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- 12/12/2022
'I get yelled at a lot': An overworked emergency department prepares for a new surge
One child recently spent 36 hours in the emergency department waiting for an inpatient bed. - 12/12/2022
Trudeau says he's not willing to kick healthcare reform down the road any longer
Provincial premiers have called for a meeting with Trudeau for more than a year to discuss their demand that the federal government pay a larger share of healthcare costs. - 12/12/2022
Merck, Moderna detail potential skin cancer vaccine progress
The drugmakers said a potential skin cancer vaccine they are developing using the same tech behind COVID-19 shots fared well in a small study. - 12/12/2022
Huge U.S. study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers
It's part of a massive project to unravel how people's genetics, environments and habits interact to determine their overall health. - 12/12/2022
Newer docs have similar habits as older peers on patient interactions: study
Regardless of when they actually started practicing, primary care providers peak on patient volume around the same time. - 12/12/2022
9 steps to reboot your financial portfolio
A book review of Dan Bortolotti’s ‘Reboot your Portfolio’ on constructing a low-cost, low-maintenance, globally diversified ETF portfolio. - 12/11/2022
Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in US$26.4B deal
The biotech drug developer said Monday that it will pay $116.50 in cash for each share of Horizon, which makes a thyroid eye disease treatment that generated more than $1 billion in its first full year on the market. - 12/11/2022
CVS, Walgreens finalize US$10B in settlements over opioids
States announced final details Monday of settlements that the two largest pharmacy chains in the U.S. offered last month. - 12/11/2022
Patients leaving overcrowded Nova Scotia ER without being seen: managers
While it is well known that emergency rooms have been crowded and struggling to cope, it's rare for managers to make such blunt statements of the problems in the province's hospitals. - 12/11/2022
BC Children's prepared to double bunk patients during busy respiratory illness season
The memo, sent Friday, says similar measures have been implemented in other years and any decision must be made in consultation with the hospital's infection prevention and control team.