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Ontario announced a plan to start loosening COVID-19 restrictions by the end of the month, but Quebec said it was too early to ease any public health measures.

Our recent survey about how the pandemic has affected pharmacists revealed just how bad pharmacists’ stress levels are.

How much do you know about detecting and treating dyslipidemia for the prevention of cardiovascular disease?

The researchers gave increasing amounts of peanut protein powder to a group of toddlers to build up their tolerance for peanuts.

The 50-question survey, which should take about 15 minutes to complete, is the first step in the Canadian Pharmacists Association's newly launched mental health and wellness initiative.

Dr. Mustafa Hirji had been largely silent after Ontario's chief medical officer, Dr. Kieran Moore, sent him a letter criticizing the region's COVID safety measures for schools. This week, he spoke out–and Niagara council backed him up.

Researchers say samples from nasal or throat swabs detected 64.5% of cases that were detected from PCR tests, while a combination of nose and throat swabs increased accuracy to 88.7%.

Dr. Ngola, a family doctor who was working in the northern New Brunswick town of Campbellton, was accused of violating the province's Emergency Measures Act, but the Crown later withdrew the charge after concluding there was no chance of conviction.