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- 12/20/2021
CMAJ letter to the editor criticizing use of image of young hijab-wearing girl sparks backlash
The letter to the editor called hijabs "tools of oppression" in certain contexts, which sparked dissent among medical professionals on Twitter, with many decrying the letter as Islamophobic. - 12/20/2021
Quebec testing centres overwhelmed by the fifth wave of COVID-19
The union representing 5,400 laboratory technicians in the province says the recent surge in demand for testing is pushing laboratories to their limits. - 12/20/2021
Hospitals update visitor policies due to community spread amid Omicron wave
As of today, Unity Health Toronto, a hospital network consisting of St. Joseph's Health Centre, St. Michael's Hospital and Providence Healthcare, says each inpatient who has a stay fewer than seven days will not be allowed a visitor. - 12/20/2021
Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19
For more than a year antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly have been the go-to treatments for early COVID-19, thanks to their ability to head off severe disease and keep patients out of the hospital. - 12/19/2021
European study suggests aspirin use linked to increased risk of heart failure
Associated with a 26% raised risk of a new heart failure diagnosis, according to a study published in ESC Heart Failure. - 12/19/2021
Medicine: Job or calling
The classical debate over whether medicine is a job or a calling got spicy recently after a tweet by a doctor with tens of thousands of followers. - 12/19/2021
Close the toilet before you flush: How not to invite Delta and Omicron to your Christmas parties
While many, including Queen Elizabath II, will be forgoing their normal Christmas festivities, if you are charging ahead, the organization COVID-STOP has some advice. - 12/19/2021
Ontario health units working around high COVID test demand as Omicron spreads
Ottawa Public Health advised health workers in a memo last week that virus testing is no longer available to everyone in a timely manner due to a surge in demand. - 12/19/2021
Biogen cuts the price tag on its Alzheimer's drug in half
That means the annual cost for a person of average weight will amount to $28,200.