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- 12/5/2021
Federal government says Canada border testing contracts worth up to $631 million
The federal government has awarded three companies with contracts worth up to $631 million for COVID-19 border testing and other screening services. - 12/5/2021
Alberta surgeon handed 4-month suspension for hanging noose on operating room door
In January, Dr. Wessels was found guilty of unprofessional conduct by the college, but the decision did not determine that the doctor was motivated by racism. - 12/5/2021
Solve my problem: How do I know when it’s time to retire?
We asked doctors to share their thoughts on how best to know when it's time to hang up the stethoscope. - 12/5/2021
Legal column: Imaginary patients
Believe it or not, treating patients who don’t yet exist is an actual issue in malpractice law. - 12/5/2021
PMHx: The extra-billing crisis
The adoption of the CHA in 1984 led to the Ont. doctors strike of 1986. - 12/5/2021
Canada to manufacture Merck COVID-19 antivirals if regulator approves
The drug company has invested $19 million to scale up production of its antiviral drug, molnupiravir, at Thermo Fisher Scientific's facility in Whitby, Ont. - 12/3/2021
What an Ontario academic found researching forced sterilization of Indigenous women for more than a decade
There have historically been more than 1,200 Indigenous people forced to lose their reproduction capabilities, with the vast majority of them women, at Indian Hospitals across Canada, including Camsell Hospital in Edmonton. - 12/2/2021
Testing better than travel ban 'whack a mole,' infectious disease specialist says
Dr. Zain Chagla points to the start of the pandemic when Canada's travel policies targeted China and Iran, and COVID-19 rapidly entered Canada from the United States and western Europe. - 12/2/2021
NACI recommends boosters for people over 50
The advisory group has also strengthened its recommendation for several other groups, and now strongly suggests boosters for people who received a full series of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Janssen vaccine, those in or from First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities and front-line health workers.