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- 4/19/2022
Cardiac rehab for heart patients saves lives and money, so why isn’t it used more?
As a cardiac rehabilitation researcher for the past 20 years, I work with the preventive cardiology community to ensure more patients access these lifesaving programs. - 4/19/2022
Can pharmacists find joy in the day-to-day grind?
Courage to persist strongly regardless of how dirty the task allows us to outwork others. Pushing forward, notwithstanding the required sweat, provides an identity of tenacity that we grow to actually enjoy. The effort finds small wins in getting the hard things done by showing up each day and doing things right. For this reason, joy is found in the grind. - 4/19/2022
Unlike in the rest of Canada, free rapid COVID 19 tests not widely available in N.L.
Heather Elliott, a retail worker from St. John's, says many of her friends and family are scrambling to find take-home rapid tests. - 4/19/2022
Helping Ukraine
Ontario physician Dr. Iuliia Povieriena has turned her home and her life mission into getting medical supplies to Ukraine. - 4/19/2022
6 top tips to really see your pharmacy like a patient
Have you looked at your pharmacy the way a patient does? This is a key question Wayne Caverly of Caverly Consulting asks his clients. One pharmacy he worked with – an old-style drugstore within an even older grocery store – had not seen any serious updates since the 1970s. - 4/19/2022
CDC launches new forecasting center for infectious disease
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases—an early warning system to help guide the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics. - 4/19/2022
Are we foolish enough to bail on the fourth dose?
While more durable vaccines are in the works, until they arrive, we need interim protection from fourth doses of the same vaccine to keep people safe. - 4/19/2022
Sask. inks $4.8M deal with local company to provide secure video conferencing for virtual care
The new video platform will replace what Saskatchewan healthcare providers have used throughout the pandemic. - 4/18/2022
B.C. announces new supports to attract internationally trained nurses
The Health Ministry says some nurses trained outside the country can wait years to get registered and licensed as their credentials are assessed and their English language skills are tested. - 4/18/2022
$200K public relations aid for N.L. cyberattack didn't result in transparency: expert
The Newfoundland and Labrador government has been tight-lipped about the attack discovered Oct. 30, refusing to say what type of cyberattack occurred and why, or whether a ransom was demanded.