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Kids' vaccine rate still low despite rampant spread of Omicron variant
Vaccine hesitancy expert Kate Allen warned early on that parents would be slower to vaccinate their five to 11-year-olds than they were to vaccinate themselves or even their older kids, since parents tend to be more cautious when it comes to young children.
Ont. Liberal Leader calls on Ford gov't to require vax passport to enter LCBO, cannabis shops
Del Duca echoes a similar call from NDP Leader Andrea Horwath made earlier in the week.

Help prevent dental problems with sublingual/buccal buprenorphine products

US FDA warns about dental problems with buprenorphine-containing products dissolved in the mouth to treat opioid use disorder or pain.
Examining AI's benefits and pitfalls in dermatology

Artificial intelligence is becoming more important in medicine and is now trying to make its way in dermatology. Its arrival is welcomed by dermatologists, but it needs to be integrated in the right way.
32-month suspension: Pharmacy owner pays the price for more than $1 million in false claims

Toronto pharmacist Shani-Abbas Siwani must also pay $15,000 in hearing costs and notify employers for five years about his discipline record.
Alberta responds as COVID-19 calls swamping emergency medical response

Copping referred to four emergency calls coming in simultaneously in Airdrie, on Calgary's northern outskirts, which forced one medically fragile boy with a broken leg to be taken to hospital by fire truck because ambulances weren't available.
Study finds prescribing opioids can be effective in helping people stop using IV drugs

Study finds a harm-reduction program in London, Ont. where doctors prescribe opioids reduces overdoses, injection drug use, emergency dept visits, and criminal activities.
Health tech companies face too many challenges breaking into Canada: entrepreneurs

The chief executive at Waterloo, Ont. innovation hub Communitech has spent much of the pandemic hearing about hospitals worried about dwindling inventories of COVID-19 tests, while companies less than 80 kilometres away have the ability to make more.
Nova Scotia pharmacy offers prescriptions in reusable glass vials

Teasdale Apothecary in Antigonish may be the first pharmacy in Nova Scotia to offer customers the option of getting prescriptions in reusable glass containers.
Canada flags unexplained illnesses for overseas staff to meet 'duty of care'

In September, Global Affairs Canada began briefings with senior managers at headquarters in Ottawa, all heads of mission abroad and partners from other federal departments working at embassies, says a newly disclosed briefing note.