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- 1/15/2024
Should the gov't pay for administrators to ease the FP paperwork pile?
A recent editorial in the National Post suggests the government should pony up the cash for admin support in exchange for doctors taking on more patients—but would that really work? - 1/15/2024
B.C. extends free HPV vaccines eligibility to men born in 2005
Free HPV vaccines had already been available to younger men and boys. - 1/14/2024
Amoxicillin preferred for acute sinusitis in children
Either amoxicillin or amoxicillin-clavulanate will clear infection, but the former is less likely to result in side-effects or antimicrobial resistance. - 1/14/2024
P.E.I. opposition is asking for answers about feasibility of new medical school
P.E.I. interim Liberal Leader Hal Perry says ‘multiple red flags’ brought up by the province’s outgoing health authority CEO. - 1/14/2024
Persistence Capital Partners signs deal to take Neighbourly Pharmacy private
The deal will see PCP, which already owns about a 50% interest in the network of independent pharmacies, pay $18.50 per share for a total of $415 million for the shares it does not already own. - 1/14/2024
A patient covered in a ‘crude oil substance’ created enough of a chemical odour that this Sask. hospital evacuated
Efforts are underway to reopen the Weyburn General Hospital. - 1/11/2024
Older, immunocompromised people may get COVID-19 vaccine dose in spring, NACI says
The advisory committee is issuing the spring recommendation now to help public health vaccine program planning. - 1/11/2024
What was family medicine like in 2024?
Dr. Adam Chen has a little chat with the Ghost of New Year Yet to Come and discovers what 2024 has in store. - 1/11/2024
It's so cold in Edmonton this hospital is resorting to space heaters
The hospital says the problem is being caused by a malfunction in its air handling system, caused by temperatures of -36 C.