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- 10/1/2020
An inspiration to me
She was being followed yearly by some of the more famous specialists in the city and was on a first name basis with them. I asked what she did and she humbly told me some very general descriptions. - 10/1/2020
Phone ringing off the hook at Waterloo's first pharmacy to offer COVID-19 tests
To get tested at a pharmacy, an individual must be free of symptoms and be part of a group the provincial government has identified as a target, such as workers in or residents of homeless shelters. - 10/1/2020
Shoppers’ employees positive for COVID-19
Seventeen employees at Shoppers Drug Marts in Ontario have tested positive for COVID-19 since Sept. 24. - 9/30/2020
Naked and vulnerable: what we lose when we can't embrace our neighbours and friends
For a short period of time, COVID-19 has taken handshakes, hugs, cheek kisses and words of greeting away from us. But, do you know what is really sad? We were already losing these very important culturally appropriate greetings, well before COVID-19. Their loss adds to our sense of loneliness and isolation and our feelings of being disconnected, vulnerable and unsafe. - 9/30/2020
Fibristal voluntarily withdrawn in Canada due to risk of serious liver injury
Allergan withdraws and recalls uterine fibroid drug ulipristal acetate in Canada due to rare cases of severe liver injury requiring liver transplantation - 9/30/2020
Scotiabank launching physician wellness initiative in partnership with CMA, MD Financial
The f$15 million in funds will flow to provincial and territorial medical associations, as well as key medical organizations identified as being best attuned to the specific needs of physicians in various fields. - 9/30/2020
Group of Ontario doctors send letter urging Ford not to implement new COVID-19 lockdown
The letter comes as new modelling suggests COVID-19 case counts in the province could soon hit 1,000 per day. However, the doctors noted the shifting age demographics coming through in the latest numbers as once reason to take a different approach.