Large-scale disruptions from COVID-19: No longer 'if' or 'when,' but 'now'These disruptions may be inconvenient or unwelcome, but the alternatives—haphazard responses or doing nothing at all—are worse Different patterns of end-of-life care for Canadians of Chinese and South Asian ethnicity 280 of Quebec's specialist physicians in isolation Premier François Legault imposed mandatory 14-day isolation for all health personnel who've returned from abroad on or after March 12 Trudeau says border closures, mandatory screening up for discussion The Liberal government continues to face pressure to close Canada off as well from the outside world. Ontario severely restricts visitors to long-term care homes Until now, the province had merely recommended that visitors to long-term care homes be screened for symptoms and risk factors for COVID-19, such as recent international travel Hundreds show up to Ottawa COVID-19 assessment centre, but few actually tested The volume of calls to Ottawa's COVID-19 help line have been doubling by the day and non-nursing staff have had to be called in to help. Ontario public health hasn't stepped up—we need it to, now Doctors have been getting conflicting information about how to handle this pandemic, and PHO has failed to clarify the confusion Ontario launches new billing codes for COVID-19 telephone assessments Doctors in other provinces have called for the same, as public experts have lauded creative new efforts for social distancing in clinical settings New decision aid for selecting treatments for osteoarthritis pain in primary care Focuses on the proportion of patients attaining meaningful reductions in pain with various treatment options Canadians taking big steps in COVID-19 vaccine development Human trials of a vaccine could begin as soon as July or August after being approved by appropriate health agencies First Previous 1375 1376 1377 1378 1379 Next Last
