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- 4/3/2023
Former Quebec doctor faces manslaughter charge after patient dies following surgery
Authorities say she was the anesthetist at the time of the surgery. - 4/3/2023
Excitement in the air at Pharmacy U Toronto
Excitement over new scopes of practice, broadest-ever variety of sessions attract record crowds to PharmacyU Toronto - 4/3/2023
Anti-racism policies in healthcare should be led by Indigenous staff: report
More Indigenous practitioners are needed to address systemic racism, but that can’t happen without a supportive education system that also envisions them in leadership roles. - 4/3/2023
Yukon pharmacists can now prescribe and administer vaccines
The scope of practice was originally expanded as a COVID-19 measure and is now permanent. - 4/3/2023
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. - 4/2/2023
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. - 4/2/2023
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. - 4/2/2023
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. - 4/2/2023
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.” - 4/2/2023
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.