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Provincial Health Minister Adrian Dix says the nursing ratios will be a first for Canada, and no other jurisdiction in the world has a minimum ratio that applies at all times.

Nearly 9,000 out of the country’s 13,000 medical interns and residents have been refusing to work for about two weeks.

The bulletin reminds parents that kids aged four and older can be vaccinated by a pharmacist.

National guidelines recommend against screening until age 50, but Black, Hispanic and Asian women have peak incidence of breast cancer in their 40s, said Dr. Neil Isaac.

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Ambient scribes could alleviate the administrative burden on family doctors some say.

The Ontario College of Pharmacists survey comes amid media stories of pharmacies imposing quotas on clinical services and a pledge by the Ontario government to probe possible MedsCheck program abuses.

Association calls for pharmacist to be included in in the task force that shapes proposed new national drug insurance program.