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- 6/2/2020
Caring for patients on COVID-19 units: an approach for hospitals
Toronto and Spanish physicians describe in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) an approach to create dedicated COVID-19 patient units, infection control protocols and care teams to help other hospitals safely care for patients. "The care of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 cannot be construed as falling within usual hospital operating procedures," writes Dr. David Frost, a general internist at University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, with coauthors. - 6/2/2020
Please don’t upset mixed race children
Implicit bias tests are unreliable and they can send the wrong message to mixed race children, like mine - 6/1/2020
Doctor who did not self-isolate after travel seeds COVID-19 outbreak in N.B.
The province had been in the process of loosening restrictions, but has now reverted back to a stricter phase of its pandemic recovery plan - 6/1/2020
Feds continue to add to COVID-19 supply stores to meet future demand
Planes and boats loaded with personal protective equipment and other COVID-19 supplies continue to arrive in Canada as the federal government moves to increase the domestic stockpile of crucial gear. - 6/1/2020
What is the best treatment for medication overuse headache?
Study examines three treatment strategies for medication overuse headache - 5/31/2020
COVID-19 gives us a chance to reform healthcare. Will we?
Ontario looks like it will be back to hallway medicine very soon, but it doesn't have to be this way - 5/31/2020
120 workers test positive for COVID-19 in outbreak on farm near Simcoe, Ont.
Premier Doug Ford pledged Monday to ramp up testing for thousands of migrant workers across Ontario after a number of new farm outbreaks were reported in recent days. - 5/31/2020
Racism causes life-threatening conditions for black men every day
'My studies have shown that discrimination and racism are root causes of depression, anxiety, substance use and suicide, as well as poor physical health'