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- 12/7/2021
Nova Scotia announces $57 million over two years for long term and continuing care
The spending will help the government meet its previous commitment to hire 1,400 additional CCAs over the next three years, officials said. - 12/7/2021
Is your pharmacy prepared to immunize children?
Vaccinating children is nothing new to pharmacies. Pharmacies have experience with flu shots, but the number of individuals looking for vaccinations against COVID-19 sees new patients, fears, and hesitancies. - 12/7/2021
Ontario premier defends current approach amid calls for more rapid COVID test access
Some Ontario workplaces offer rapid tests for their employees, and children in publicly funded schools are being sent home for the December break with a kit of five rapid tests each. - 12/6/2021
New projections: Ontario could see 3,000 cases, 400 in ICU in Jan even without variant
The COVID-19 Science Advisory Table says public health measures and increased vaccination are needed to reduce virus transmission as cases rise in most public health units. - 12/6/2021
Manitoba doctors group warns healthcare system close to 'the brink' due to COVID-19
Doctors Manitoba has released its monthly statistical rundown, which says the number of people waiting for cardiac, knee and other surgeries has grown by more than 2,000 since last month. - 12/6/2021
Canadian drugmaker says its COVID-19 vaccine is effective
Medicago announced Tuesday that its two-dose vaccine was 71% effective at preventing COVID-19 infection in a large, late-stage study that included several variants including the delta variant. - 12/6/2021
McMaster led study seeks to understand COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous populations
Six Nations of the Grand River has regularly reported among the highest per capita COVID-19 rates in Ontario. - 12/6/2021
WHO advises against use of survivors' plasma to treat COVID
The guidance against the use of convalescent plasma, a component of blood that is rich in antibodies, was published in the British Medical Journal. - 12/6/2021
RCMP urging parents to call 911 if intimidated outside vaccine clinics for kids
Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says about a dozen people voiced their opinions against vaccines at a clinic in Prince George on Monday, and some of them followed families to their vehicles. - 12/6/2021
Concerns for Quebec physicians around surrogacy raised in Bill 2: CMQ
Surrogate mothers must consent from birth that their parentage bond with he child is deemed never to have existed, says the Collège de Médecin du Québec (CMQ), which judges that Bill 2 'leaves a blur.'