McMaster Children’s Hospital says it will resume tonsil and adenoid surgeries next week, almost four months after two children died following the procedure.
Until this year, babies across Canada were only given an antibody drug that protects against severe RSV if they were born prematurely or had other significant risk factors.
The shift in recognizing obesity as a chronic disease, rather than simply a lifestyle issue, has elevated the importance of its management within healthcare. Pharmacists are excited because this change aligns with their focus on chronic disease management and provides new opportunities to address obesity with the same seriousness as diabetes or hypertension.
The European Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee reviewed reported cases and post-marketing safety data to evaluate the risks of PRES and RCVS with pseudoephedrine-containing medicines.
