Flu shot fears shouldn’t trump patient safety
Vancouver Sun – Opinion
Health care workers have choices – be vaccinated, wear masks on the job, or look for another line of work.
Tiny, innocent and addicted
The Province
Most babies born to addicts display neonatal abstinence syndrome. They are often irritable, cry inconsolably and can be jittery and hard to settle. Small for their age, they can suffer breathing problems and be prone to seizures. These children are also more susceptible to sudden infant death syndrome, and to cognitive impairment later on.
Born too soon, but in good hands
The Province
Cora and Lila, deep in dreams on their mother’s chest, are among the nearly 30,000 babies – eight per cent of more than 371,000 across the country – born pre-maturely (before 37 weeks) in B.C. each year. These are the babies who so often require specialized neonatal intensive care.