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- 10/1/2020
Ontario doctor wants public medical cannabis coverage, citing benefits to dementia patients
He emphasized the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening agitation and similar symptoms in dementia sufferers, which could be alleviated with prescribed cannabis. - 9/30/2020
Do pharmacists want to perform COVID-19 testing?
Survey show some hesitancy, however there are ways to mitigate common concerns. - 9/30/2020
'Dressing in the dark:' Ottawa's medical officer of health shares story of wardrobe malfunction
Wednesday morning, Dr. Vera Etches, tweeted about arriving at Ottawa City Hall without a skirt underneath her raincoat. - 9/30/2020
Fibristal voluntarily withdrawn in Canada due to risk of serious liver injury
Allergan withdraws and recalls uterine fibroid drug ulipristal acetate in Canada due to rare cases of severe liver injury requiring liver transplantation - 9/30/2020
In school vaccination programs moved to clinics, doctors' offices: officials
Students in Grade 7 are typically given vaccines for Hepatitis B, Human Papilloma Virus and Meningococcal disease in school. Some of those shots require more than one dose. - 9/30/2020
Group of Ontario doctors send letter urging Ford not to implement new COVID-19 lockdown
The letter comes as new modelling suggests COVID-19 case counts in the province could soon hit 1,000 per day. However, the doctors noted the shifting age demographics coming through in the latest numbers as once reason to take a different approach.