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- 1/25/2022
People are 'fed up': Quebec follows Ontario's lead and loosens COVID-19 restrictions
Quebec Premier Francois Legault said the province would adopt a go-slow approach, which will see gathering limits raised on Monday for private functions, as well as the reopening of restaurants at 50% capacity and a resumption of some sports activities for those under 18. - 1/25/2022
New website designed by FPs aims to answer common COVID-19 questions for general public
The guide for the public features plain-language answers to common questions in English, with more languages coming soon. - 1/25/2022
NACI now urging kids from 5 to 11 get both COVID-19 shots, recommends booster for immunocompromised kids
When child-sized doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine were approved for kids in November, NACI decreed that kids may be offered the shot. At the time, NACI said it would strengthen the language when a bit of time passed and more data on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine became available. - 1/25/2022
How to help your patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis
With an increasing number of people managing COVID-19 from home, I have seen numerous ER doctors on social media mentioning a "serious and life-threatening condition that they are seeing frequently in hospitals: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA). - 1/25/2022
Resource on nirmatrelvir/ritonavir for prescribers and pharmacists
The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and the University of Waterloo's School of Pharmacy have put together a resource for prescribers and pharmacists on Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid) and its use in treating COVID-19. - 1/24/2022
Kids' vaccine rate still low despite rampant spread of Omicron variant
Vaccine hesitancy expert Kate Allen warned early on that parents would be slower to vaccinate their five to 11-year-olds than they were to vaccinate themselves or even their older kids, since parents tend to be more cautious when it comes to young children. - 1/24/2022
How I found joy in the practicality of my new pandemic hospital wardrobe
Confession time: I love to shop. I love wearing nice clothes. I like nice shoes. I truly appreciate a scarf with a floral design in the exact shade of fuschia as the stripe on my pencil skirt. - 1/24/2022
‘Never’ or just ‘not yet?’ How timing affects COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
At this point in the pandemic (more than six months after most Canadian adults became eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine), should we declare this level of vaccination coverage as the “vaccine ceiling?” - 1/24/2022
Alberta responds as COVID-19 calls swamping emergency medical response
Copping referred to four emergency calls coming in simultaneously in Airdrie, on Calgary's northern outskirts, which forced one medically fragile boy with a broken leg to be taken to hospital by fire truck because ambulances weren't available.