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- 10/28/2020
Physicians group calls on Alberta to start using COVID-19 alert app
Adopting the app is one step in a six-point plan the organization is suggesting as alternate options for the province's leaders to consider. - 10/28/2020
U.S. FDA recommends avoiding use of NSAIDs in pregnancy at 20 weeks or later
U.S. FDA recommends avoiding use of NSAIDs in pregnancy at 20 weeks or later NSAIDs may cause rare kidney problems in unborn babies and/or low levels of amniotic fluid. - 10/28/2020
2020-21 flu vaccine coverage by province and territory
Of the 11 influenza vaccines authorized for use by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, just two have coverage under all of Canada’s public immunization programs - 10/28/2020
700 doctors say centralization has caused multiple deaths in Quebec hospitals during COVID-19
Spokesperson for the group, Dr. Vincent Bouchard-Dechene explained that healthcare professionals cannot even decide to put a wall between two sections of a hospital in order to avoid contamination. - 10/28/2020
Cost for cancer fighting drugs triples in Canada but still no national drug plan
The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board has released data showing cancer medications account for about 15 per cent of all spending on pharmaceuticals. - 10/27/2020
Ontario adding over 760 hospital beds
- 10/27/2020
Ontario ponders end to six month abstinence requirement for liver transplants
Debra Selkirk, whose husband Mark Selkirk died in 2010 before receiving a new liver, challenged the constitutional validity of the policy as a violation of the right to life and equality. Selkirk's estate further argued he was subject to cruel and unusual treatment. - 10/27/2020
'Worst is yet to come': Without government funding diagnostic, surgery backlogs will worsen: CMA
The study estimates that an additional 307,498 procedures would need to be performed over a 12-month period to clear the backlog — a 6.1% increase compared to what would have been expected over the course of a year.