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- 2/10/2022
Manitoba to lift mask mandates, COVID-19 vaccine passports in March
As of next week, the entire province will move to yellow status in its pandemic response plan. Capacity limits are to end Tuesday at indoor venues, including restaurants, casinos, museums and sporting events. - 2/10/2022
Ode to my colleagues
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Dalhia Chiche-More, knows that one day this will all be over but she wonders if medicine will ever be the same again? - 2/10/2022
Novavax says protein vaccine works for kids as young as 12
Its shots have been cleared for use in adults by regulators in Britain, Europe and elsewhere and by the World Health Organization, and are under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. - 2/10/2022
Regina woman says she's going blind after doctor stigmatized her for past drug use
Melanie Hodge of Regina filed a complaint last week, helped by a support worker, with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. - 2/9/2022
Do FPs cause delays in other specialists’ wait time?
Wait times for specialists are long for many reasons and unnecessary referrals from family doctors are one of these reasons, says Dr. Jabir Jassam. - 2/9/2022
Northern Ontario School of Medicine receives 'ground breaking' donation
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine received a $1 million donation from the Slaight Family Foundation to support 40 BIPOC women medical students who live in Northern Ontario. - 2/9/2022
French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89
Montagnier died Tuesday at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a western suburb of the capital, the area's city hall said. No other details have been released. - 2/9/2022
New vaccine mandate applies to all regulated health professionals in B.C. by March 24
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the order will take effect March 24 and will bring those workers, including dentists, pharmacists, doctors and chiropractors, in line with others already under vaccine mandates. - 2/9/2022
POLL: If we're post-peak vaccination in pharmacies, what's next?
Now that demand for COVID-19 vaccines and boosters has peaked, what's your priority for your pharmacy in the months ahead?