Respirology

The government says it will allow children’s hospitals to significantly increase staffing and provide more services.

Dr. Melissa Lem, says Carter Vigh’s death underscores the urgent need to better protect vulnerable people from the effects of wildfires and other climate change-driven emergencies.

Last year, a surge in RSV cases flooded U.S. hospitals with wheezing children. There are no vaccines for babies yet, though Pfizer and other companies are working on them.

Just how much waste do hospitals produce? At Collingwood General and Marine Hospital—a relatively small hospital with only 84 beds—23 tonnes of material end up as waste each month.

In June, NACI said that the bivalent mRNA vaccines can be used for people receiving their first two-dose vaccination series.

Few studies have assessed blood gases and acid-base status during the wearing of surgical mask or N95s.

They can now administer substances by injection and inhalation.

Proposed regulatory amendments would expand the scope of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians ahead of the fall and winter respiratory illness season.