What's behind worrying RSV surge in US children's hospitals? RSV cases fell dramatically two years ago as the pandemic shut down schools, day cares and businesses. Now it's back. Soaring RSV rates in parts of Quebec lead national cases, strain hospital staffSoaring cases of respiratory syncytial virus in Quebec have pushed the positivity rate to 15% in Montreal and Quebec City. Family of woman found dead on ER floor asks Quebec coroner to reopen investigation The family questions why she was not transferred to intensive care after a blood test showed elevated risk of cardiac arrest. Nurses being punched, grabbed, kicked to benefit from anti-violence program: union Tedjo, 31, said she felt targeted by a patient in the waiting room of Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, after he'd been assessed on a busy Saturday in August. Alberta Premier Smith seeking legal advice to pardon COVID-19 rule violators On her first day as premier earlier this month, she said the COVID-19 unvaccinated were the most discriminated group she has seen in her lifetime. Paying for plasma is the new normal: Why policy has changed decades after Canada's tainted blood scandal There has been a monumental policy shift in paying plasma donors in Canada. Quebec's nursing order launches campaign to stop Halloween objectification of nurses The campaign aims to sensitize people about how nurses are portrayed and to change that perception by presenting a realistic image of the profession. Health Canada approves two therapies for COVID-19 treatment Single-dose Evusheld is now indicated for treating mild/moderate COVID-19 and Actemra IV is now approved for treating COVID-19 in hospitalized adults. Knee’d: What to tell patients about knee injections for osteoarthritis The growing prevalence of knee osteoarthritis could bring more patients into doctors’ offices, asking for pain relief. Canadian women sign on to lawsuits around permanent birth-control Essure Hundreds of women have signed on to a class action lawsuit and mass tort against Bayer, which made Essure, a permanent birth control device. First Previous 45 46 47 48 49 Next Last
