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- 12/7/2021
Ontario premier defends current approach amid calls for more rapid COVID test access
Some Ontario workplaces offer rapid tests for their employees, and children in publicly funded schools are being sent home for the December break with a kit of five rapid tests each. - 12/7/2021
How to tell if your patients are overusing supplements
You’re at the pharmacy counter where you’ve just finished counselling Joan, a 65-year-old woman on her new medication for insomnia. You’ve checked all the boxes for a thorough patient encounter. You’ve updated her allergy status, checked pharmanet for her other medications, assessed drug interactions, and counselled her appropriately. But have you asked about non-prescription medications? In particular, have you asked about supplementation? - 12/7/2021
Man arrested for threatening N.L. health minister about mask mandate
A release says the threats were related to provincial public health rules requiring everyone older than five to wear a mask in public indoor settings. - 12/6/2021
Canadian drugmaker says its COVID-19 vaccine is effective
Medicago announced Tuesday that its two-dose vaccine was 71% effective at preventing COVID-19 infection in a large, late-stage study that included several variants including the delta variant. - 12/6/2021
McMaster led study seeks to understand COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous populations
Six Nations of the Grand River has regularly reported among the highest per capita COVID-19 rates in Ontario. - 12/6/2021
WHO advises against use of survivors' plasma to treat COVID
The guidance against the use of convalescent plasma, a component of blood that is rich in antibodies, was published in the British Medical Journal. - 12/6/2021
RCMP urging parents to call 911 if intimidated outside vaccine clinics for kids
Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says about a dozen people voiced their opinions against vaccines at a clinic in Prince George on Monday, and some of them followed families to their vehicles. - 12/6/2021
Concerns for Quebec physicians around surrogacy raised in Bill 2: CMQ
Surrogate mothers must consent from birth that their parentage bond with he child is deemed never to have existed, says the Collège de Médecin du Québec (CMQ), which judges that Bill 2 'leaves a blur.' - 12/6/2021
Omicron vs. delta: A look at the key questions
It's too soon to know how likely it is that omicron will spread more efficiently than delta, or, if it does, how fast it might take over. - 12/6/2021
What happened when cancer researchers tried to recreate 50 influential lab experiments?
Eight years ago, a team of researchers launched a project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research.