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KEEP UP QUIZ: How closely did you follow the news this week? Feb. 28

Did you miss any details in healthcare news this week?
Ontario puts $34 million towards the training Indigenous nurses and personal care workers

The funding will be received by six Indigenous institutes.
One in five adolescent girls with type 2 diabetes have PCOS

Better definitions of PCOS needed as well as more screening for the type 2 diabetes population.
Ford says plan to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine intends to address language barriers

A recently tabled labour bill contains a section that would wind up the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario, the profession's regulatory body that was established in 2013.
Many clinical practices largely underused in Canada: study

A review suggests that many clinical practices are not used according to standards and guidelines.
Mask wearing to become a 'personal choice,' Quebec public health director says

The province announced yesterday that mask mandates will be lifted by mid-April at the latest, but Luc Boileau said today that the change could happen as soon as the third week of March.
Single-dose Janssen COVID-19 vaccine less effective than two-dose Pfizer vaccine

French study compares effectiveness of Janssen vaccine versus Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19–related hospitalization.
The (medical) funny pages

Sometimes, a meme is all you need. Here are some medical tidbits that made us chuckle this week.