Healthcare

Omitting indoor air quality from COVID-19 guidance for shelters and long-term care homes is a grave mistake
Our team, which includes researchers with expertise in indoor air quality, engineering, epidemiology, public health and knowledge translation, conducted a detailed study of the public, written guidance PHO has produced specifically for institutions such as long-term care homes, shelters, group homes and correctional facilities.
Swabbing floors to detect COVID-19 could be a useful indicator of the disease’s spread
Omicron spreads so quickly that it is no longer feasible to use individual testing to track how many people are infected in a population. And that means we no longer have the basic information we need to inform public health mitigation policies. New strategies for keeping tabs on the virus are needed.

Dr. Paul Farmer, Partners in Health co founder, dies at 62

Partners in Health confirmed Farmer's death Monday. The Boston-based organization said Farmer "unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda,'' where he had been teaching.
The book of awesome: A few of our favourite things

Throughout the Joy Issue of the Medical Post, we've peppered in some of our favourite medical moments.
Where will Nuvaxovid—the first protein subunit COVID-19 vaccine—fit in?

It will be an option for people unable or unwilling to receive an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
Pharmacist donates kidney to regular customer

Talk about customer service! A pharmacist in North Carolina donated her kidney to one of her regulars.
B.C. government adding 602 nursing seats in a move to address skills gap

The survey found 51% of those working in emergency departments and intensive care units said the pandemic has made them more likely to leave the profession in the next two years.
Gut microbe mix may indicate risk for long-COVID

Microbiome profiling could help predict symptoms
Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva’s drug test: The substances and their potential performance effects

As the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva became instantly famous. She also helped Russia win a gold medal in the team figure skating event. Then it was revealed her December 2021 drug testing sample had found trimetazidine, a banned substance according to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Treating pediatric constipation: Here’s the poop

Five clinical pearls for the treatment and management of constipation in children.

Omitting indoor air quality from COVID-19 guidance for shelters and long-term care homes is a grave mistake

Swabbing floors to detect COVID-19 could be a useful indicator of the disease’s spread

Dr. Paul Farmer, Partners in Health co founder, dies at 62

The book of awesome: A few of our favourite things

Where will Nuvaxovid—the first protein subunit COVID-19 vaccine—fit in?

Pharmacist donates kidney to regular customer

B.C. government adding 602 nursing seats in a move to address skills gap

Gut microbe mix may indicate risk for long-COVID

Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva’s drug test: The substances and their potential performance effects

Treating pediatric constipation: Here’s the poop