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- 2/9/2022
Northern Ontario School of Medicine receives 'ground breaking' donation
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine received a $1 million donation from the Slaight Family Foundation to support 40 BIPOC women medical students who live in Northern Ontario. - 2/9/2022
French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89
Montagnier died Tuesday at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a western suburb of the capital, the area's city hall said. No other details have been released. - 2/9/2022
New vaccine mandate applies to all regulated health professionals in B.C. by March 24
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the order will take effect March 24 and will bring those workers, including dentists, pharmacists, doctors and chiropractors, in line with others already under vaccine mandates. - 2/9/2022
POLL: If we're post-peak vaccination in pharmacies, what's next?
Now that demand for COVID-19 vaccines and boosters has peaked, what's your priority for your pharmacy in the months ahead? - 2/9/2022
More trucks out of Ottawa's core, as calls grow for end to border blockades
Political patience with the protesters has run thin as vehicles choke the flow of goods at border crossings, including at Coutts, Alta., Emerson, Man., and the busy Windsor-Detroit Ambassador Bridge. - 2/9/2022
Insurance forms drive family doctors to distraction
Physician poll finds wide range on what doctors are charging for their time. - 2/9/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Brian Cicali: "...one does not get into healthcare with personal gain in mind."
I believe one does not get into healthcare with personal gain in mind, as the most important aspect/goal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences is to help others who are sick or suffering. - 2/8/2022
Kenney apologizes for comparing stigma of being unvaccinated to plight of '80s HIV-AIDS patients
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a personal tie to the issue, fighting in San Francisco in the 1980s to overturn a law extending hospital visitation rights to gay couples—a move aimed at preventing people from visiting their dying partners. - 2/8/2022
The baffling case of metabolically healthy obese people: Are they protected from chronic diseases?
Some studies have demonstrated that a significant number of obese people are metabolically healthy, leading to the contention that one could be healthy at any size. This phenomenon is referred to as metabolically healthy obesity. Research is now starting to explore what this means. - 2/8/2022
Alberta starts lifting COVID-19 restrictions, vaccine passport program
Kenney told a news conference Tuesday that the vaccine passport, known in Alberta as the restriction exemption program, would end within hours—at midnight.