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- 1/2/2023
Ransomware group LockBit apologizes saying 'partner' was behind SickKids attack
A global ransomware operator issued an apology and offered to unlock the data targeted in a ransomware attack on Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, a move cybersecurity experts say is rare, if not unprecedented. - 1/2/2023
POLL: Is your Ontario pharmacy already seeing demand for new minor ailment prescribing
As of Jan. 1, 2023, pharmacists in Ontario can prescribe for a new roster of minor ailments. Is your pharmacy already seeing a demand for these services just a few days in? - 1/1/2023
Dr. Style: Are you a physician with a flair for fashion?
Are you a doctor with a unique sense or style? Do you wear your cultural identity on your sleeve? Do you keep it classic or are you decidedly modern? - 12/31/2022
Steam pipe ruptures and injures two workers at Victoria General Hospital
Island Health says in a statement that the two hospital staff are receiving care, and no patients were injured or affected. - 12/30/2022
In other news archive: Top stories for physicians 2022-23
Your one-stop-shop for global headlines for physicians on the clinical to the political, and everything in between! - 12/29/2022
Parkinson’s disease drug may help teens with type 1 diabetes
Drug improves blood pressure, vessel characteristics. - 12/29/2022
Eating grapes increases UV protection in skin, reduces melanoma risk
But some foods increase the risk of photodamage. - 12/29/2022
Yukon permanently expands power of pharmacists to issue prescriptions
Goal is to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments. - 12/29/2022
New hospital program helps Toronto’s homeless, cuts ambulance offload time
The University Health Network in Toronto has opened a 24-hour stand-alone clinic which has resulted in dramatic improvements in ambulance offload times and freed-up beds at the hospital's emergency department. - 12/29/2022
Lack of info on China’s COVID-19 surge stirs global concern
Several countries, including the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, and Italy, have mandated COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China.