Healthcare

Systematic review finds examines hospital cost savings of trained pharmacy technician with advanced scope of practice

New rules took effect at the end of Jan. that allow them to prescribe vaccines for Hep A & B, shingles, HPV and chickenpox

The start of a new decade seems like a good time to check in with pharmacy groups across Canada to find out what's happening with the profession and what goals and challenges the various pharmacy associations have set for the future.

The chief executive of Britain's National Health Service has criticized Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand Goop and her new Netflix series, warning it carries "considerable risks to health.''

The Alberta government and physicians are bringing in a mediator to help break a logjam in talks on a new master agreement.

Discussed: Transmission patterns; city-wide quarantine as a public health experiment; China's invaluable contributions; the panic and conspiracies; understanding the unknowns