ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

• 5/31/2023

  Is this the death of medical cannabis in Canada?

  We are witnessing what feels like the slow and painful unravelling of the Canadian cannabis industry. We rarely speak about the stories behind the press releases and the people that are impacted.
• 5/31/2023

  Manitoba healthcare workers call for strike action

  On the morning of June 1, the Manitoba Association of Healthcare Professionals went public with their intent to take strike action by June 15 if the negotiating parties haven’t reached an agreement before then.
• 5/31/2023

  Supreme Court revives claims that SuperValu, Safeway overcharged governments for generic drugs

  The decision gives the whistleblowers another chance to pursue their claims that the companies defrauded the Medicare and Medicaid programs when they reported retail prices for generic prescription drugs, even though they had mainly been sold to customers at deeply discounted prices.
• 5/31/2023

  UPDATED: Ontario renews summer ER staffing funding for one more year

  Health Minister Sylvia Jones has touted that the program helped avoid nearly 1,500 temporary ER closures last summer, but while it expired on March 31, she did not announce until today that the government would renew it for another summer.
• 5/31/2023

  U.S. FDA warns consumers not to use off-brand versions of Ozempic, Wegovy

  Agency officials said this week that they have received reports of problems after patients used versions of semaglutide, the active ingredient in the brand-name medications, which have been compounded, or mixed in pharmacies.
• 5/31/2023

  Canadian researchers find brain inflammation in patients with long COVID

  Filmmaker Leslie Ann Coles knew ‘almost immediately’ something was wrong after her COVID-19 infection in January 2021.
• 5/31/2023

  Naloxone kits now mandatory in high risk Ontario workplaces

  Workplaces required to comply are eligible for a free naloxone kit and training for up to two workers.
• 5/31/2023

  Pediatric drug shortage led to dosing errors in Ontario children

  The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined the effect of the shortage of children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen, which forced parents to crush up pills of the drugs intended for adults in order to treat their children.
• 5/31/2023

  B.C. pharmacists set to prescribe for minor ailments and contraception starting June 1

  The College of Pharmacists of BC says 75% of eligible pharmacists have completed the training for diagnosing and prescribing drugs for 21 minor ailments like acne, shingles or urinary tract infections.
• 5/30/2023

  Ontario family doctors facing burnout, shortage to worsen, OMA says

  An OMA survey of its members suggests that 40% of physicians are considering retiring in the next five years.