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- 8/30/2021
Cybersecurity of mobile devices: My top 12 recommendations
After a damning report on a spyware product, Pegasus, Dr. Artur Gevorgyan says smartphones are far from being robustly protected from malware as most of us think. Here's his tips. - 8/30/2021
Windsor hospital opens COVID-19 clinic for children amid surge in cases
The Windsor Regional Hospital says the Paediatric Urgent Medical Assessment Clinic is intended for COVID-19 assessments for those aged 17 and younger. - 8/30/2021
J&J: Potential HIV vaccine falls short in mid stage study
The study in sub-Saharan Africa involved about 2,600 women who were deemed to be at high risk of acquiring HIV, which causes AIDS. - 8/30/2021
International design award goes to Canadian device allowing four patients to use one ventilator
Convergence Medical Sciences produced the Valence InVent Xtend, a new medical device invented by Dr. Steven Roy, a Canadian ICU doctor. - 8/30/2021
The case for substance-use decriminalization
A health problem needs to be managed using a health approach. Instead of sending individuals with substance use disorder into corrections, we should be funneling them to wellness supports. - 8/30/2021
POLL: Are you seeing pushback or criticism from patients you vaccinated?
As international travel resumes, some countries and travel companies have refused to recognize mixed vaccine doses or Astra Zeneca. - 8/30/2021
Episode 1 | Flip the Script with Naushin Hooda
In this episode of Flip the Script, host Naushin Hooda chats with Kaitlyn Watson, a disaster and pandemic preparedness pharmacist originally from Australia, now working in Alberta. - 8/29/2021
Pregnancy: a viral infection can lead to neuropsychiatric consequences in teens
Research, recently published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, examines the mechanisms triggered in children whose mothers were infected with a virus during pregnancy, and which could cause neuropsychiatric disorders later in life. - 8/29/2021
People calling hospitals, feed stores seeking drug used to de-worm horses in bid to treat COVID-19
Some in the U.S. are going as far as filing lawsuits to try to force hospitals to treat their loved ones for COVID-19 with the unapproved drug. - 8/29/2021
Quebec Health Department recommends third COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunocompromised
Anyone who qualifies for a third dose is able to get one immediately at any walk-in vaccination clinic across the province.