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- 10/19/2020
5 Tips: Managing lower back pain
- 10/19/2020
Parking garage flu-shot clinic ordered to shut down for Vancouver bylaw breach
The City of Vancouver, however, ordered the clinic to shut the operation down in 30 days because it didn't have the landlord's permission and wasn't allowed to be using that particular space. - 10/19/2020
Federal health minister urges Alberta not to close its injectable opioid agonist treatment program
Notably, the health minister's call to reconsider comes a week after a patient group hitherto benefitting from the program filed a lawsuit seeking am injunction to stop its cancellation. - 10/19/2020
Doctors Manitoba teaming up with province to enable COVID-19 testing at community clinics
Dakota Medical Centre in Winnipeg is set to be the first community clinic to offer the tests in the coming days. - 10/19/2020
Usual 15-minute wait time after flu vaccine can be reduced if certain conditions met
National Advisory Committee on Immunization issues recommendations on duration of observation period after influenza vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. - 10/18/2020
68% of deaths from firearms are from self-harm, majority in older men in rural regions
A new study of gun injuries and deaths in Ontario found that 68% of firearm-related deaths were from self-harm, and they most often occurred in older men living in rural regions, pointing to the need for targeted prevention efforts. The study is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).