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- 10/25/2021
Saskatchewan preparing rollout of COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children
The province says it is expecting to receive about 112,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages five to 11, enough to give all eligible children in the province a first dose. - 10/25/2021
New report outlines OMA's recommendations for Ontario's health system
The Ontario Medical Association shared its recommendations for improving the province's health system over the next four years in a new report published Tuesday. - 10/25/2021
Quebec could put off Nov. 15 health network vaccination deadline: Legault
The province had said workers not fully vaccinated by the October date would face suspension without pay, but Health Minister Christian Dube backed down a few days before the deadline. - 10/25/2021
Hearts from opioid overdose donors safe for transplants
Recipients have outcomes as good as those with hearts from other donors. So finds Universigty of British Columbia research presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual meeting. - 10/25/2021
Nova Scotia passes legislation banning protests that block access to hospitals
The Protecting Access to Health Services Act tabled by the Progressive Conservative government passed third and final reading today in the legislature. - 10/25/2021
SMA president: Our future depends on what we do today
I really didn’t know how to start this letter. I am feeling such a mix of frustration, anger, sadness, fear and despair. Even though it seems like most everything we have advocated so far—as individuals, as groups of physicians, collectively as the SMA—appears to have fallen on deaf ears, we must not stop. - 10/25/2021
Anishinaabe physics student builds microwave device she hopes will aid early breast cancer detection in remote areas
The device is cylindrical, holding several antennas, each with a unique power supply. - 10/25/2021
B.C. announces priority groups for booster shot program expected to last until May
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says those groups and people who are most immunocompromised were vaccinated first and are getting to the point of waning immunity just ahead of flu season.