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Article content The City of Calgary is in discussions with the province about the need for pop-up vaccination clinics in the city’s northeast communities where uptake of COVID-19 shots has been slow, Calgary’s mayor said Tuesday. The city is waiting for guidance from the Alberta government on how to get pop-up vaccination clinics running in these communities to improve accessibility and get more vaccines directly to the people living there, Mayor Naheed Nenshi told reporters. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. 'Going to where people live...

Article content The City of Calgary is in discussions with the province about the need for pop-up vaccination clinics in the city’s northeast communities where uptake of COVID-19 shots has been slow, Calgary’s mayor said Tuesday. The city is waiting for guidance from the Alberta government on how to get pop-up vaccination clinics running in these communities to improve accessibility and get more vaccines directly to the people living there, Mayor Naheed Nenshi told reporters. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or 'Going to where people live': Po...

Article content The City of Calgary is in discussions with the province about the need for pop-up vaccination clinics in the city’s northeast communities where uptake of COVID-19 shots has been slow, Calgary’s mayor said Tuesday. The city is waiting for guidance from the Alberta government on how to get pop-up vaccination clinics running in these communities to improve accessibility and get more vaccines directly to the people living there, Mayor Naheed Nenshi told reporters. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Calgary looking at pop-up vaccin...

FDA approves Melinta's Kimyrsa for skin infections Melinta Therapeutics of Morristown, New Jersey, announced yesterday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Kimyrsa (oritavancin) for treatment of adult patients with acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections (ABSSSIs) caused by susceptible gram-positive pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Kimyrsa delivers a complete course of the lipoglycopeptide antibiotic oritavancin in a single, 1-hour 1,200 milligram (mg) intravenous infusion. The drug is an updated version of Orbactiv, w...

As Alberta reports 30 COVID-19 deaths, Hinshaw reflects on 'heartbreaking' number Alberta recorded 30 COVID-19 deaths Thursday, the highest number ever reported on a single day, prompting the province's chief medical officer of health to reflect on the "heartbreaking" number and the importance of following restrictions. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 17, 2020 1:30 PM MT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, updated the COVID-19 situation for the province on Thursday.(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)