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Where to find info on side-effects reported after COVID-19 vaccination
Public Health Agency of Canada website provides weekly updates of adverse event data on COVID-19 vaccines administered in Canada.
More regions move to mixing and matching second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

'Next big wave': Radiation drugs track and kill cancer cells

Doctors are reporting improved survival in men with advanced prostate cancer from an experimental drug that delivers radiation directly to tumour cells.
Quebec College of Physicians issues warning about woman pretending to be a doctor
Some Ontario hospital measures revoked in light of improving COVID-19 trends
Can you regulate racism out of medicine? Nova Scotia's medical regulator is working on it

As Canada's medical community continues to look for ways to eliminate discrimination in healthcare, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia is moving to “regulate racism out of medicine.”
Manitoba will spend up to $1 million on encouraging more COVID-19 vaccinations
Newer methods may boost gene therapy's use for more diseases
Optimal level of oral corticosteroids for asthma as close to zero as possible, expert says

The optimal level of oral corticosteroids (OCS) for asthma should be as close to zero as possible, according to one of Canada’s top asthma doctors.
Rural Manitoba struggling with patients who believe COVID-19 is a hoax even as they die

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