COVID-19

Community pharmacies weigh financial impacts of COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Pharmacies across Canada have purchased new appointment management software, hired more staff and updated phone systems to support the push to get people vaccinated against COVID-19. Was the payment from provincial governments enough to break even?
Pharmacist-driven 'trunk' system makes Winnipeg's COVID-19 vaccine supersites super-efficient
Community pharmacists Arnold Chew and Carey Lai started as vaccinators with Manitoba's vaccine implementation task force. But after rolling out an innovative system for mass immunizations, they now lead the province's biggest, busiest and arguably most efficient COVID-19 vaccine sites.

WHO chief says it was 'premature' to rule out COVID lab leak

In a rare departure from his usual deference to powerful member countries, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said getting access to raw data had been a challenge for the international team that traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the source of COVID-19.
Ontario won't make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for any industry, Ford says
Pop quiz: Myocarditis/pericarditis and COVID-19 vaccines

In the most recent (July 2, 2021) update of the Canadian recommendations on the use of COVID-19 vaccines, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) added information about the very rare occurrence of myocarditis/pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination.
BRAND-CONSCIOUS: Canadians want a choice of vaccines, says new survey

Ensuring pharmacists have access to a full range of COVID-19 vaccines could make all the difference for vaccine-hesitant Canadians, says the Canadian Pharmacists Association.
Canada pivoting vaccine plan as supplies begin to outstrip demand: Brodie

Canada's vaccination rate has slowed in the last two weeks, as the pool of people still waiting for their first and second doses gets smaller.
Study: alcohol consumption linked to thousands of cancer cases in Canada in 2020

The global study estimates the effect of alcohol consumption on cancers worldwide, suggesting 4% of newly diagnosed cases in 2020 may have been associated with drinking alcohol.
Aspirin and other common anti-inflammatory drugs could help prevent COVID-19 deaths, says pharmacy researcher

Drugs could offer safer treatment than current options to help stop worst outcomes due to hyperinflammation.
Montreal ER doctors say pandemic has worsened staff shortages across system

Montreal emergency room doctors say a shortage of healthcare workers that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic is leaving emergency rooms overwhelmed in the eastern part of the city.

Community pharmacies weigh financial impacts of COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Pharmacist-driven 'trunk' system makes Winnipeg's COVID-19 vaccine supersites super-efficient

WHO chief says it was 'premature' to rule out COVID lab leak

Ontario won't make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for any industry, Ford says

Pop quiz: Myocarditis/pericarditis and COVID-19 vaccines

BRAND-CONSCIOUS: Canadians want a choice of vaccines, says new survey

Canada pivoting vaccine plan as supplies begin to outstrip demand: Brodie

Study: alcohol consumption linked to thousands of cancer cases in Canada in 2020

Aspirin and other common anti-inflammatory drugs could help prevent COVID-19 deaths, says pharmacy researcher

Montreal ER doctors say pandemic has worsened staff shortages across system