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- 11/23/2020
Updated relief measures to support physicians and their practices
As the pandemic continues to financially challenge businesses countrywide, the Government of Canada has recently announced extensions to existing programs as well as several additional support measures to help those who may be struggling. For a number of physicians across the country, these updates are particularly relevant. - 11/23/2020
Ottawa MD-PhD student awarded for research on cancer-killing viruses
Her research involves manipulating viruses at the genetic level, such that they can then be introduced into a cancer patient where they target a tumour, altering expression of both cancer cells and surrounding cells, essentially pointing the tumour out to the body's immune system. - 11/23/2020
How to get someone’s name right if it’s unfamiliar to you
Physicians meet a lot of people – patients, colleagues, students. Some names might initially be difficult to pronounce. But getting it right goes a long way to build rapport. - 11/23/2020
Could the need for a double dose be the COVID-19 vaccine's 'Achilles heel?'
Anticipating the challenge, Dr. Caroline Quach, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Montreal and member of the national advisory committee on immunization, and her colleagues have developed a mobile app to send messages to remind the public about their second dose. - 11/23/2020
How do the leading COVID-19 vaccines differ? And what does that mean for Canada?
Canada locked in a supply of potential vaccine candidates when it signed agreements with a number of pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna months ago, and that should accelerate a rollout when ready. - 11/23/2020
WHO recommendation against using remdesivir in COVID-19 creates controversy
WHO finds insufficient evidence that remdesivir improves survival or other outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, regardless of disease severity. - 11/22/2020
Canadian medical journals retract columns co-written by Dr. Gideon Koren
The retraction notice came after the editors of the Canadian journals launched a review when two Sunnybrook Hospital pharmacologists disputed the findings of the case report, “calling into question that newborns can develop opioid toxicity from breastfeeding.” - 11/22/2020
'Inferior' Manitoba law hampers public health action on COVID-19
The Public Health Act requires Dr. Roussin to obtain Health Minister Cameron Friesen's approval before taking measures to protect the health and safety of Manitobans.