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- 6/13/2022
The power of critical thinking
When it comes to diagnostic errors, much emphasis is placed on gaining more knowledge to fix the problem. - 6/13/2022
FDA advisers consider Moderna's COVID shots for older kids
If the panel endorses the shot and the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer's vaccine. - 6/12/2022
Saskatchewan's top doctor given honorary degree from University of Regina
Now, 26 years after he last put on a sash to get his masters at Johns Hopkins University, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer walked on stage Friday to accept his own honorary degree. - 6/12/2022
Canada's COVID Alert app will be discontinued as PCR testing becomes rare
The app was launched in the summer of 2020 as the pandemic began and billed as a way to alert people if they've been in close contact with someone who's been infected with COVID-19, without collecting personal data. - 6/12/2022
Toronto to offer monkeypox vaccine clinics targeting high risk communities
Toronto Public Health says there are 11 confirmed cases in the city as of Saturday, two higher than the provincial total of nine released a day earlier by Canada's chief public health officer when she reported a national case count of 112. - 6/12/2022
Pfizer COVID-19 appears effective for kids under 5: U.S. panel
Late last week the FDA posted a similar analysis of Moderna's shots for children under 6. - 6/12/2022
Health Canada approves experimental ALS drug still under U.S. review
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals said in a press release Monday that Canada is the first country in the world to give the regulatory greenlight for Albrioza as a treatment for the devastating neurodegenerative disease. - 6/12/2022
Number of Canadian blood donors plummets to lowest point in a decade during COVID-19
About 400,000 Canadians give blood on a regular basis. - 6/12/2022
The (pharmaceutical) funny pages: You give me fever
You weekly dose of silliness! Take two, or even three, as needed. - 6/12/2022
Canadian heading World Health Organization's fight against monkeypox
Dr. Rosamund Lewis, the WHO's technical lead for monkeypox, grew up in Thunder Bay, Ont., and Ottawa before studying medicine at McGill University.