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- 12/15/2022
Explainer: What flu strain is circulating now and why so many kids are getting sick
The Public Health Agency of Canada says it wants to achieve an 80% flu vaccination rate by 2025, but the uptake falls far short of that each year. - 12/14/2022
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‘Dr. Pharmacist?’
Pharmacists are about to start minor ailments prescribing Jan. 1 in Ontario but are they diagnosticians? What unintended consequences might we see? - 12/14/2022
A week into China’s easing, uncertainty over virus direction
Downtown Beijing was largely empty Thursday reflecting both the fact that many who are sick are staying home but also that others don’t want to venture out to avoid getting infected. - 12/14/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy James Morrison: "I dedicate a lot of my energy towards equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives for pharmacy."
I hope to move the needle on creating welcoming practices for historically marginalized patients so that they can have equitable access to competent and caring pharmacy practitioners. - 12/13/2022
Inside SickKids: As the operating room sits quiet, staff worry about growing backlog
Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children usually runs its operating room at 100% capacity. But on this day, six of its 16 surgical spaces are quiet. - 12/13/2022
Pap test results delayed in Ontario; pandemic backlog, staffing shortages blamed
As an endometrial cancer survivor, Linda Luyt gets quite anxious waiting for the results of her annual Pap test to show she is still free of the disease. - 12/13/2022
Improving medication adherence with tech innovation
School of Pharmacy project pairs medication taking with new technologies to empower older adults to age in place. - 12/13/2022
Cameras at babies' bedsides in B.C. neonatal intensive care unit comfort parents
A pilot project that started in June at the neonatal intensive care unit of Richmond Hospital in British Columbia has become a permanent fixture. - 12/13/2022
Nova Scotia surgical wait list currently at 22,600 patients, committee told
Although the new figure is down from 26,000 in May, deputy health minister Jeannine Lagasse told the committee that major improvement will take time. - 12/13/2022
'High risk' businesses in Ontario must have opioid antidote kits and training by June
Data from the province's coroner's office shows 2,819 people died from opioids in 2021.