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- 9/18/2024
Surrey, B.C., ER doctors call for ‘new leadership’ amid ‘toxic’ work environment
British Columbia politicians are celebrating connecting more people with family doctors, but it comes as emergency room physicians at Surrey Memorial Hospital say conditions there continue to crumble. - 9/17/2024
Health Canada approves updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
The mRNA vaccine, called Spikevax, has been reformulated to target the KP.2 subvariant of Omicron. - 9/17/2024
Italian army will guard a hospital after attacks on medical workers
With over 16,000 reported cases of physical and verbal assaults nationwide in 2023 alone, Italian doctors and nurses have called for drastic measures. - 9/17/2024
Doctors Without Borders closes operations in Russia
The group has been in Russia since 1992 and has operated programs that provided aid for homeless people and migrants, tuberculosis treatment, and general healthcare including for infectious diseases such as AIDS. - 9/17/2024
These people say they got listeria after drinking recalled plant-based milks
The first infection linked to the recall was traced back to August 2023. One year later on Aug. 12, 2024, the Public Health Agency of Canada said three people had died and 20 were infected. But some say the number of cases is likely much higher. - 9/17/2024
Scientists show how pregnancy changes the brain in innumerable ways
Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map of a woman’s brain throughout gestation. - 9/17/2024
Quebec labour tribunal says nurses cannot pressure the province by refusing overtime
Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec had threatened that its members would stop accepting to work overtime starting Thursday, potentially throwing the health network into chaos. - 9/16/2024
Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists’ scope to include more minor ailments
Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association said the way some doctors have been reacting to expanded scope is ‘almost like hysteria.’ - 9/16/2024
Eby pledges involuntary care for severe addictions in B.C., ahead of October election
Premier David Eby said involuntary help would be aimed at people struggling with overlapping addictions, mental illness and brain injury concerns who are not able to ask for help for themselves. - 9/16/2024
New Canadian research finds AI 'early warning' system shows promise in preventing hospital deaths
The technology called CHARTwatch continuously analyzed more than 100 different pieces of information about each patient in the unit.