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- 6/8/2022
POLL: Do you know a doctor who has left their practice because of pandemic burnout?
We're hearing stories from across the country of physicians who are so burnt out from the pandemic and its rippling impacts that they're hanging up their white coats. Is this happening to you or your peers? - 6/8/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Godwin Chan: "...pharmacy has to be much more innovative and tech-driven."
If I can accomplish just one thing in my career, it would be to positively impact as many patients as possible through leveraging the power of scale. I'll most likely achieve this via building and investing in health tech start-ups. - 6/8/2022
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. - 6/8/2022
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. - 6/7/2022
Making video games can help support addiction recovery
Individual failure is not the driver of opioid addiction. It is a complex and intertwined set of root causes including poverty, social isolation, disability and physical and psychological trauma. - 6/7/2022
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. - 6/7/2022
The (medical) funny pages: Bless this mess
Your weekly dose of giggles, take with or without a Saturday afternoon outdoor activity. - 6/7/2022
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. - 6/7/2022
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. - 6/7/2022
Moderna says updated COVID shot boosts omicron protection
COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coronavirus surges. - 6/6/2022
What’s really ailing docs these days?
Matt Maruca explores the multi-faceted issues contributing to physician burnout and what we finally need to do about it. - 6/6/2022
First B.C. monkeypox case is confirmed in Vancouver resident
The BC Centre for Disease Control has announced the first case of monkeypox in British Columbia, bringing the national total to almost 80 cases.