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- 7/5/2022
Newfoundland and Labrador replaces health minister amid doctor shortages
The bustling Newfoundland town of Bonavista held a community meeting last week about its lack of doctors, as its emergency room faces intermittent closures this summer due to staffing shortages. - 7/5/2022
Ontario likely in new COVID wave driven by BA.5 subvariant, science table says
Dr. Fahad Razak, scientific director of the group, says the highly infectious BA.5 variant also appears to be more immune evasive, meaning people who were recently infected can catch the virus again soon after. - 7/5/2022
Not enough bodies: UBC cadaver donation program numbers have dropped off
Medical and other types of students gain valuable insights from working with real human bodies that cab't be found in a textbooks. - 7/5/2022
Case report: back pain
A ‘picture’ of a common problem—with an uncommon twist. A new case Dr. Robert Dickson just saw in his clinic. - 7/5/2022
POLL: Is inflation affecting you patients' ability to pay for their medications?
With gas and food prices climbing, the cost of living for many Canadians is getting harder to handle. - 7/5/2022
Doctors at Moncton Hospital did detective work to investigate induced labour case
A newly released court document reveals the detective work officials at the Moncton Hospital did to try to determine why the hospital was seeing a high rate of emergency caesarean sections between 2017 and 2019. - 7/5/2022
AI: risks and challenges
For all its potential, Pat Rich explores why medical-related AI needs particular scrutiny. - 7/5/2022
Where do we go from here?
It’s important to remember that the role of the pharmacist has always been clinical, but now there is increased awareness, and public expectations have finally aligned with what we’ve been capable of offering for a long time. Our role in public health is being accessed and utilized in a variety of ways and at a greater volume. - 7/5/2022
U.S. allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer's COVID pill
The announcement comes as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising again, though they remain near their lowest levels since the coronavirus outbreak began in 2020. - 7/5/2022
Family medicine residents aren't biting at B.C's new two-year contract offer
Recent medical graduates from UBC haven't snapped up the chance of a $295,457 contract that includes a signing bonus and thousands in debt forgiveness. So, why not?