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The CPhA wants to see gov't regulate PBMs—so it drafted template legislation itself
Released Thursday, the template lays out definitions of key entities and suggests regulations surrounding patient choice, prohibition of interference in the pharmacist-patient relationship, transaction fees audits and more.
Dr. Kieran Moore says Ontario needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule
Each province and territory has its own immunization schedule and data system but for more than 20 years, healthcare providers and public health experts have been advocating for a national vaccine registry.

The B.C. mayor who launched a city-run primary care clinic says people come up and hug him in the grocery store

Colwood’s city-run clinic is ahead of schedule on recruiting doctors—but the patient attachment process has proven slower than hoped for Mayor Doug Kobayashi.
Ontario hospital nurses awarded 5.25% in raises, but decry lack of staffing ratios

Ontario Nurses’ Association provincial president Erin Ariss says the arbitrator’s failure to include staffing ratios sends a message to nurses that they do not deserve the same safety in numbers as other front-line workers in dangerous professions.
Quebec replaces Luc Boileau as head of public health with Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh

Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh served on the federal National Advisory Committee on Immunization before and during the pandemic, overseeing vaccine guidelines in Canada.
As Trump targets DEI in education, Canadian med school accreditors celebrate ‘decoupling’ from U.S. standards

As of July 1, Canada for the first time has its own accreditation system for medical schools that is not tied to the U.S. LCME.
With U.S. CDC in chaos, scientists and physicians piece together replacements for agency's lost work

The moves come in response to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s extensive—and some say illegal—restructuring and downsizing of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Alberta set to replace flimsy paper health cards with new 'Alberta Wallet' app

The announcement answers the public’s long-standing calls for the government to do away with the flimsy, easily damaged paper health cards.
U.S. FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults

The new shots from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are approved for all seniors. But the Food and Drug Administration narrowed their use for younger adults and children to those with at least one high-risk health condition, such as asthma or obesity.
Ontario to offer RSV vaccines to all seniors over 75 starting this fall

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the shot will be available through the publicly funded immunization program ahead of the upcoming respiratory illness season.

The CPhA wants to see gov't regulate PBMs—so it drafted template legislation itself

Dr. Kieran Moore says Ontario needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule

The B.C. mayor who launched a city-run primary care clinic says people come up and hug him in the grocery store

Ontario hospital nurses awarded 5.25% in raises, but decry lack of staffing ratios

Quebec replaces Luc Boileau as head of public health with Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh

As Trump targets DEI in education, Canadian med school accreditors celebrate ‘decoupling’ from U.S. standards

With U.S. CDC in chaos, scientists and physicians piece together replacements for agency's lost work

Alberta set to replace flimsy paper health cards with new 'Alberta Wallet' app

U.S. FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults

Ontario to offer RSV vaccines to all seniors over 75 starting this fall