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- 1/4/2022
With COVID on the job: France allows infected medics to work
It is a calculated risk, with the possibility that COVID-positive health workers and carers could infect colleagues and patients weighed against what the government says is a need to keep essential services running. - 1/4/2022
A Canada-wide look at the latest COVID-19 developments
There's a deluge of COVID-19-related news this week, so we're keeping it brief with highlights from different provinces. - 1/4/2022
B.C.'s Dr. Henry says employers should plan now for lots of sick workers
Dr. Bonnie Henry said Tuesday that private companies, schools and healthcare sites must all prepare for a wave of illness by reinforcing safety protocols like physical distancing to protect as many people as possible. - 1/4/2022
Pharmacists help patients succeed in kicking the habit
Chris Oliveiro wants to help people kick the tobacco habit. His efforts aren’t going up in smoke. “Yes, we are making an impact,” says the pharmacist/owner of Springdale Pharmacy in Brampton, Ont. - 1/4/2022
How to make your pharmacy process-driven
Do you work your customers through their experience of your business in an efficient, logical and friendly manner? Every product or service we buy, every store we visit, every media message we receive, every choice in our consumer society has been shaped by the forces of marketing. - 1/3/2022
Quebec expands booster shot program by opening appointments to those 55 and up
All adults aged 18 and over will be able to book an appointment to receive their third COVID-19 vaccine shot before the end of January. - 1/3/2022
Can medicine survive modern society?
Medicine needs three things to survive, argues Dr. Shawn Whatley: civility, logic and free speech. - 1/3/2022
NLMA and province reach tentative agreement
The deal covers 1,300 salaried, alternate payment plan and fee-for-service physicians in Newfoundland and Labrador. - 1/1/2022
Reflecting on 2021 and the pharmacy profession
As I reflect on 2021 it has been a taxing year on the #pharmacy profession & through it all #pharmacists have stepped up to help protect their communities & provided optimal patient care which gives us optimism for the future. - 12/29/2021
Islam made easy
After a recent debate about the hijab, regular writer Dr. Jabir Jassam offers his take on the main problems Islam faces today.