Vaccination exemption on medical or religious grounds a 2022 legal challenge for employers
The legal challenges with mandatory vaccinations for employers and those seeking exemptions
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Aversion to rapid antigen home kits by this province is a pandemic failure
Rapid antigen tests to detect COVID-19 are grossly underused in some provinces like B.C.
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Breast cancer screening mammogram policies are based on flawed research: Dr. Paula Gordon
Controversy rages on about breast cancer screening mammography policies.
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About 11,000 cases of COVID-19 in BC healthcare workers since pandemic began
Healthcare workers account for over 5% of all COVID-19 cases in B.C. since the pandemic began. About 9% of healthcare workers have contracted COVID-19.
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B.C. access to treatments and testing for osteoporosis under review as government opens quick survey
The BC Ministry of Health has created a survey for patients, caregivers and patient groups to provide feedback about osteoporosis treatment and screening.
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Science-based experts will take your pandemic questions at this free virtual event
BY PAMELA FAYERMAN ScienceUpFirst is a consortium of Canadian experts who are trying to disrupt...
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Judge sets certification hearing for class action lawsuit against Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC government
LEGAL CASE AGAINST BC GOVERNMENT AND DR. BONNIE HENRY OVER PANDEMIC ORDERS PROCEEDING TO CLASS-ACTION CERTIFICATION HEARING
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With surging Delta variant causing hospitalizations, COVID-19 field hospitals could be pressed into opening
Rising COVID-related hospitalizations, mostly among the unvaccinated, have led to a hospital bed and healthcare worker crunch.
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Judge assigned to hear proposed class action pandemic lawsuit against Dr. Bonnie Henry and BC government
BY PAMELA FAYERMAN B.C. Supreme Court Justice David A. Crerar will preside over a proposed...
Read MorePetition calls for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff in care facilities
BY JANET INGRAM-JOHNSON In the minefield of human rights, whose rights come first? For politicians, lawyers, physicians and ethicists, this can be a groundbreaking challenge, especially during a deadly pandemic. But for a...
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BC government lawyers file response to pandemic lawsuit against Dr. Bonnie Henry
B.C. government responds to lawsuit against Dr. Bonnie Henry that alleges she overreached her authority.
Read MoreVaccines, volunteers & chutzpah key to Israel’s speedy pandemic response
Volunteer emergency medics with Hatzalah have been key to Israel’s pandemic response. What can other countries learn from this?
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Website Author: Pamela Fayerman
I'm an award winning Canadian journalist for nearly four decades. I’ve worked at six daily newspapers, and for 25 years, I was the medical/health issues reporter for The Vancouver Sun and other newspapers in Canada’s largest newspaper chain. My professional development has been assisted with numerous fellowships awarded by the Association of Health Care Journalists, New York Times Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Knight Science Journalism. I’ve received training in various aspects of medical journalism at Columbia University (neuroscience), MIT (medical evidence and digital science journalism), Mount Sinai Medical Center (aging) and Dartmouth College medical school (Medicine in the Media).
I graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in journalism and attended Queen’s University law school on a one-year legal journalism fellowship from the Canadian Bar Association.
I’m the recipient of several prestigious journalism awards as well as two major grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, one for a series on patient navigators and another for a series that focused on knowledge translation as it pertains to fallopian tube removal to prevent ovarian cancer.
My goal for this website is to share valuable information that will help readers learn about health care, research and medical advancements.
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