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FPs currently can bill for up to an hour to assess whether a patient meets the criteria for the anti-viral drug Paxlovid.

The National Community Pharmacists Association released a statement calling for clear guidance from states as access to certain drugs that can be used to terminate pregnancies—but also to treat other conditions—has been called into question.

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Health research uses a wide variety of terminology when it comes to Canada Black population and that lack of specificity has the potential to hamper key research.

The premier called the death a "traumatizing event'' and offered his sympathies to the family and to those present in the waiting room when the man died early Tuesday at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital.

Sheryl Boswell, the executive director of Youth Mental Health Canada, said Canada should act fast to establish this essential mental health service.

The doctor, who spoke with the Terrace Standard on condition of anonymity, pointed to a Chilliwack primary care centre that's been totally unable to bring on any doctors or nurse practitioners since it became otherwise ready to open.

Dr. Brian Day had challenged the province's Medicare Protection Act, which bans extra-billing and private insurance for medically necessary procedures.