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- 3/19/2022
Doctors’ contracts are about central planning, not incomes: Ontario’s PPSA
As inflation runs over 5%, Ontario's PPSA fee deal might be one of the worst offers doctors have ever seen, argues Dr. Shawn Whatley. - 3/19/2022
Rapid antigen tests to the rescue: The new world without COVID restrictions
Dr. Jonathan Davids and Melanie Smith of DriverCheck, a testing company, run down the details on effective use of rapid antigen tests. - 3/19/2022
Case report: The girl without a rash
A clinical encounter that Dr. Robert Dickson found peculiar and satisfying. - 3/17/2022
We have 15 minutes today
Patients tell me frequently that they don’t know that their appointment has a time limit. We need to tell them. - 3/17/2022
NACI recommends kids get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, calls Moderna suitable alternative
Moderna's vaccine does appear to be slightly more effective, according to indirect data in the adult population. - 3/17/2022
B.C. doctors and medical learners have chosen a new CMA president-elect
A former Doctors of BC president, Dr. Kathleen Ross is a family doctor based in Coquitlam and New Westminster. - 3/17/2022
Research director to resign from Ontario COVID-19 science table
A spokeswoman says Dr. Peter Juni hasn't set a date when he will officially step down. - 3/17/2022
Excluding virtual healthcare will do more harm
Ontario's Proposed Physician Services Agreement will drastically cut physician fees for virtual care provided to patients seeing a new doctor thus disadvantaging patients who don’t have an FP, argues Dr. Brett Belchetz, CEO of Maple. - 3/16/2022
WHO may reject Canadian made Medicago COVID-19 vaccine because of ties to big tobacco
The two-dose Medicago Covifenz vaccine was authorized in Canada last month for adults between 18 and 64 years old. - 3/16/2022
More than 30 companies to start making Pfizer's COVID pill
The Medicines Patent Pool said in a statement that agreements signed with 35 companies should help make Pfizer's antiviral nirmatrelvir, or Paxlovoid, available to more than half of the world's population.