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- 7/19/2022
POLL: Is your pharmacy having a tough time keeping cold/cough meds on the shelf?
Reports from all over the country indicate that pharmacies are having a hard time keeping basics like children's pain and fever OTC medications and cough syrup on the shelves. Is this happening at your pharmacy? - 7/19/2022
Improve your physician collaborations
Clinical practice guidelines and regulatory colleges both recommend interprofessional collaboration. But, even knowing this collaboration can enhance patient care, many pharmacists struggle with enhancing relationships with physicians in their community. - 7/19/2022
Nova Scotia reduces multiple letter requirement for gender affirming care
For more than a year, Nova Scotia gender advocacy groups and the Halifax Sexual Health Centre have been calling for the change. - 7/19/2022
Saskatchewan to begin vaccinating kids under 5 against COVID-19
Health officials say the province has received 13,000 doses of Moderna's Spikevax vaccine for children ages six months to five years. - 7/19/2022
The (pharmacy) funny pages: How to find the pharmacist
You weekly dose of giggles—the perfect treatment for news overload! - 7/19/2022
Younger children in Manitoba now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine, top doc says
The province says kids aged from six months to four years will now be able to get a shot of the Moderna vaccine recently approved for use in children. - 7/19/2022
'Prolly brown': Two Indigenous docs raise concerns about AHS' ability to deal with racist incidents
With Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Alberta, some Indigenous physicians who were asked to volunteer with the health risks that come with large crowds found the request extremely upsetting. - 7/18/2022
Charlottetown hospital calls Code Orange after accident prompts need for more staff
Code Orange is called when an external disaster or threat is likely to require additional hospital resources. - 7/18/2022
Pilot projects offer GMF pharmacists a chance to showcase their added front-line value
Five pilot projects aimed at evaluating both the impact and added value of pharmacists practicing within family medicine groups—known as GMFs in Quebec—have been launched by the province’s health minister.