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Archives for "July 2024"


Blue-Green Algae Blooms Expected This Summer

BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jul 15, 2024

Public Beaches Will Be Monitored   Peterborough Public Health (PPH) is advising residents to protect themselves and their pets from blue-green algae (BGA), which may bloom in local lakes.   Blue-green algae are a type of bacteria, known to create “blooms” of algae. These blooms are not only unsightly and smelly but can be toxic to humans […]

July – How I Changed My Perspective on the Drug Poisoning Crisis 

BY Comms Team | PUBLISHED: Jul 04, 2024

“We did a lot of fun things in the 60s,” my patient explained to me in 2018. I was working at a family clinic at the time. My patient was in for a vaccine but like all good primary care physicians, I wanted to check on his overall health. In this case, I was probing […]

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