Martha Porado
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- 12/18/2024
At long last: Alberta announces new primary care physician compensation model
The Alberta Medical Association has put together a ‘try-on’ calculator feature so doctors can better see how they might fit into the new model. - 11/27/2024
In other news: Top news stories for Canadian doctors
Your one-stop-shop for global headlines for physicians on the clinical to the political, and everything in between! - 11/26/2024
In other news: Top news stories for Canada's pharmacists
Your one-stop-shop for global headlines for pharmacists on the clinical to the political, and everything in between! - 10/16/2024
POLL: Are you seeing supply issues with autumn vaccines?
There have been reports of pharmacists having to delay or even cancel appointments because autumn vaccines haven’t arrived in time. - 10/3/2024
QUIZ: Managing stable COPD in primary care
Are you up to date with the latest recommendations on treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Find out here! - 10/2/2024
Official confirms Ontario child died of rabies after bat exposure
Dr. Malcolm Lock, the acting medical officer of health for the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, confirmed the death during a board of health meeting. - 10/1/2024
Canadian government not ordering Novavax’s protein-based COVID-19 vaccine this year
PHAC says the manufacturer requires a minimum order of its updated protein-based vaccine, called Nuvaxovid, which far exceeds the uptake by Canadians last year. - 9/26/2024
B.C. company sanctioned by U.S. Treasury Department wants Health Canada licences back
The chemical firm claims Health Canada wrongfully cancelled its licences to make natural health products after being sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for alleged involvement in importing precursor chemicals that could be used in illicit drug production. - 9/25/2024
Disability rights groups launch Charter challenge against MAID law
Under the law, patients whose natural deaths are not reasonably foreseeable but whose condition leads to intolerable suffering can apply for a track-two assisted death. - 9/25/2024
People with diabetes in lower-income areas at higher risk for amputations: report
More than 7,000 people with diabetes undergo a leg, foot or toe amputation every year—and the majority of those procedures could have been prevented, according to a new CIHI report.
