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WHO: COVID origins unclear, but lab leak theory needs study
An expert group drafted by the World Health Organization to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic says further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began, including a more detailed analysis of the possibility it was a laboratory accident.
Canadian doctors say medical delays from COVID-19 led to more advanced cancer cases
Dr. Helmut Hollenhorst, senior medical director for Nova Scotia's cancer care program, says he thinks cancer patients are presenting with more advanced disease due to pandemic-induced missed or delayed medical appointments.

Clinical viewers allow Ontario pharmacists access to patients' medical data

New clinical viewers allow Ontario pharmacists to access lab results, acute care data and information about dispensed medication.
Alberta smartphone app intended to reduce overdose deaths in drug users at home

Mike Ellis, associate minister of mental health and addictions, says the app is free and is available across the province, including in rural and First Nations communities.
Possible burials? Radar search finds oddities on hospital grounds: health authority

The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the parking lot at a Regina hospital is being dug up after inconsistencies were found during a ground-penetrating radar search.
Ontario to let masking rules for many healthcare settings, public transit expire

Rules requiring that people wear masks on public transit and many healthcare settings will expire at 12:00 a.m., months after mask requirements lifted in most other settings.
The (medical) funny pages: Bless this mess

Your weekly dose of giggles, take with or without a Saturday afternoon outdoor activity.
Task Force gives recommendations for dismantling anti-Black racism to college

Registrar says College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has already started to lean into recommendations.
Doctor who left angry messages for public health insurer's lawyer gets one-month suspension

Dr. Mélanie Lessard felt she was the victim of an abuse of power at the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec, which had ordered her to repay $627,000.
WHO: COVID cases and deaths falling nearly everywhere

In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said confirmed cases dropped 12% to more than 3 million and reported deaths declined 22% to about 7,600.
Alberta Health Services investigates EMS response time in fatal Calgary dog attack

Police and paramedics who were called Sunday to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood in the city's northwest found the injured woman.
Are you a pharmacy that provides naloxone in Manitoba? Get on these lists!

Manitoban pharmacies that sell naloxone to to declare it in their Pharmacy Portal and consider adding their names to a public list of providers that are offering access to the drug.