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- 7/19/2023
Thousands of U.K. hospital doctors walk out in latest pay dispute, crippling health services
The severe disruptions are the latest in months of industrial action by public sector workers amid U.K.’s ongoing cost-of-living crisis. - 7/19/2023
Fibre is the body’s natural guide to weight management
Rather than cutting carbs out of the diet, patients should eat them in their original fibre packaging instead. - 7/19/2023
Ontario regions face ambulance pressures; province won’t release offload delay data
The government does have data on the hours paramedics spend waiting in emergency rooms to transfer patients to the care of a hospital, which are often a key factor in ambulance availability, but won’t disclose it. - 7/19/2023
Quebec lends $30 million to Familiprix to automate its distribution centres
The pharmacy chain, which has 430 branches in Quebec and New Brunswick, says it the loan will help it create 230 jobs. - 7/19/2023
Ontario adds $44M to fund aimed at reducing ER wait times
The new funding is on top of $90 million a year from the province to reward ERs that put in place what the government calls innovative solutions to reduce wait times. - 7/19/2023
Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need
Wednesday’s tornado touched down near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and ripped up the roof of a Pfizer factory that makes nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals, according to the drugmaker. - 7/19/2023
As the planet warms, scientists worry that cases of infectious diseases could spike
People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress. - 7/19/2023
Pfizer reports North Carolina pharmaceutical plant damaged by tornado, no serious injuries
The plant produces anesthesia and other drugs as well as nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medications used in U.S. hospitals. - 7/19/2023
Recent resignations suggest industry has too much sway with Health Canada: NDP
Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a health-sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, stepped down as co-chair of the department’s scientific advisory committee on pest control products late last month. - 7/19/2023
Undue influence? Anonymous donations to World Health Organization’s new foundation raise concerns
Nearly 40% of the money raised by the WHO Foundation in its first two years came from anonymous sources.