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- 9/2/2020
Parents, educators push for outdoor learning experiments to address COVID fears
The ongoing pandemic has put masks and sanitizers on back-to-school shopping lists, but several parents, teachers and school staff are hunting for even more unusual materials: cut logs for the schoolyard, tarps to shield soccer pitches from sun and rain, and cheap yoga mats for outdoor seating. With many school plans failing to promise smaller class sizes and epidemiologists noting less infection risk outdoors, an ardent movement of teachers, parents and sympathetic principals are urgently pursuing ambitious outdoor learning plans they hope can be incorporated into the curriculum. - 9/2/2020
Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine now approved for use in males 9-45 years of age
Helps protect against 9 types of HPV, including those that cause anal cancer, genital warts, and abnormal and precancerous anal lesions - 9/2/2020
Toronto woman to continue pressing late mom's human rights case
Veronica Gerber was set to go before Ontario's human rights tribunal on Monday in a bid to see her mother more often during the COVID-19 pandemic. But three days before the case was to be heard, Dorothea Gerber, 82, died at the Toronto long-term care facility where she had lived for more than a decade. Veronica Gerber had been scheduled to appear before the tribunal seeking an interim order to restore her visitation rights to their pre-pandemic status. - 9/2/2020
Ford defends Ontario's chief medical officer as calls for his removal grow louder
Ontario's chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams has been under fire recently but the CBC reported that provincial Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott are standing behind him. "I have all the confidence in the world in Dr. Williams and his whole entire team," Ford said recently. - 9/2/2020
Planning for flu season during COVID-19
With demand for the influenza vaccine expected to be higher than usual this year, physicians and community pharmacists are getting ready to meet the challenge of delivering flu shots during the pandemic. - 9/2/2020
Premier Doug Ford thanks pharmacists for "going the extra mile" during pandemic
During a day spent making announcements in the greater Hamilton area, Ontario Premier Doug Ford stopped in at Hauser's Pharmacy where his team filmed a short video showing him speaking with the pharmacy team. - 9/2/2020
Prescribing Hope: Pharmacist shares his story on overcoming debilitating depression
Hugh Toner is on a mission to help those struggling with depression come out of the darkness, and to remind people that pharmacists can help. - 9/1/2020
Cannabis and anticoagulants – Are there any significant interactions?
With the exponential rise of therapeutic and recreational cannabis in recent years, the safety of cannabis use with other commonly prescribed medications has become a topic of interest. This review will summarize the available evidence on the safety of cannabis with anticoagulant agents. - 9/1/2020
Deaths linked to drug misuse: the OPQ calls for increased surveillance
OPQ head Bertrand Bolduc suggests perhaps a pharmacist would be a wise addition to the coroner's office. - 9/1/2020
Doctors should not be treating PAs as substitutes
People visiting a walk-in clinic or family health team office may be seen by someone with a stethoscope around their neck, who they will likely assume is a doctor. That is a dangerous assumption to make, as there is a good chance that person is a physician assistant (PA).