Healthcare

AHS has had a tumultuous end to its year off the back of announcements from the Alberta premier’s office about major overhaul coming to the healthcare system.

The Ontario Pharmacists Association has come out against the new fee, calling it a shift towards ‘U.S. PBM-style operations and business practices into the Canadian market.’

Data shared last week shows the number of new reported HIV cases more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, to 310 from 141.

The B.C. Coroners Service had been ‘forever altered’ by the public health emergency that continued to take the lives of people of all ages across the province, including more than 2,000 deaths so far this year, Lapointe said.

As changes to how we screen for human papillomavirus are on the horizon, some awkward questions from patients may be heading your way.

We all need purpose in our lives. My purpose is to help people and to keep paying attention. My colleagues and I remain committed to keeping independent community pharmacies in the hands of the next generation of entrepreneurs where possible.

New board chair and vice-chair will help find a new president.

Study shows cases have increased rapidly and trend won’t reverse in the next 30 years.