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- 2/28/2022
Saskatchewan ends all COVID-19 health measures
About half of Saskatchewan adults have received a booster. - 2/27/2022
'We need emergency access': Docs and other healthcare professionals request psilocybin for training
The professionals—including doctors, psychologists, clinical counsellors, social workers and nurses—sent affidavits to Health Canada on Monday after the federal agency issued a letter of intent to reject their requests. - 2/27/2022
Is Taiwan next?
Many Canadian physicians and their patients have fled repressive, totalitarian regimes. The invasion of Ukraine is concerning for all as we ponder what might come next, says Dr. Charles Shaver. - 2/27/2022
'Show this to Putin': Tearful doctors in last moments of a small girl mortally wounded in Russian shelling
In the port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainians are trying to fend off a Russian advance, an ambulance raced into a city hospital Sunday, carrying a 6-year-old girl mortally injured in Russian shelling. - 2/27/2022
Case report: A recurrent rash
A patient recently arrived from India and a peculiar rash: the newest case in Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic. - 2/24/2022
KEEP UP QUIZ: How closely did you follow healthcare news during the week of Feb. 21?
Did you miss any key details in healthcare news this week? Take our new weekly quiz to see how much you remember! - 2/24/2022
The more meat, the more cancer
Low to no meat diets found to substantially lower the risk for breast, colorectal and prostate cancer - 2/24/2022
Great saves: A turn in the hall
Doctors share moments, big and small, when things could have gone wrong but went right. Dr. Jabir Jassam talks about going with a hunch. - 2/24/2022
N.B. to end vaccine passport Feb. 28, lift all COVID-19 restrictions by March 14
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs today unveiled the province's timeline to end all pandemic-related public health restrictions. - 2/24/2022
Great saves: Virtual care rescue
Doctors share moments, big and small, when things could have gone wrong but went right. Dr. Christine Dickson talks about her previously familiarity with a tool allowed her to make a quick pivot.