E. coli outbreak connected to Calgary daycares sends up to 50 children to hospital
Emergency departments at Calgary hospitals have been flooded with children following an infectious disease outbreak at daycares across the city.
Source: CBC | Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news

Cipla to acquire South Africa-based Actor Pharma
Actor was founded in 2009 and has quickly grown to become the fifth largest privately owned OTC player in the South African market. Actor specialises in OTC and generic medicine, where they have established strong consumer brands and identified niche prescription markets in categories of women's health, nasal, cough and cold and baby and child.
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - September 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Air Canada passengers kicked off flight for refusing to sit on vomit-covered seats
An Air Canada passenger claims that two of her fellow travelers were recently escorted off a plane because they refused to sit on vomit-covered seats for a five-hour flight. Passenger Susan Benson wrote about the incident in a Facebook post on August 29. She explained that, before her flight from…#aircanada #susanbenson #lasvegas #montreal #benson
Source: Reuters: Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Martin's pharmacy has opened every day for 50 YEARS... now a funding crisis could put him out of business
JOHN NAISH: For 50 years, Martin Bennett (pictured) has worked at the Wicker Pharmacy in Sheffield, which has opened every day, including every Christmas Day, for 71 years.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Online pharmacy programs can save patients millions in prescription drug costs, study finds
Patients could save millions of dollars by buying prescription drugs through online pharmacy discount programs instead of through traditional insurance plans, a study published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine finds. Online pharmacies, such as Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co., have…#ohio #amazon #medicare #amazonpharmacy #pranavpatel #universityoftoledo #randcorp #centersformedicare #medicaidservices #patel
Source: Reuters: Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

L.A. County sues pharmacy benefit firms, alleging they helped fuel opioid crisis
L.A. County has sued pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and OptumRx, alleging that they helped fuel the nation's deadly opioid crisis.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - September 4, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Rebecca Ellis Source Type: news

Drug use in fatal collisions 2000 - 2020 - Brown S, Vanlaar WGM, Robertson RD.
In recent years, a greater percentage of fatally injured drivers tested positive for drugs other than alcohol in Canada. While some of this growth may be due to improvements in data collection, dealing with drugged driving has become more of a priority in ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Drugs involved in Kentucky drug poisoning deaths and relation with antecedent controlled substance prescription dispensing - Freeman PR, McAninch J, Dasgupta N, Oyler DR, Slavov K, Collins C, Hargrove S, Freeman E, Miracle D, Slavova S.
In this study,...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Using linked data to identify pathways of reporting overdose events in British Columbia, 2015-2017 - Graham E, Zhao B, Flynn M, Gustafson P, Irvine MA, Slaunwhite A, Orpana H, Kuo M, MacDougall L.
INTRODUCTION: Overdose events related to illicit opioids and other substances are a public health crisis in Canada. The BC Provincial Overdose Cohort is a collection of linked datasets identifying drug-related toxicity events, including death, ambulance, e...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Navigating bureaucratic violence in Canada's two-step immigration system - Schmidt C, Bergen H, Hajjar O, Larios L, Nakache D, Bhuyan R, Hanley J.
In recent years, Canada has moved towards a system of 'two-step' immigration, wherein a growing proportion of new permanent residents are selected from people who are already in the country on a temporary work permit. While the 'two-step' selection approac...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Why people with Down syndrome are living longer than ever
People with Down syndrome are living longer than ever and an ongoing photo project aims to upend stereotypes about them. 
Source: CBC | Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news

How Some Homeless In Canada Spent $7,500 Directed To Them
Ray, a man in his 50s, used to live in an emergency homeless shelter in Vancouver, Canada. Then he participated in a study that changed his life. He was able to pay for a place to live and courses to prepare him for his dream job. The newly published, peer reviewed PNAS study, conducted by the…#clairewilliams #garybloch #latinamerica #manitoba #newleafproject #rutgerbregman #update
Source: Reuters: Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Republicans Can ' t Argue w/Biden Standing Up To Pharma
The Biden administration took a big first step Tuesday toward reducing the cost of prescription drugs for tens of millions of Americans. It released a list of the first 10 drugs that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare, kicking off a multiyear process that should, if all goes…#medicare #centersformedicare #medicaidservices #medicaid #ira #nicolerapfogel #rapfogel #kff #democrats #republicans
Source: Reuters: Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The inconsistency of strike coverage
Emily Leedham of the Press Progress in Canada writes about the inconsistencies of strike coverage. Leedham writes, “While more strike coverage happens in Ontario compared to the rest of the country, there are still labour actions outside Toronto that do not get much attention. Strikes in smaller…#pressprogress #ontario #cochrane #opp #takecocacola #richmond #cocacola
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Air Canada passengers kicked off plane for refusing puke-covered seats
An Air Canada traveler said two passengers were kicked off a plane for complaining about their seats. • According to Susan Benson, the passengers boarded the flight to find the seats covered in puke. • Benson said after the passengers complained, security boarded the plane and escorted them off.…#aircanada #susanbenson #benson #lasvegas #montreal #neitherbenson
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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