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- 7/21/2023
QUIZ: Are you prepared for pertussis?
With Alberta and other regions experiencing pertussis outbreaks, you may be more likely to see cases of this vaccine-preventable illness in your clinic or emergency department. Test your knowledge here. - 7/21/2023
Ontario hospital nurses awarded average raises of 11% over two years, union says
It’s the first contract since the nurses—and other broader public sector workers—were subject for three years to a wage restraint law known as Bill 124, which capped increases at 1% a year. - 7/21/2023
Nova Scotia docs ratify four-year agreements with province with pay bumps, overhead funding and more
All physicians will see salary increases each year, over the the four-year agreements. - 7/20/2023
Thousands of U.K. hospital doctors walk out in latest pay dispute, crippling health services
The severe disruptions are the latest in months of industrial action by public sector workers amid U.K.’s ongoing cost-of-living crisis. - 7/20/2023
Fibre is the body’s natural guide to weight management
Rather than cutting carbs out of the diet, patients should eat them in their original fibre packaging instead. - 7/20/2023
Ontario regions face ambulance pressures; province won’t release offload delay data
The government does have data on the hours paramedics spend waiting in emergency rooms to transfer patients to the care of a hospital, which are often a key factor in ambulance availability, but won’t disclose it. - 7/20/2023
Quebec lends $30 million to Familiprix to automate its distribution centres
The pharmacy chain, which has 430 branches in Quebec and New Brunswick, says it the loan will help it create 230 jobs. - 7/20/2023
Ontario adds $44M to fund aimed at reducing ER wait times
The new funding is on top of $90 million a year from the province to reward ERs that put in place what the government calls innovative solutions to reduce wait times. - 7/20/2023
Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need
Wednesday’s tornado touched down near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and ripped up the roof of a Pfizer factory that makes nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals, according to the drugmaker. - 7/20/2023
As the planet warms, scientists worry that cases of infectious diseases could spike
People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress.