]
Vaccines save lives. That’s the message Dr. Priya Sampathkumar, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic, wants the public to know. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Sampathkumar says it is doubly important that everyone get a flu vaccine. While getting a flu vaccine won’t protect against COVID-19, flu vaccines have been shown to reduce […]
A team of researchers has started testing persons in the Black community in Ontario for COVID-19 infection “as indicated by antibody responses. ” Lead investigator Dr. Upton Allen, head of the is the Infectious Diseases Division at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, says persons with antibody responses to COVID-19 are more likely than […]
Vitamin C could be the key to better muscles in later life—according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). A study published last week shows that older people who eat plenty of vitamin C—commonly found in citrus fruits, berries and vegetables—have the best skeletal muscle mass. This is important because people tend […]
Telus says it’s donating the video-on-demand proceeds from “Black Panther” and more than 60 other films by Black creators to Canada’s Black Health Alliance. The Vancouver telecommunications giant says it will give the rental fees from a curated selection of movies on its VOD platform to the community-led charity, which supports the health and well-being […]
MONTREAL — Black community groups in Montreal say they had no choice but to go at it alone after the Quebec government went back on a pledge to collect race-based data to help trace the impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities. Thierry Lindor, a Montreal entrepreneur, launched an online platform this week to collect information […]
