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NACDS urges lawmakers to cement pharmacy’s pandemic-era gains
The U.S. National Association of Chain Drug Stores emphasized pharmacy’s central position in the American COVID-19 response in urging Congress not to roll back on the improved paccess it achieved during the pandemic.
As an Indigenous doctor, I see the legacy of residential schools and ongoing racism in today's healthcare
The legacy of residential schools is not just in the intergenerational trauma and impacts on Indigenous families and communities—it is also in the healthcare system.

Medical associations urge health ministers to pursue national licensure

The Society of Rural Physicians of Canada sent a letter to provincial and territorial health ministers advocating for national licensure for Canadian physicians. Eleven other medical associations signed the letter.
Can you regulate racism out of medicine? Nova Scotia's medical regulator is working on it

As Canada's medical community continues to look for ways to eliminate discrimination in healthcare, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia is moving to “regulate racism out of medicine.”
Some Ontario hospital measures revoked in light of improving COVID-19 trends
Quebec's Collège des médecins remains at odds with the province on second consent issue in MAID
Vancouver sends drug decriminalization pitch to Health Canada for federal review
Ont. doc suspended for 3 months for giving signed blank letterhead, co-signing scripts for patients he didn't know
Panel of doctors, other experts says ditch the quarantine hotels
Alberta docs express 'profound disappointment' with aggressive reopening strategy

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