COVID-19

Vaccinations were made mandatory for health workers in November 2021, and workers who hadn’t received at least one COVID-19 shot were placed on unpaid leave.

The Public Health Agency of Canada said drug overdoses killed an average of 23 people each day last year.

We’re pleased to introduce the 2023 Pharmacy Practice + Business Award winners—watch for the winners’ stories in each edition of our upcoming newsletters!

The initiative started as a hotline and has since grown to include a weekly clinic that offers wrap-around health support.

Loneliness is now compared to smoking 15 cigarettes a day in terms of its impact on mortality.

A patient with an unsolvable, longstanding cough presents a test of a pharmacist’s current knowledge, ability to research and relationship with multiple other clinicians.

The Ontario Pharmacists Association COVID-19 Therapeutic Support Line is exclusively for health professionals with questions about drugs and treatments for the virus.

The feds and the province say the funds will help expand home and community care, improve access to palliative and end-of-life services and improve the quality of long-term care.