Healthcare

Pharmacies in British Columbia were left in short supply of medication as road closures disrupted the supply chain.

The optometrists withdrew provincially insured eye services on Sept. 1 in a funding dispute with the province.

Screening should continue into later years; older breast cancer patients face worse outcomes according to study of patients in South-Central Ontario.

Getting vaccinations into pharmacies for COVID-19 and beyond is the common goal

'For any (naturopathic doctor) to inject IV solution into a mentally ill person who is an involuntary patient in a psych ward is reprehensible,' the deceased patient's mother wrote to the College of Naturopathic Physicians of B.C., who investigated and dismissed her complaint.

As pharmacy professionals and other healthcare providers administer COVID-19 vaccines to as many Canadians as possible, they continue to refine procedures to maximize safety and efficiency.