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Some Ontario workplaces offer rapid tests for their employees, and children in publicly funded schools are being sent home for the December break with a kit of five rapid tests each.

The Structural Genomics Consortium recently won a Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation for its open-access approach to discovering new drugs.

A company once owned by Martin Shkreli will pay up to $40 million to settle allegations that it jacked up the price of a life-saving medication by roughly 4,000%.

The spending will help the government meet its previous commitment to hire 1,400 additional CCAs over the next three years, officials said.

The app alerts emergency responders if a person using substances becomes unresponsive to a pre-set timer. It's similar to British Columbia's Lifeguard app.

A doctor and pharmacist in rural B.C. have had great success in their cooperative medication reviews and are looking to expand the benefits further.

Doctors Manitoba, which represents 4,000 physicians across the province, says the backlog of surgeries and diagnostic tests has grown to more than 52,000 cases.

A release says the threats were related to provincial public health rules requiring everyone older than five to wear a mask in public indoor settings.