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28% of kindergarten students in N.B. fail to meet immunization requirements
More than a quarter of New Brunswick kindergarten students did not meet the immunization requirements to enter public school in 2023-24, the latest figures from the Department of Health show.
Largest N.B. measles outbreak in decades pushing Canada's case count to 5-year high
A measles outbreak in New Brunswick is set to push Canada's annual case count to the highest it's been in five years, highlighting how infectious the disease is and how low vaccination rates have allowed it to take hold, says an immunologist.
N.B. investigation into mystery brain illness to begin within months, says Susan Holt
Premier Susan Holt says her government will launch a transparent scientific investigation by early next year into the mystery brain illness a Moncton neurologist claims is now affecting hundreds of New Brunswickers, and people from six other provinces, with help from the federal government.
Easier access to health care 'primary task,' says new N.B. health minister
New Brunswick's new minister of health says Premier Susan Holt's Liberal government will start to fix the province's ailing health-care system through improved accessibility.
Inquest into Dorchester school bus death of 13-year-old girl ends with 12 recommendations
A New Brunswick coroner's jury examining the death of a 13-year-old girl who jumped from the emergency exit of her moving school bus in Dorchester two years ago has made 12 recommendations aimed at preventing similar deaths.
Dorchester girl who jumped from school bus visited ER 9 times, inquest hears
A 13-year-old girl who died after she jumped from the emergency exit of her moving school bus in Dorchester, N.B., two years ago visited the emergency department for mental health issues nine times in the months leading up to her death, a coroner's inquest heard Tuesday.
Inquest into girl's 2022 school-bus death hears from school, police, medical witnesses
A coroner's inquest into the death of a 13-year-old girl following a school bus incident more than two years ago heard Monday how her school, police, and her family doctor all tried to help her in the months leading up to her death.
Man pleads guilty to aggravated assault of Saint John officer in Canadian Tire stabbing
A man scheduled to be tried for attempted murder of a Saint John police officer by stabbing him at the Canadian Tire on the west side last winter has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault.
6 factors would improve hospital stays, says N.B. Health Council after patient survey
The New Brunswick Health Council says a survey of nearly 5,000 hospital patients about their experience reveals six key issues that need to be improved.
Holt's health-care promises shot in the arm system needs, stakeholders say
Premier-designate Susan Holt and her Liberal Party made a lot of health-care promises during the election campaign, and while some timelines are tight and some estimates are lacking, front-line health-care professionals say they're optimistic about healing the ailing system with the new government.