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- 3/14/2022
Bell Island's 'Grand Seduction' effort succeeds in coaxing it's former FP back again—for now
A Facebook group showered the community's recently re-located family doctor with love and support. Since then, he's accepted an 11-week contract on the island, but will they be able to get him to stay? - 3/14/2022
Making waves: New Glasgow pharmacist, Kelly MacInnis inspires through commitment to medication safety
Referred to as the “medication safety pharmacist” among her colleagues at the hospital, MacInnis is trusted and consulted interprofessionally by other sites on ways to reduce medication incidents. - 3/14/2022
Ontario to add hundreds of medical school positions over next five years
Program expansions will include the six medical schools in Ontario. - 3/14/2022
ICYMI | Pharmacy U presenter Samier Kamar: Someday 'telemedicine' will simply be called 'medicine'
The uptake of telemedicine and virtual care has increased significantly in the past year. Implementing telemedicine in pharmacy can improve patient outcomes and enhance pharmacy practice in significant ways. - 3/14/2022
The Big Sneeze: Climate change to make pollen season nastier
Climate scientists at the University of Michigan looked at 15 different plant pollens in the United States and used computer simulations to calculate how much worse allergy season will likely get by the year 2100. - 3/14/2022
And now for something completely different
In February 2022 the new CPA chair informed me that the old CPA Board voted to recommend my suspension as a CPA member. Many of you have followed my painful journey with the association of which I was once president. But, today, my attention is drawn to new opportunities moving forward. - 3/13/2022
Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward
Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher had circled the world, epitomizing the horror of an attack on humanity's most innocent. - 3/13/2022
Loblaw Companies buying Lifemark Health Group for $845 million in cash
Lifemark, owned by Audax Private Equity, provides physiotherapy, massage therapy, occupational therapy, chiropractic, mental health and other rehabilitation services. - 3/13/2022
Thousands of deaths, millions of vaccines: A look at COVID-19 in Canada by the numbers
It's been two years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Here's a look at the pandemic by the numbers in Canada.