Rapid testing is a cornerstone of responding to the COVID-19 crisis. With 11,000 community pharmacies located throughout the country, pharmacies are a logical place to distribute rapid tests.
We all need a break from this year. Send us your photos: Puppies, kittens, baby goats and ponies. Sunsets, snowstorms, gardens, cityscapes and friends. We want to see them all!
From the outset, evidence suggested most Canadians intended to be vaccinated. Three in four said they would “definitely or probably” get their shot—an encouraging start.
A 2019 report to the House of Commons found that 2SLGBTQIA+ people are more likely to live with chronic health conditions but less likely to have a family doctor or be able to afford basic and gender-affirming healthcare.
After resigning from her position as officer of Indigenous health with the CFMS over concerns about how Indigenous healthcare experiences were treated, Santanna Hernandez decided to run for president of the CFMS—and won on July 11.
We need a sophisticated way to track what vaccines people have received, and when, so that we are equipped to respond to changes in disease virulence in a measured and proportionate manner.
If elected, the provincial Tories will pay doctors who have practised for 15 years or longer up to $15,000 a year in matching RRSP contributions, while new doctors with less than five years' experience get $5,000 a year, even if they don't put anything into their RRSP.
