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- 12/1/2020
It’s time Canada had a national vaccine injury compensation program
COVID-19 vaccines will go through the rigours of Phase 3 randomized clinical trial evaluations. They will have to meet regulatory standards for safety and efficacy. But there is a possibility that we will not detect extremely rare side-effects in Phase 3 trials. - 12/1/2020
Quebec hospitals: Health workers are running out of steam
As we begin to glimpse the holiday season, healthcare workers in Quebec hospitals are already at the end of their rope. “We lost a lot of soldiers since there were outbreaks in several hospitals. Currently, there is a strong community transmission within the nursing staff,” observed Dr. Gilbert Boucher, president of the association of specialists in emergency medicine of Quebec and an emergency physician at the Montreal Heart Institute. - 12/1/2020
Influenza: more than a respiratory disease
A recent review of the influenza concludes that the longer-term impact of this infectious disease is even more far-reaching than previously thought. - 12/1/2020
How to minimize the occurrence of post-vaccination shoulder injury
Shoulder injury caused by injecting too high into the shoulder can be prevented with proper injection technique. - 11/30/2020
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