Healthcare

There should be the equivalent of seven full-time doctors in the community, but only two physicians remain at the community clinic, while the third is shifting to cover acute or emergency care, the documents said.

More than 20% of U.S. physicians admit they're consuming alcohol or controlled substances multiple times a day, according to a report by All Points North in Colorado.

Medical students who didn’t have a white coat ceremony due to the pandemic get an in-person celebration.

B.C. NDP candidate David Eby raised eyebrows when he said that if elected he would consider legislating such treatment.

Members of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table say Public Health Ontario has informed them the group is being dissolved as of Sept. 6.

I'm driven by patients. Specifically, finding ways to improve the quality of healthcare patients receive while reducing barriers they face when accessing pharmacy services.

The findings reflect the changing nature of the pandemic, in which the vast majority of people already have some protection against the virus due to vaccination or prior infection.

The health unit is recommending that all adults between 20 and 36 years old who have not received a meningococcal disease vaccine contact their health provider to receive one as soon as possible.