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- 1/23/2022
Proof of vaccination now required to access more Quebec big-box stores
Premier Francois Legault previously announced that Quebecers will have to show their vaccination passport starting today if they wish to enter stores with floor surfaces of 1,500 square metres or more. - 1/23/2022
Canada flags unexplained illnesses for overseas staff to meet 'duty of care'
In September, Global Affairs Canada began briefings with senior managers at headquarters in Ottawa, all heads of mission abroad and partners from other federal departments working at embassies, says a newly disclosed briefing note. - 1/23/2022
Health tech companies face too many challenges breaking into Canada: entrepreneurs
The chief executive at Waterloo, Ont. innovation hub Communitech has spent much of the pandemic hearing about hospitals worried about dwindling inventories of COVID-19 tests, while companies less than 80 kilometres away have the ability to make more. - 1/23/2022
CPSA resource on opening, building, renovating a clinic
The webpage offers helpful advice for physician and non-physician clinic owners. - 1/23/2022
Solving the puzzle of cystic fibrosis and its treatments is a Nobel Prize-worthy breakthrough
The nomination deadline for the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine is fast approaching. Besides those for the COVID-19 vaccines, several others are prominent, including the discovery of the cystic fibrosis gene and the drugs to treat the disease. - 1/20/2022
How are different provinces faring with Omicron?
Ontario announced a plan to start loosening COVID-19 restrictions by the end of the month, but Quebec said it was too early to ease any public health measures. - 1/20/2022
Early treatment could tame peanut allergies in small kids
The researchers gave increasing amounts of peanut protein powder to a group of toddlers to build up their tolerance for peanuts. - 1/20/2022
Nova Scotia health officials recommend throat swab as part of rapid COVID-19 testing
Researchers say samples from nasal or throat swabs detected 64.5% of cases that were detected from PCR tests, while a combination of nose and throat swabs increased accuracy to 88.7%. - 1/19/2022
Study finds 15-fold increase in maternal deaths related to chronic hypertension
Worrying trend seen over the past 40 years with chronic hypertension, older maternal age, obesity to blame. - 1/19/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Rebecka Isaksson: "We are quickly moving towards a reality where we cannot treat microbial infections."
As a researcher no day is like the next, and that’s why I love research. Yes sure, there are days when nothing works, and it seems like the “chemistry gods” are laughing at you.