Pharmacies across Ontario will soon be allowed to prescribe medication for several minor illnesses, the Ontario government said Wednesday. The province announced starting on Jan. 1, 2023, pharmacists will be able to prescribe medication for 13 different ailments without the need to visit a doctor’s office. The move will ease the burden on doctors and […]
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TORONTO – Some Canadian officials are reporting an uptick in invasive Group A streptococcus infections, echoing the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S., which are both investigating cases in children. In Canada, Public Health Ontario confirmed to The Canadian Press in an email […]
CALGARY – Reindeer could hold the key to regenerative healing in humans and animals, says research led by the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary. The study, published earlier this month in the journal Cell, explains how reindeer — also known as caribou — can help to better understand tissue regeneration and […]
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero COVID” policy, warning that its lagging vaccination rate could result in large numbers of vulnerable people getting infected. At a press briefing on […]
Canada’s chief public health officer says COVID-19 is still circulating at a “relatively high level” and other strains of influenza may surge in the new year. At the same time, governments need to invest in preparing for and preventing future epidemics, Dr. Theresa Tam says. In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Tam urged […]
Considering making this January dry? You wouldn’t be alone. It’s a pretty popular move at the start of a new year. This year, though, we’re betting a lot of sober-curious people are going to be opting for a “damp” month instead of fully dry, thanks to the “Dry(ish) January Challenge” — a new initiative that […]
LONDON (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths globally have continued to fall in the past week, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, with only the Western Pacific reporting an increase in COVID-19. In its latest report on the pandemic issued on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said new COVID-19 infections dropped […]
Therapy dogs may help reduce pain and improve well-being for emergency room patients, a new study from researchers at the University of Saskatchewan suggests, but authors say further analysis is needed to determine why and how the animals seem to help. The study, conducted in 2019 with nearly 200 emergency department patients at Saskatoon’s Royal […]
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has issued guidance advising people on how to test themselves for the coronavirus, months after critics said the lack of recommendations was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was […]
GENEVA (AP) — An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said Tuesday it “strongly supports urgent and broad access” to booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid the global spread of omicron, capping a reversal of the U.N. agency’s repeated insistence last year that boosters weren’t necessary for healthy people and contributed to vaccine […]