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- 2/1/2022
New turning point? More countries easing COVID restrictions
Omicron, the Geneva-based World Health Organization says, has fueled more cases—90 million—in the world over the last 10 weeks than during all of 2020, the outbreak's first full year. - 2/1/2022
CMA, activists call on Canada to speed vaccine access globally to stop new variants
Dr. Katharine Smart, the president of the leading association of Canadian medical professionals, says raising the international vaccination rate is the only way to prevent the rise of new COVID-19 variants that are prolonging the pandemic through an endless cycle of lockdowns and serious illness. - 2/1/2022
Could provincial governments mandate children’s COVID-19 vaccinations for school attendance?
On the surface, there are many compelling reasons for mandating pediatric vaccinations for in-school attendance. While children are far less likely to develop serious illness from COVID-19 than adults, the risk is nonetheless greater than for other vaccine preventable diseases for which there are school mandates in some provinces. - 2/1/2022
Marketing and awareness can improve your sales
Although some pharmacists might question the role of upselling in pharmacy, it can not only improve their sales but also enhance their patient care. - 2/1/2022
From veteran to rookie: Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser shares her resident wellness strategies
How life lessons as an Olympic athlete inform Dr. Wickenheiser’s approach to self-care. - 2/1/2022
Long lasting cell treatment cured leukemia patients: doctors
The treatment cured Olson and a second patient, according to the University of Pennsylvania doctors, who said it was the first time the therapy had been studied for so long. - 2/1/2022
One Ontario hospital opposed vaccine mandate, letters to premier reveal
The Canadian Press used Freedom of Information law to request copies of all written responses sent to Ford after he asked for input from health leaders on a potential mandatory vaccination policy for hospital workers in October. - 2/1/2022
'All options on the table' to end protest ensnaring Ottawa, says police chief
The head of the Ottawa police says "all options are on the table'' when it comes to ending an ongoing—and potentially resurging—anti-vaccine mandate protest that some local councillors are now calling an "occupation'' of the capital city. - 1/31/2022
'I'm just exhausted': Inside a Toronto hospital during the Omicron wave of COVID-19
The 48-bed ICU on the sixth floor is quiet at the moment. Most of the patients are in induced comas; many are intubated. More than half have COVID-19. - 1/31/2022
Quebec backtracks on taxing unvaccinated to maintain 'social peace'
Finance Minister Eric Girard had prepared a bill to tax Quebecers who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 without a medical reason, Legault said, but the legislation will not be tabled.