Healthcare

The memo, sent Friday, says similar measures have been implemented in other years and any decision must be made in consultation with the hospital's infection prevention and control team.

The biotech drug developer said Monday that it will pay $116.50 in cash for each share of Horizon, which makes a thyroid eye disease treatment that generated more than $1 billion in its first full year on the market.

The hospital has 42 physical pediatric ICU beds—not counting its neonatal intensive care unit—but struggles to staff more than 36 on any given day.

States announced final details Monday of settlements that the two largest pharmacy chains in the U.S. offered last month.

While it is well known that emergency rooms have been crowded and struggling to cope, it's rare for managers to make such blunt statements of the problems in the province's hospitals.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has requested an emergency debate in the House of Commons to discuss the “urgent and escalating'' situation in Canada's children's hospitals.

Dr. Gary Kinney was never particularly ‘death-friendly,’ but he now sees merit in pondering life’s final act.

The centre has been performing cataract surgeries for Nova Scotia Health since 2020, which has cost the province a total of $4.2 million.