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CPSA resource on opening, building, renovating a clinic
The webpage offers helpful advice for physician and non-physician clinic owners.
Mental health visits by doctors up 27% in first year of COVID-19, study says
The annual rate of outpatient mental health and substance use visits by Ontario doctors increased 27% in the first year of the COVID-19 crisis, a new study suggests, raising concerns about the pandemic's psychological toll across the medical profession.

Could CBD prevent COVID-19? Researchers call for clinical trials after promising results

Researchers are recommending clinical trials to study cannabidiol’s effects on SARS-CoV-2 after encouraging results in the laboratory and an association in a large cohort study.
More than 330 Ontario schools report absence rates of 30% or higher

The province is no longer publishing information on COVID-19 cases in schools due a restricted testing policy but it is sharing data on absences online, whether or not they are related to the virus.
Proof of vaccination now required to access more Quebec big-box stores

Premier Francois Legault previously announced that Quebecers will have to show their vaccination passport starting today if they wish to enter stores with floor surfaces of 1,500 square metres or more.
You can run but you can't campaign: New OMA election rules not winning votes with some doctors

One candidate for director–Dr. Alykhan Abdulla–withdrew just two days after the election opened on January 10.
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.
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