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- 10/26/2020
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- 10/26/2020
Can COVID-19 positive or exposed mothers breastfeed or feed infants pumped milk?
Healthcare professionals can provide patients with information page advising on COVID-19 and breastfeeding. - 10/26/2020
New PC Health app launched in Atlantic Canada
The free app offers real-time access to information including virtual chats with health professionals during set hours. - 10/25/2020
Alberta nurses, aides and other healthcare workers walk out to protest job cuts
Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union Provincial Employees told the paper the walk-off was a spontaneous and grassroots effort. - 10/25/2020
Doctors frustrated by unpaid claims after Ontario pledged to honour expired health cards
Ontario announced in March it was extending the validity of drivers' licences and health cards to promote physical distancing at ServiceOntario locations. But Dr. Samantha Hill, president of the OMA, said after many doctors supported the move, the province hasn't followed up regarding related claims. - 10/25/2020
Mobile health unit brings combo of traditional medicine and Indigenous healing practices to vulnerable communities
The nurses, doctors and social workers involved in the mobile unit travel the city, jumping between homeless encampments and other areas to treat anyone in need of medical attention. - 10/25/2020
Ontario’s LTC COVID-19 commission calls for more staff, better ties to healthcare partners
In response to the staffing shortages, the commission recommended that in addition to increasing the supply of PSWs, the province should ensure LTC staff recruitment efforts are addressing the need for an appropriate mixture of staff to meet the "increasing acuity and complex care needs of residents." - 10/25/2020
Study suggests Ontario could avoid hundreds of hep B infections with newborn vaccine
How transmission happens between mother and child is not well understood but likely occurs in the third trimester, during labour and delivery, or in the first few months of life. - 10/25/2020
PMPRB releases new guidelines amid dissent over rare-disease drug price controls
The Canadian Forum for Rare Disease Innovators says the new price controls within the guidelines will make things more difficult for Canadians suffering from rare diseases.