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- 5/18/2022
20 years after spate of hospital deaths, ex worker accused
In the five months that Jennifer Anne Hall was a respiratory therapist at Hedrick Medical Center, the rural Missouri hospital experienced 18 "code blue'' incidents. - 5/18/2022
Misinformation on social media threatens healthcare reform: @CMA_Docs president
It's up to Canadian physicians to be active on social media platforms to counter the widespread 'infodemic' that threatens to undermine their work. - 5/18/2022
EXPLAINER: What is monkeypox and where is it spreading?
Monkeypox belongs to the same virus family as smallpox but causes milder symptoms. - 5/17/2022
Newfoundland and Labrador pharmacists now allowed to prescribe Paxlovid
Until now, its use was limited to a hospital setting, and the drug was rationed for only the most high-risk cases. - 5/17/2022
International Pharmaceutical Federation assembles resources for pharmacists looking to aid Ukraine
Partner organizations of pharmacy professionals from around the world are finding ways to take action. - 5/17/2022
Lorraine's Pharmacy: The bittersweetness of selling the family business
When Chris and Erin Briggs wake up tomorrow morning, they'll be celebrating their 38th wedding anniversary. And thanks to a simple twist of fate, it will also be the first day they won't have to go downtown to work in their drugstore. - 5/17/2022
Neighbourhood Pharmacies hosting webinar on community pharmacy services across Canada
Neighbourhood Pharmacies CEO Sandra Hanna and its vice-president of pharmacy affairs Shelita Dattani will lead the discussion - 5/17/2022
Canada’s premiers are missing a real chance to fix our ailing healthcare system
When Canada’s premiers doubled down earlier this year on their demand for a $28 billion unconditional increase in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT), they missed an opportunity to finally achieve the kind of healthcare reform our underperforming system has been told it needs over and over again. - 5/16/2022
Need a friend? Sask. program to provide mentor-physicians for new doctors
The program will be jointly funded by the province and the SMA. - 5/16/2022
West Montreal health board CEO will step down in July after scathing coroner's report
McVey was one of the only people whose actions during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were singled out for criticism by coroner Gehane Kamel in a report released Monday.