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- 5/7/2020
Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome possibly linked to COVID-19
UK and US issue health alerts regarding Kawasaki disease shock syndrome-like illness in children and teenagers - 5/7/2020
Pharmacist's new book links gut health and a better brain
Improving your gut health can improve your brain health too, believes Ottawa pharmacist Kent MacLeod. In fact, he’s written an entire book on it. Biology of the Brain launched May 7 to a live Facebook audience of some 1,000 people. - 5/7/2020
B.C. says clearing surgery backlog will take at least 17 months
Beginning May 18, surgical services will resume and increase capacity over four weeks to near-normal levels. - 5/6/2020
Confronting the COVID-19 surgery crisis with transformational change
Single-entry models and team-based care can streamline service delivery, experts say - 5/6/2020
COVID-19 symptoms worsen in women after giving birth
Mild coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms may worsen rapidly in postpartum women within hours of giving birth, as illustrated by three cases published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. - 5/6/2020
Feds to unveil agreements with provinces to top up essential workers' pay
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today cost-sharing agreements with a number of provinces to top up the wages of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. - 5/6/2020
Researchers ponder whether COVID-19 could be sexually transmitted
SARS-CoV-2 virus found in semen of six of 38 men hospitalized with COVID-19 - 5/6/2020
Virtual care use ignited by COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided the opportunity for Canada to go from “worst to first” in using virtual care and assessing its impact. That’s according to Dr. Sacha Bhatia, FM Hill Chair in Health Systems Solutions and the Chief Medical Innovation Officer at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and currently one of the country’s more eloquent advocates for virtual care.