As demand for first vaccine doses plateaus, our focus becomes reaching the vaccine hesitant. The extra effort expended to convince those patients will be well worth it for all of us.
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.
To recognize the efforts of pharmacists during the pandemic, the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy doubled the total funding amount for this year's awards.
Although fine particles smaller than 10 microns and 2.5 microns have been associated with the risk of breast cancer, the effect would be more marked with nitrogen dioxide.
Like other provinces in the country, Alberta saw its backlog of surgeries get worse during the pandemic. Now it's trying to play catch up, but at what cost and for whose profit?
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.
