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- 7/16/2020
Story of Alberta doctors quitting is bargaining tactic: health minister
lberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says it's not true that doctors are quitting or withdrawing services in large numbers because of changes to fees and billing. Shandro says in a statement that the reports are nothing more than a bargaining tactic in the pay dispute between the government and physicians - 7/16/2020
This physician camel's back
- 7/15/2020
Alberta funds high-dose flu vaccine for LTC older adults
Alberta has become the seventh jurisdiction in Canada to fund the high-dose influenza vaccine for adults aged 65 and older living in long-term care (LTC) facilities. - 7/15/2020
Alberta escalates pay fight with doctors, asks regulatory college to intervene
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro is escalating his pay dispute with doctors, asking the College of Physician and Surgeons to make rules to stop doctors from withdrawing services en masse. Shandro, in a letter dated June 18, says patients—particularly those in rural areas—have a right to timely access to care and that the college has to do more to make sure that happens. - 7/15/2020
My oral microbiome and me
I think it’s about time to speak up for the mouth; the bowels have been getting entirely too much attention lately—as if they’re the only successful owners of a microbiome, the only hall that can accommodate a massive rally without needing crowd control. And they seem to thrive on numbers more than quality; there are very few first-names in the bowels. Very few memorable leaders. - 7/15/2020
Anti-racism rallies led to few COVID-19 infections in Alberta, total cases growing
Eight COVID-19 cases have been identified among the several thousands of people who attended rallies in Calgary and Edmonton. Similar events were held around the world after the death of George Floyd, a Black man whose neck a Minneapolis police officer compressed with his knee for nearly nine minutes. - 7/15/2020
COVID-19: Increase in the number of travelers to the country
Although the Canadian border has been closed since March 21 to limit the spread of COVID-19, the number of international travelers counted at Canadian airports has increased considerably in recent weeks. Between June 29 and July 12, 91,300 travelers entered Canada, according to the Canada Border Services Agency. About 40,000 of the 91,000 passengers were neither Canadian citizens nor permanent residents of the country. - 7/15/2020
Pharmacist takes matters into his own hands to fill PPE needs
When a Mississauga, Ontario-based pharmacist grew frustrated with the lack of hand sanitizers available to pharmacies during the early days of the pandemic, he decided to take matters into his own hands and create some himself. - 7/14/2020
Anti-maskers print off 'exemption cards' in Toronto to annoyance of healthcare workers
A week after anti-mask groups rode public transit without face coverings to protest new city bylaws requiring them, the CBC those same groups are making "exemption cards" that claim they are medically exempt from wearing face coverings. The Canadian Red Cross told CBC Toronto said the cards contain a version of the organization's emblem that is being used without permission.