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- 9/8/2023
Pets of pharmacy: Lovely the duckling
This is not a fairy tale, it’s a true story about a duckling who found happiness in a warm house, snuggling with humans. - 9/8/2023
No inspections? Ontario ombudsman urges stronger enforcement of LTC rules
Paul Dube’s report on the inspection regime for long-term care homes during the COVID-19 outbreak says that there were no inspections for the first seven weeks of the pandemic and no inspection reports issued for the first two months. - 9/8/2023
Naloxone kits across Canada should have both nasal spray and injection options: panel
The new guidance, led by the BC Centre for Disease Control, aims to standardize take-home naloxone kits that are distributed through various sites, including pharmacies, community groups and emergency departments, to anyone who could respond to an overdose. - 9/7/2023
New drug from Quebec proves effective against COVID-19
The cocktail of antibodies soothes respiratory symptoms caused by COVID-19 during its acute phase. - 9/7/2023
COVID-19 unleashed an ongoing crisis of delirium in hospitals
Never again should sick patients with delirium be isolated from their family caregivers. - 9/7/2023
Health agency probing Air Canada vomit incident that echoes broader customer woes
On Tuesday, Air Canada said it apologized to two passengers who were escorted off the plane by security after protesting that their seats were soiled—and still damp—ahead of an Aug. 26 flight from Las Vegas to Montreal. - 9/7/2023
Officials say some patients showing ‘severe symptoms’ in Calgary daycare outbreak
Alberta Health Services says there are now 96 laboratory-confirmed cases due to the outbreak, which is up from 56 on Tuesday. - 9/7/2023
Mystery disease idea unfounded, should be ‘put to bed’: ex health minister
Dorothy Shephard, who is now a backbench Progressive Conservative MLA, asked health department officials in committee on Tuesday whether any other physicians, other than Dr. Alier Marrero, had brought forward a cluster of mysterious neurological diseases in 48 patients. - 9/7/2023
Doctor who sterilized woman without consent apologizes in statement
Dr. Andrew Kotaska, a doctor formerly employed at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, released a statement at the end of August following sanctions by a board of inquiry earlier this year. - 9/6/2023
HIV: Have we solved the mystery of CD4 T-cell death?
Understanding the cells' self-destruction mechanism could lead to new therapeutic solutions for patients resistant to current antiretroviral treatments.