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- 1/26/2023
Fake nursing diploma scheme in Florida, 25 arrested
Recently unsealed federal grand jury indictments allege the defendants took part in a scam that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degree diplomas from three Florida-based nursing schools. - 1/26/2023
COVID-19 misinformation contributed to 2,800 Canadian deaths, report suggests
The Council of Canadian Academies says misinformation led to people not believing COVID-19 was real or was exaggerated, fostering vaccine hesitancy. - 1/26/2023
Quebec's nurses order rejects call to delay exam despite concern over failure rate
The order said the next exam will go ahead on March 27 as scheduled, but nursing students will be given the option to wait until the next date in September if they prefer. - 1/26/2023
Manning COVID review to cover off work of long promised Alberta public health panel
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's promise to assemble a panel of medical experts to deliver ongoing advice on public health and COVID-19 will be covered off by former Reform Party Leader Preston Manning's pandemic review. - 1/26/2023
Toronto mayor calls for national summit to tackle mental health crisis
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tory said the lack of spending on mental health is “painfully clear on the streets'' of Canadian municipalities. - 1/26/2023
Alberta Health Services says network outage was caused by routine maintenance
AHS says it's now in the process of rebooking those surgeries and adds that all clinical systems have been restored to their full capacity. - 1/26/2023
Ontario expands virtual mental health counselling for youth
The program allows youth to talk to a clinician by phone, video conference, text and chat without an appointment. - 1/25/2023
The begging bowl
A gift from a patient to Dr. Gary Kinney proves to be much more valuable than expected. - 1/25/2023
Case report: A travelling rash?
Given the duration of the symptoms, Dr. Robert Dickson rules out beds bugs or fleas. - 1/25/2023
Crown stays six sexual assault charges against rural Manitoba doctor
Dr. Arcel Bissonnette was facing six sexual assault charges for alleged assaults on female patients when he worked in Ste. Anne, a town southeast of Winnipeg.