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In recent months, more than 300 people at French nightclubs and concerts have been pricked with a needle—and doctors and prosecutors are still puzzled as to whether the victims have even been injected with anything.

The immense pressures COVID-19 puts on health services across Canada could be long-lasting, and Ontario health authorities are wise to make better use of pharmacists to reduce visits to emergency departments and help develop a more sustainable healthcare system.

The government says the changes offer more flexibility around licensing requirements and harmonize pharmacy requirements with the Health Professions Act. 

The novel treatment is part of a system that includes a pod that activates and loads the capsule with operating instructions.

Vett Lloyd, a researcher and director of the Lloyd Tick Lab at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, says that as the impacts of climate change progress, each tick season will likely be worse than the last.

The medication, Ozempic, is approved in Australia for adults with Type 2 diabetes and high BMIs. But users on TikTok without the disease are using it to lose weight, sharing their stories with the hashtags #ozempicjourney and #ozempicchallenge—and now the country is facing shortages.

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