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- 1/11/2022
Omicron slaps pharmacists with yet another challenge: replacing sick or isolating staff
Redeploying—or even finding—additional staff in the pharmacy world is no simple task. - 1/11/2022
Nova Scotia health system facing most serious challenge of the COVID pandemic: Dr. Strang
Dr. Robert Strang said today between 500 and 700 healthcare workers have been off the job in recent days because of the virus. - 1/11/2022
Quebec's tax on the unvaccinated could worsen inequity, advocates say
The plan landed as provinces try to navigate their response to record-setting caseloads, driven by the more transmissible Omicron variant, that doctors warn threaten to overwhelm hospitals. - 1/10/2022
Low rate of false-positive rapid antigen test results in Canadian workplaces
Study investigates the incidence of false-positives in a large sample of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests used to screen asymptomatic workers throughout Canada. - 1/10/2022
Pig heart recipient continues to recover from transplant
Bennett, 57, received the highly experimental transplant last Friday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors gave him the genetically modified pig heart as a last-ditch effort to save his life. - 1/10/2022
Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty
Adult Quebecers who won't get vaccinated and don't have a medical exemption will be forced to pay a health "contribution,'' Quebec Premier Francois Legault told reporters on Tuesday. - 1/10/2022
Tory legislator Jeff Yurek to resign Elgin Middlesex London seat next month
ormer environment minister—and pharmacist—Jeff Yurek says he will resign his seat in the Ontario legislature next month. - 1/10/2022
Slim majority support government lockdowns, restrictions in response to Omicron
Provincial governments also saw a 5% decline, with only 58% saying they were satisfied with how their provinces are responding to the crisis. - 1/10/2022
Phoenix from the ashes: B.C. pharmacist builds back from scratch after a fire destroys original location
In late 2020, Nelli Jakac’s Pharmasave Pharmacy caught fire along with other businesses on the block. Before the next year was out, she was back in business. - 1/10/2022
Quebec public health director resigns, cities erosion of public opinion over measures
Quebec's director of public health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, tendered his resignation on Monday, citing an erosion in public trust as the province grapples with record hospitalizations during a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.