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- 6/24/2020
My COVID-19 journal – Day 100
This will be the last entry in my COVID-19 journal. It is not that I won’t write about the pandemic again, but, for me, this phase of my service to keep people safe from COVID-19 is ending. On June 30, I will return to the youth program full time. - 6/24/2020
New practice tool summarizes key points about GLP-1 receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes
Diabetes Pharmacists Network issues downloadable guide designed to support optimal use of GLP-1 receptor agonists - 6/24/2020
Trudeau launches student support, defends fiscal record after credit rating cut
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his government's fiscal record on Thursday as it launched several new programs promising billions of dollars in new support for students. The moves came one day after Canada saw its credit rating degraded by one major agency, over the massive increase in government spending meant to help Canadians through the COVID-19 pandemic. - 6/24/2020
Canada’s COVID-19 death rate is low compared to other OECD countries
However, the proportion of deaths that occurred in Canadian long-term care homes was double the OECD average - 6/23/2020
2020 pharmacy graduates celebrated with virtual convocations
Universities are doing what they can to help this year's graduating class mark a momentous occasion - 6/23/2020
Police should not be first responders to mental health calls: CAMH
Canada's largest mental and addiction teaching hospital says police should not be the first responders to mental health crises in the community. - 6/23/2020
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Lumino Health connect patients to local healthcare providers
Connecting with a healthcare provider like a physiotherapist or chiropractor once you're out of the hospital can be a challenge. After a surgery or procedure, patients are eager to get back on their feet but often don't know where to access local care. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is now offering Lumino Health's Provider Search tool on their patient care pathways website. Lumino Health network is Canada's largest network of providers with access to 150,000 health professionals. - 6/23/2020
Pharmacists fire back after WSJ editorial calls them 'needless middlemen'
Two heads of major American pharmacy associations have issued a rebuttal against a Wall Street Journal editorial which suggested doctors should be allowed to dispense medication, at cost, to patients.