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Healthcare workers have spent months preparing for possible threats—from mass-casualty events to outbreaks of viral illnesses such as measles and norovirus.

The union representing approximately 3,500 paramedics in Alberta had voiced opposition to the initiative.

Bemotrizinol will initially be sold in the U.S. by the Dutch manufacturer DSM Nutritional Products under the brand name Parsol Shield, which is expected to launch later in the year.

Infoway had been under considerable scrutiny over how it spent taxpayer money after the failure of the $300-million PrescribeIT program.

The National Advisory Committee on Preventive Health Services is a 14-member group led by Dr. David Keegan, a family physician and a professor at the University of Calgary’s school of medicine.

The association is urging regulators to reject a proposed laxative scheduling change.

The average number of patients visits that a family physician sees in a year went up 46.8% from 2011 to 2021. The number of lab tests per year increased nearly 70%, while referrals shot up more than 80%.

The program is based on cognitive behavioural therapy, widely considered the first-line treatment for chronic insomnia.

Canadian guidelines on screening for potentially inappropriate prescribing in seniors has just two recommendations and doesn't include independent reviews by community pharmacists.

In a statement published in the college’s Dialogue publication, the college said medical directors must be the one to assess the patient prior to delegating care to another provider as per the policy on the delegation of controlled acts, unless a clinical exception applies.