Patient Lifestyle

The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to Black and Asian people getting sick and dying disproportionately from COVID-19.

In total, the province is expecting to receive about 1,076,000 doses of the paediatric Pfizer vaccine from the federal government, which was approved by Health Canada last week.

Getting vaccinations into pharmacies for COVID-19 and beyond is the common goal

The Ontario College of Pharmacists cites a case highlighted in its Pharmacy Connection publication in which a physician’s office faxed two handwritten prescriptions for two separate patients to a community pharmacy for processing.

Generally, stillbirths are more common among Black people, those who become pregnant over age 35 or those who smoke tobacco during pregnancy.

56% of Canadians say they will definitely/probably get the flu shot this year, compared with 47% last year

Bill 96's purpose is to affirm that French is the only official language of Quebec.

There are 115,000 children in Saskatchewan who just became eligible.

Will other provinces follow suit?