COVID-19

Dr. Mustafa Hirji had been largely silent after Ontario's chief medical officer, Dr. Kieran Moore, sent him a letter criticizing the region's COVID safety measures for schools. This week, he spoke out–and Niagara council backed him up.

Our recent survey about how the pandemic has affected pharmacists revealed just how bad pharmacists’ stress levels are.

Ontario announced a plan to start loosening COVID-19 restrictions by the end of the month, but Quebec said it was too early to ease any public health measures.

The 50-question survey, which should take about 15 minutes to complete, is the first step in the Canadian Pharmacists Association's newly launched mental health and wellness initiative.

Researchers say samples from nasal or throat swabs detected 64.5% of cases that were detected from PCR tests, while a combination of nose and throat swabs increased accuracy to 88.7%.

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When his father, a liver transplant patient, became eligible for his fourth vaccine dose, Daron Basmadjian decided it would be safer to bring him to the pharmacy.

Ontario will begin easing COVID-19 restrictions at the end of the month, starting with increasing social gathering limits and allowing certain businesses to reopen with caps on capacity.