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BEYOND LOCAL: What the public hopes and fears about the use of AI in health care

BEYOND LOCAL: What the public hopes and fears about the use of AI in health care

The growing use of artificial intelligence in health care should be driven by careful consideration of what is important to members of the public
COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

Officials cautioned that several tough months still lie ahead even in Britain, given the monumental task of inoculating large swaths of the population
CANADA: Guidelines governing doctors' relationships with pharma companies under review

CANADA: Guidelines governing doctors' relationships with pharma companies under review

Over 90 per cent of Canadian doctors see pharmaceutical sales representatives
CANADA: Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021

CANADA: Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021

CTA chairman Scott Streiner says the agency is struggling to handle another 11,000 complaints it received between last December and March
CANADA: Fiscal experts warn of higher federal taxes post-pandemic

CANADA: Fiscal experts warn of higher federal taxes post-pandemic

"You can't have new spending programs without figuring out how you're going to pay for them," says former federal finance minister John Manley, part of a working group set up by the C.D. Howe Institute
ONTARIO: Human rights commission to look at anti-Indigenous racism in lacrosse

ONTARIO: Human rights commission to look at anti-Indigenous racism in lacrosse

The commission announced it will meet with Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, and the Canadian Lacrosse Association in the coming months to discuss how to address systemic racism against Indigenous lacrosse players
CANADA: Are antibiotics over-prescribed during cold and flu season?

CANADA: Are antibiotics over-prescribed during cold and flu season?

Experts say antibiotics in cold and flu season are potentially harmful and seldom helpful
COVID-19: Canadians’ pessimistic pandemic state of mind worsening

COVID-19: Canadians’ pessimistic pandemic state of mind worsening

Provinces are reporting a higher rate of infection, and the fear of increased hospitalizations that will put an extreme strain on the health-care system remains present
CANADA: Restoring civil liberties post-pandemic a concern for legal experts

CANADA: Restoring civil liberties post-pandemic a concern for legal experts

Legal experts who specialize in personal freedoms have spent most of 2020 making sure those public health restrictions didn't go too far and now they're working to ensure those rights are restored when the pandemic finally comes to an end
ONTARIO: 22 per cent of rapid COVID-19 tests in Ontario reporting false negatives, experts say

ONTARIO: 22 per cent of rapid COVID-19 tests in Ontario reporting false negatives, experts say

The Medical Laboratory Professionals' Association of Ontario is encouraging those who test negative from a rapid test to continue to monitor symptoms