Emergency Medicine

Half of Ontarians who died of an opioid overdose in the early stages of the pandemic had interacted with the healthcare system in the month before their deaths, a new report shows.

Doctors of BC president Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh said it has been an overwhelming three years for her members.

Exactly two weeks earlier, on New Year's Eve day in the Waterloo region, a similar robbery took place in another drugstore.

About an hour after taking off from Doha, Qatar, last month, Dr. Aisha Khatib said she was settling into her seat when she was roused by an announcement asking if there were any medical personnel on board.

Pfizer’s Paxlovid expected to overshadow Merck’s molnupiravir, with higher efficacy in preventing hospitalization/death in high-risk outpatients with mild/moderate COVID-19.

The authorization says the treatment is greenlit for adult patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 who are also at high risk of becoming more seriously ill.

Whether or not they have symptoms, there are a number of things your patients can do to care for themselves–and those around them–when they suspect they may have COVID but can't get a test to confirm it.