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Modelling suggests COVID pandemic's fifth wave could be Saskatchewan's worst
Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab says hospitalizations and cases have plateaued at a high rate.
Manitoba docs press officials on why there is no plan to keep school properly ventilated

Research roundup: COVID ICU practice guidelines, tools for coping with patient deaths, history of respiratory disease

Here are three research papers that caught our eye this week.
Ontario will let regions take lead on tougher pandemic measures for now: Ford

Health units covering the Sudbury and Algoma regions in northern Ontario have reinstated measures including business capacity limits in light of spiking cases. Ford's Progressive Conservative government lifted those last month.
Alabama boy named world's most premature infant to survive

Dr. Brian Sims, who was the attending physician, said statistics show that children born so young have virtually no chance of survival, but Curtis beat the odds.
Montreal hospital docs offering $15K bonuses from their own pockets to find respiratory therapists to prevent overnight ER closures

Dr. Fahimy Saoud spent a recent shift in a west-Montreal emergency room idly sitting and waiting for patients she knew would never come.
How every province is handling vaccine mandates for healthcare workers

Which is riskier? The disruptions caused by staff shortages if and when healthcare workers who won’t get vaccinated are removed? Or the potential for unvaccinated staff to exacerbate the chances of COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals?
Quebec judge refuses injunction against abandoned vaccine mandate for health workers

Justice Michel Yergeau's 47-page decision denied the request by unvaccinated health network employees, including nurses, doctors and other workers.
'I put life on hold:' Woman who had delayed surgery in Alberta says she's worse off

A woman whose surgery in Alberta for cancer in her face was delayed because hospitals were overburdened with COVID-19 says the consequences for her have been drastic.
Ontario pauses plan to lift capacity limits in some settings that require vax proof

The province had planned on removing a cap on the number of people permitted in night clubs, strip clubs, sex clubs and bathhouses on Monday.

Modelling suggests COVID pandemic's fifth wave could be Saskatchewan's worst

Manitoba docs press officials on why there is no plan to keep school properly ventilated

Research roundup: COVID ICU practice guidelines, tools for coping with patient deaths, history of respiratory disease

Ontario will let regions take lead on tougher pandemic measures for now: Ford

Alabama boy named world's most premature infant to survive

Montreal hospital docs offering $15K bonuses from their own pockets to find respiratory therapists to prevent overnight ER closures

How every province is handling vaccine mandates for healthcare workers

Quebec judge refuses injunction against abandoned vaccine mandate for health workers

'I put life on hold:' Woman who had delayed surgery in Alberta says she's worse off

Ontario pauses plan to lift capacity limits in some settings that require vax proof