Medically assisted dying in Quebec City streamlined after Pope's visit led to delays
Now, doctors can fill syringes of the drug used in the procedure themselves without needing it to be done in a sterile environment.
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Now, doctors can fill syringes of the drug used in the procedure themselves without needing it to be done in a sterile environment.
The Quebec Order of Pharmacists is urging parents to resist the temptation to hoard certain hard-to-find children's medicines should they happen upon a well-stocked store. Liquid suspensions of acetaminophen and ibuprofen for children remain in short supply in many pharmacies across the province and in the rest of the country, after several months.
Parents are urged not to panic-buy pain and fever medications, and instead speak to a pharmacist, as some stores across Canada run low on children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen products.
The lack of independence granted to Quebec's public health director may have slowed the government response at the beginning of the pandemic. Here's what you need to know.
Unexplained severe acute hepatitis cases among children continue to emerge in Canada and around the world, and while health officials desperately search for a cause, researchers are pointing to a possible link to COVID-19.