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- 7/11/2022
Premiers tell federal government to start funding talks over 'crumbling' healthcare
It's been eight months since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to meet with the premiers to address their request for stable, long-term healthcare funding, and that meeting is overdue, Horgan told a news conference at the start of the final day of the premiers' Council of the Federation gathering in Victoria. - 7/11/2022
Ontario municipal leaders call for action amid several temporary ER closures
Hospitals have cited critical staff shortages for the closures and organizations representing doctors and nurses have noted that workers are burned out and leaving their roles after two years on the front lines of the pandemic. - 7/11/2022
Toronto woman unable to work due to long-COVID has started the process for MAiD
Former chef Tracey Thompson emphasized in an interview that she does not wish to die, but with no means of financial support feels well and truly out of options. - 7/11/2022
Texas woman says unborn baby counts as passenger in HOV lane
When Brandy Bottone got pulled over for driving by herself in an HOV lane just days after Roe v. Wade was overturned, she pointed to her pregnant belly and said her unborn daughter now counts as a person. - 7/11/2022
Pig organ transplants inch closer with testing in the dead
New York researchers transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month, the latest in a string of developments in the long quest to one day save human lives with animal organs. - 7/11/2022
More than 100 healthcare professionals challenge rejection of psilocybin access
In 2020, Health Canada started granting exemptions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Actto provide psychedelics treatment to patients suffering from end-of-life psychological distress, treatment-resistant depression and major depressive disorder. - 7/11/2022
Some Albertans will soon need a referral from doctor for PCR testing, province says
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, says Alberta can expect to see waves of COVID-19 continue into the fall. - 7/11/2022
A sick doctor shouldn’t wait eight hours in the ER
Dr. Jabir Jassam makes the case for more professional courtesy in certain situations. - 7/11/2022
New Brunswick lowers age for second COVID booster as Omicron variants cause concern
Health officials say residents 18 and over can obtain a second booster of COVID-19 vaccine if at least five months have passed since their third shot. - 7/10/2022
B.C. to offer COVID-19 booster for 12 plus starting this fall, new vaccines expected
The advantage of getting the second booster shot this fall is that new Pfizer and Moderna vaccines better adapted to fight Omicron variants are likely to be available.