ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/28/2022
The World Health Organization needs to craft and adopt an international pandemic regulation
It’s time we crafted and adopted an international pandemic regulation Such a new regulation would minimize both current threats and the potential disruption of new threats to global health. We simply cannot continue fumbling along, relying on countries’ individual self-interest and lukewarm concern for humanity as a whole. - 2/28/2022
Alberta ends almost all COVID-19 restrictions
Alberta has lifted almost all of its COVID-19 restrictions and Premier Jason Kenney says his government will propose a bill to ensure rules are consistent across the province. - 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. - 2/27/2022
'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. - 2/24/2022
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. - 2/24/2022
Health Canada warns of risks of ingesting or spilling rapid test solution
The agency issued a public advisory on the federal government's website on Thursday, saying it is aware of approximately 50 calls related to accidental exposure, which have resulted in minor health outcomes.