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Nearly 6% of children suffer from long-term COVID-19 symptoms, eight-country study finds
A nurse gets a swab ready to perform a test on a patient at a drive-in COVID-19 clinic in Montreal, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. The Yukon government says an increase in COVID-19 cases with 34 new infections reported Thursday is a sign the Omicron variant is circulating in communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
u.s. business
Amazon strikes $3.5-billion deal for One Medical in long march into U.S. healthcare
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, October 6, 2021 REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
opinion
Can cash incentives solve the family doctor shortage? Not likely
André Picard
world
Pharmaceutical company seeks U.S. FDA approval for over-the-counter birth control pill
FILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015. A drug company is seeking U.S. approval for the first-ever birth control pill that women could buy without a prescription. The request from a French drugmaker sets up a high-stakes decision for the FDA amid the political fallout from the Supreme Court's recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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U.S. FDA allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill
Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill Paxlovid is tested in Freiburg, Germany, in this undated image obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT
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North Korea reports another disease outbreak as country contends with COVID-19 wave
FILE PHOTO: A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Picture
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Health Canada approval of new ALS drug allows Canadians to get access first
A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014. Health Canada has approved an experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, as uncertainty persists about the drug's clinical benefit.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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U.S. FDA staff says Moderna COVID vaccine effective and safe for children
FILE PHOTO: The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sits on the table at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski//File Photo
world
Breast cancer drug could help more patients: researchers
This undated photo provided by Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca in June 2022 shows production of their Enhertu, an antibody-chemotherapy drug administered intravenously. (Daiichi Sankyo, AstraZeneca via AP)
health & fitness
MLSE chairman Larry Tanenbaum donates $20-million to kickstart new sports-science institute at University of Toronto
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opinion
Four ways to make the universal pharmacare dream a reality
Robert Bell, Anne Golden, Paul Alofs and Lionel Robins
world
U.S. limits use of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risks
FILE - Vials of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a pharmacy in Denver on Saturday, March 6, 2021. On Thursday, May 5, 2022, U.S. regulators strictly limited who can receive this vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Change at the top for Biogen after its controversial Alzheimer’s drug flops
The Biogen Inc., headquarters, March 11, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass. Biogen is looking for a new CEO, less than a year after its launch of its Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm largely fizzled. The company said Tuesday, May 3, 2022 that current CEO Michel Vounatsos will continue to lead the company until his successor is appointed. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)
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Trudeau announces Moderna facility to be built in Montreal
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Canada should have scrapped its homophobic ban on blood donations from gay men long ago
André Picard
alberta
Health Canada approves Evusheld, COVID-19 prevention drug, as Alberta joins provinces in dropping antibody treatment Sotrovimab
FILE - Jose Lazaro, a medical assistant at a University of Washington Medicine clinic, prepares a two-shot dose of AstraZeneca's Evusheld, the first set of antibodies grown in a lab to prevent COVID-19, on Jan. 20, 2022, in Seattle. The European Medicines Agency said it is recommending that an antibody drug developed by AstraZeneca be authorized to help people avoid getting sick with the coronavirus. In a statement on Thursday, the EU regulator said it was advising that the new drug, sold as Evusheld, be used in people aged 12 and over before they were exposed to COVID-19, to prevent future infections. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
opinion
Canada should be manufacturing its own cell and gene therapies, not just vaccines
Barrie McKenna
world
Study finds Ivermectin does not reduce COVID-19 hospitalization risk
A bottle of Ivermectin in West Point, Miss. on Sept. 18, 2021. A wave of misinformation touting the deworming drug ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment appears to be showing no signs of abating, with calls about the drug to poison control centers surging, and officials in New Mexico saying misuse of the medication contributed to at least two deaths. (Houston Cofield/The New York Times)
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Former Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki getting upgrade on spinal device
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Why pet owners should have a $2,000 end-of-life fund
Rob Carrick
opinion
The medical world is failing the very women who are trying to hold it together
Katharine Smart
canada
Ontario reverses course on deregulating traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and students protest at Ontario’s legislature in Toronto on Monday, March 7, 2022 over a provincial government plan to deregulate their profession. The government later announced it would scrap the plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Holly McKenzie-Sutter
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Ford says plan to deregulate Chinese medicine intends to address language barriers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford smiles as he removes his mask before making an announcement regarding the creation of the Runnymede Healthcare Centre, a rehabilitation centre dedicated to treating first responders and medical personnel with post-traumatic stress injuries, in Toronto on Thursday, March 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Ontario plans to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture
With the oversight of lead supervisor, Jonathan Tokiwa, intern Alex Coulson administers acupuncture with electro stimulation to the upper back of Andrea Shum at the Naturopathic Teaching Clinic at the Brampton Civic Hospital on Jan. 23, 2014.(Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
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Health Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid
(FILES) This file handout photo provided on November 16, 2021, courtesy of Pfizer, shows the making of its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pills, Paxlovid, at a laboratory in Freiburg, Germany. - Canada's health authority said January 17, 2022, it has approved Paxlovid for adults at high risk of progressing to serious disease. (Photo by Handout / Pfizer / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Pfizer " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Pfizer/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
B.C. should reverse misguided COVID-19 policies for long-term care homes
Roger Wong
opinion
For COVID-19 to become endemic, we will also need to focus on how we can treat it
Zain Chagla
canada
How medicine’s gender power gap sets up women for unequal pay and less prestigious jobs
Fahima Dossa, general surgery resident at Sunnybrook Hospital, poses for a photograph there, on Friday, December 10, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
world
New COVID-19 treatment pills should be taken as soon as possible after symptoms appear
This image provided by Pfizer in October 2021 shows the company's COVID-19 Paxlovid pills. Newly infected COVID-19 patients have two new treatment options that can be taken at home. But that convenience comes with a catch: The pills have to be taken as soon as possible once symptoms appear. (Pfizer via AP)
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Merck’s at-home antiviral COVID-19 pill authorized by U.S. FDA
FILE PHOTO: An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill, called molnupiravir and being developed by Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co Inc and obtained by Reuters May 17, 2021. Merck & Co Inc/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. THIS IMAGE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY, AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY./File Photo
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U.S. authorizes Paxlovid, Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill, for at-home use
(FILES) This file handout photo provided to AFP on November 16, 2021 courtesy of Pfizer shows the making of its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pills, Paxlovid, at a laboratory in Freiburg, Germany. - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 22, 2021, authorized a Pfizer's Covid pill for high-risk people aged 12 and over, a major milestone in the pandemic that will allow millions to access the treatment. "Today's authorization introduces the first treatment for COVID-19 that is in the form of a pill that is taken orally a major step forward in the fight against this global pandemic," said FDA scientist Patrizia Cavazzoni. (Photo by Handout / Pfizer / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Pfizer " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Pfizer/AFP via Getty Images)
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Can I get homeopathic treatment covered under disability benefits?
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Deaths from the opioid crisis often make headlines. What’s overlooked is the toll on survivors
Charlotte Munro, a survivor of opioid-related cardiac endocarditis that put her in a two-week coma in December 2014, poses for a photo at a community garden by her home in Stratford, Ontario, Friday, December 3, 2021. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail