Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

No one has died of the virus in the U.S., but some deaths have been reported in other countries.

Rachel Notley said Wednesday she isn't passing judgment on whether the payout to Dr. Deena Hinshaw is merited.

Emergency departments across Ontario have been forced to close for hours or days at a time this summer due to staffing shortages.

In addition to her sizable salary, Alberta's chief medical officer of health took home more than $227K in 'cash benefits' during a year when the province's nurses were threatening job action.

The discipline panel was 'shocked by the registrant’s feeling that the actions for which he has been convicted criminally are somehow personal and do not affect his practice,' wrote the Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Nurses have called for wage restraint legislation known as Bill 124 to be repealed, but Jones says, "that is a conversation for another day.''

Pharmacists' union accuses large companies of unnecessary temporary closures for commercial reasons, not staffing shortages.

In a National Drug Schedules update, NAPRA has released its final recommendations for topical diclofenac diethylamine.