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- 11/18/2021
Minister Bennett says national opioid crisis plan to be informed by proposals in B.C.
B.C. has sought to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs by seeking from Health Canada an exemption from the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. - 11/18/2021
Saskatchewan to roll out children's vaccine clinics in schools
There are 115,000 children in Saskatchewan who just became eligible. - 11/17/2021
Ontario students to take home 5 rapid COVID tests over winter break
Ontario students will be sent home for the December break with five rapid antigen COVID-19 tests each as part of the province's plan to ramp up testing over the holidays. - 11/17/2021
Feds to announce approval of COVID-19 vaccine for kids on Friday
It is also set to announce the easing of some COVID-19 measures at the Canadian border. - 11/17/2021
‘Off-label’ use is common in medicine. Why are the COVID-19 vaccines any different?
A bioethicist and a philosopher explore how prohibiting off-label use of COVID-19 vaccines in kids departs from ethical and legal norms. - 11/17/2021
Modelling suggests COVID pandemic's fifth wave could be Saskatchewan's worst
Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says hospitalizations and cases have plateaued at a high rate. - 11/17/2021
CMA urges federal government, social media companies to protect healthcare workers from harassment
Online harassment against healthcare workers has not only increased but also escalated in severity over recent weeks and months, said association president Dr. Katharine Smart. - 11/17/2021
Vials labeled 'Smallpox' found in Pennsylvania lab freezer
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the vials "were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker'' who was cleaning out the freezer. - 11/17/2021
Yukon is now without a single walk-in clinic forcing those without FPs into ERs for day-to-day care
Two years ago, the territory launched its Find a Family Doctor program, which connected FPs to 1,043 people—but recent physician office closures have meant the waiting list is growing. - 11/17/2021
Women sue Yale over fentanyl switch up at fertility clinic
Seven women who say they suffered excruciating pain after a nurse stole fentanyl for her personal use and replaced it with saline sued Yale University on Wednesday, alleging it of failing to safeguard its supply of the painkilling opioid at a fertility clinic.