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- 11/18/2021
Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech submitted a request for approval of a child-sized dose of its mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 on Oct. 18. - 11/18/2021
As doctors, are we rich or poor?
Dr. Jabir Jassam lists the ways physicians can be thought of as rich—and the ways that they are very poor. - 11/18/2021
POLL: Is the Ontario optometrist strike affecting your patients and practice?
The start of September saw Ontario’s roughly 1,700 optometrists withdraw services covered by the province’s health plan to protest the government’s refusal to increase insurance payments to at least cover the cost of providing services. - 11/17/2021
NOSM creating database to identify unique health characteristics in Northern Ontario
The team from NOSM University is using anonymous medical records, community and population data that will be collected and analyzed to identify prevalent health concerns and how to make improvements in healthcare. - 11/17/2021
Modelling suggests COVID pandemic's fifth wave could be Saskatchewan's worst
Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says hospitalizations and cases have plateaued at a high rate. - 11/17/2021
New CCS dyslipidemia guidelines push for Lp(a) testing
But use of Framingham Risk Score faces criticism. - 11/17/2021
Yukon is now without a single walk-in clinic forcing those without FPs into ERs for day-to-day care
Two years ago, the territory launched its Find a Family Doctor program, which connected FPs to 1,043 people—but recent physician office closures have meant the waiting list is growing. - 11/17/2021
Feds to announce approval of COVID-19 vaccine for kids on Friday
It is also set to announce the easing of some COVID-19 measures at the Canadian border. - 11/17/2021
Update to Doctors of BC's virtual care policy
Doctors need training, resources and other supports to ensure they're using virtual care to its best advantage. - 11/17/2021
CMA urges federal government, social media companies to protect healthcare workers from harassment
Online harassment against healthcare workers has not only increased but also escalated in severity over recent weeks and months, said association president Dr. Katharine Smart. - 11/17/2021
Ontario students to take home 5 rapid COVID tests over winter break
Ontario students will be sent home for the December break with five rapid antigen COVID-19 tests each as part of the province's plan to ramp up testing over the holidays. - 11/17/2021
Women sue Yale over fentanyl switch up at fertility clinic
Seven women who say they suffered excruciating pain after a nurse stole fentanyl for her personal use and replaced it with saline sued Yale University on Wednesday, alleging it of failing to safeguard its supply of the painkilling opioid at a fertility clinic.