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- 3/3/2022
They can strike but we can’t
Dr. Jabir Jassam says by increasing the number of NPs, PAs and other mid-level providers, governments have set themselves up for bigger financial problems. - 3/2/2022
Future infectious diseases: Recent history shows we can never again be complacent about pathogens
As we move into the third year of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, it’s important to ask what we have learned and what we have done to prepare for the next infectious-disease crisis. - 3/2/2022
Ontario puts $34 million towards the training Indigenous nurses and personal care workers
The funding will be received by six Indigenous institutes. - 3/2/2022
Ontario will lift mask mandates by end of March if COVID-19 keeps declining: Moore
Dr. Kieran Moore says the province can "only mandate masking for so long," with the risk from COVID-19 decreasing. - 3/2/2022
Mask wearing to become a 'personal choice,' Quebec public health director says
The province announced yesterday that mask mandates will be lifted by mid-April at the latest, but Luc Boileau said today that the change could happen as soon as the third week of March. - 3/2/2022
Ford says plan to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine intends to address language barriers
A recently tabled labour bill contains a section that would wind up the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario, the profession's regulatory body that was established in 2013. - 3/2/2022
Judge blocks Texas investigation of trans teen’s parents
District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary order halting the investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services into the parents of the 16-year-old girl. The parents sued over the investigation and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's order last week that officials look into reports of such treatments as abuse. - 3/2/2022
Extending FP residency to 3 years will erode family medicine
NPs and PAs are already expanding into primary care. This CFPC decision is wrong headed, argues Dr. Teela Johnson. - 3/1/2022
Alberta to spend $300M on new critical care beds
Jason Copping says $100 million of that will be spent this year to create 50 permanent ICU beds across the province.