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- 12/4/2022
Most B.C. kids and adults younger than 60 infected with COVID-19 or vaccinated: study
Lead author Dr. Danuta Skowronski, an epidemiologist at the BC Centre for Disease Control, said the findings can be generalized to the rest of Canada. - 12/4/2022
Veterans' cases raise fresh concerns about expanding assisted dying law
Revelations that some Canadian veterans have been offered medically assisted deaths while seeking help from the federal government are adding to worries about Ottawa's plans to expand such procedures. - 12/4/2022
N.L. children's hospital cancels some surgeries amid surge in respiratory illness
Eastern Health says patients affected by the cancellations will be contacted directly and appointments for surgery will be rescheduled for a later date. - 12/4/2022
Pharmacists ask parents not to stockpile as shortage of kids pain meds continues
The federal government imported one million units of children's acetaminophen—commonly known as Tylenol—as emergency relief amid a shortage coupled with soaring rates of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV. - 12/4/2022
Respite care staff redeployed to help out at Alberta Children's Hospital
Alberta Health Services says in a news release that with respiratory viruses surging in the community, Alberta Children's Hospital is seeing “sustained high volumes of acutely ill patients.'' - 12/4/2022
Canadian Red Cross to help CHEO amid surge in respiratory illnesses in children
Red Cross spokesperson Leianne Musselman said the organization will provide "small teams'' to support hospital staff and allow them to focus on clinical tasks. - 12/1/2022
A primer on Ontario primary care groups
Primary care groups are organized so differently depending on the province. Here's a rundown of the options facing new doctors starting out in Ontario. - 12/1/2022
Undiagnosed diabetes may be common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Study suggests measuring HbA1c in COVID-19 patients. - 12/1/2022
Virtual care platform sees exodus of doctors as result of Ontario fee changes
Dr. William Cherniak, founder of virtual care platform Rocket Doctor, says the changes immediately resulted in 85% of Ontario doctors leaving or discontinuing their services on his platform. - 12/1/2022
Doctors of BC announced new president-elect
Dr. Ahmer Karimuddin is no stranger to roles on medical leadership. - 12/1/2022
U.S. FDA clears first fecal transplant treatment for gut infection
For more than a decade, some U.S. doctors have used stool samples from healthy donors to treat the condition. - 12/1/2022
Top exec at pharmacy in deadly meningitis outbreak sentenced
About 800 patients in 20 states were sickened with fungal meningitis or other infections and about 100 died in 2012 after receiving injections of medical steroids made at the now-closed compounding centre.