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- 8/21/2023
Patients in B.C. long-term care homes and N.W.T. hospitals displaced by wildfires
Transferring patients out of long-term care facilities is a time-consuming process because some residents with cognitive disabilities must be accompanied by staff who know them. - 8/21/2023
Quebec court authorizes class action over alleged sterilization of Indigenous women
Two plaintiffs are leading the suit filed on behalf of all the women from the Atikamekw First Nation who allegedly didn’t consent to a procedure that impaired their fertility. - 8/21/2023
U.S. FDA approves RSV vaccine for moms to be to guard their newborns
The next step: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must issue recommendations for using the vaccine, named Abrysvo, during pregnancy. - 8/21/2023
Teva to pay US$225M to settle cholesterol drug price fixing charges
Another generic drug maker, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, agreed to pay a US$30 million criminal penalty and to divest its pravastatin business as well. - 8/21/2023
Alberta Opposition urges audit of failed provincial lab testing privatization plan
David Shepherd, the NDP’s health critic, says an independent analysis is needed, and that the United Conservative government can’t be trusted to transparently report what went wrong. - 8/20/2023
University of Toronto offering tuition-free journalism fellowship to an Indigenous health professional
The fellowship runs from September 2023 to March 2024. - 8/20/2023
Prior Omicron infection didn’t protect some seniors from reinfection, study finds
Senior author and McMaster University immunologist Dawn Bowdish says the study results are surprising because they challenge the current thinking about hybrid immunity. - 8/20/2023
Stem cells from one eye show promise in healing injuries in the other
Phil Durst recalled clawing at his face after a chemical from a commercial dishwashing machine squirted into his eyes, causing ‘the most indescribable pain I’ve ever felt—ever, ever, ever.’ - 8/20/2023
N.S. health officials unable to determine source of legionnaires’ disease outbreak
As of Aug. 3, nine cases and another 20 suspected infections had been detected, but no cases have been reported since. - 8/20/2023
Alberta moves to de privatize community lab tests in face of long waits, bottlenecks
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said the province has signed a memorandum of understanding with private provider Dynalife to transfer its staff, equipment and property to the province by the end of the year.