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- 4/4/2023
When ‘cute’ is actually harmful: Time to end the in-store tricks that hurt our kids’ health
In a grocery store recently, a friend’s young child gave a big hug to a brightly coloured, metre-high plastic cartoon mascot for a well-known candy brand. - 4/3/2023
Spring COVID-19 booster vaccine available in New Brunswick for those at risk
At-risk people include residents 65 and older, adults who are moderately to severely immunocompromised, and people living in long-term care facilities. - 4/3/2023
Pharmacy U Toronto 2023 was a huge success!
Ask the more than 755 registrants who travelled to Toronto from across the country – and beyond – to absorb the most engaging and relevant education offered at Pharmacy U to date, including the first-ever breakfast session series. It was a day to reconnect with colleagues, make new contacts, learn from industry titans and experience an expanded vendor floor. - 4/3/2023
Canada first to develop medical standards to keep kids from suffering pain in silence
It's the first national standard in the world focused on pediatric pain. - 4/3/2023
B.C. nurses reach tentative labour agreement with provincial government
The Nurses Bargaining Association says the agreement it reached Friday with the province’s Health Employers Association includes “record-setting compensation.” - 4/3/2023
What would pharmacare cost and look like in Canada?
Progress on pharmacare is one of the conditions of the confidence-and-supply agreement the NDP entered with the Liberals last year. - 4/3/2023
Green for 'go have unprotected sex': This FDA-approved contraception app is worse than the old fashioned Rhythm Method
The app only requires one input: your temperature as soon as you wake up, and the app makes predictions about your fertility each day. - 4/3/2023
Saskatchewan announces increased compensation to doctors for after hours care
The province announced Friday an agreement in principle with the Saskatchewan Medical Association that will see additional funding available to eligible after-hours urgent care and walk-in clinics. - 4/3/2023
POLL: Minor ailments: how goes it?
What is your personal experience with your scope of practice for assessing/prescribing for minor ailments? - 4/3/2023
New Brunswick accelerates process to license out of province nurses
New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch welcomed the new rules, saying the government looks forward to further conversations with the association.