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  1. Earlier this month, the #Canadian #Medical Association Journal published a study that said nationally, the annual number of #opioid #overdose deaths doubled between 2019 to 2021. Dr. #GaborMaté, an #addiction expert, says the link between addiction and #trauma is a #ScientificFact. With that in mind, he says ‘it is not accidental’ that #Indigenous populations in #Canada are at a #HigherRisk of developing addictions.

    cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.420

  2. Cancer patients with COVID at higher risk of death, hospitalization amid Omicron -Study from Israel finds

    "Our study showed that during the Omicron-dominant period, patients with solid cancer and COVID-19 had higher mortality and hospitalization risks following COVID-19 infection vs patients without solid cancer with COVID-19, and that COVID-19 vaccination in the patients with cancer mitigated this risk."

    #COVID19 #Cancerpatients #higherrisk #death #hospitalisation #Omicron @auscovid19

    Source: cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cancer