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- 6/13/2022
FDA advisers consider Moderna's COVID shots for older kids
If the panel endorses the shot and the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer's vaccine. - 6/13/2022
Adapting to life with COVID-19: Lessons our own immune system can teach us about public health information
In immunology, the way a threat—such as a virus—is presented to the immune system matters as much as the threat itself. - 6/13/2022
Is whey the way to go with diabetes?
Whey supplement in the form of shots before meals improves glycemic control. - 6/13/2022
Alberta drops remaining COVID restrictions as it says new case numbers keep falling
The government announced the decision in a news release late Monday afternoon, saying it will move to Step 3 of its reopening plan at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. - 6/13/2022
Stay overnight
Instinct told Dr. Raj Waghmare to ask his recovering patient to stay overnight in the hospital—the next day his admission diagnosis surprised. - 6/12/2022
Pfizer COVID-19 appears effective for kids under 5: U.S. panel
Late last week the FDA posted a similar analysis of Moderna's shots for children under 6. - 6/12/2022
Health Canada approves experimental ALS drug still under U.S. review
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals said in a press release Monday that Canada is the first country in the world to give the regulatory greenlight for Albrioza as a treatment for the devastating neurodegenerative disease. - 6/12/2022
Number of Canadian blood donors plummets to lowest point in a decade during COVID-19
About 400,000 Canadians give blood on a regular basis. - 6/12/2022
The (pharmaceutical) funny pages: You give me fever
You weekly dose of silliness! Take two, or even three, as needed. - 6/12/2022
Canadian heading World Health Organization's fight against monkeypox
Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the WHO's technical lead for monkeypox, grew up in Thunder Bay, Ont., and Ottawa before studying medicine at McGill University.