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• Quebec reports steep rise in organ donations after medical aid in dying legalized

  Quebec is reporting a tripling of the number of organ donors in the last five years, including a major jump last year in donations through medical aid in dying.

  

• Health-care workers have new hand-washing guidelines. Here's how you can apply them

  The way respiratory viruses have circulated this fall and winter, most Canadians could probably benefit from a hand-hygiene refresher. Here are the latest hand-washing best practices to apply in your daily life.

  

• A sensor you draw with a pencil could be used for 'smart diapers,' contactless switches and respiratory monitors

  We may soon be able to detect humidity levels, respiratory changes or a too-wet diaper, all with a new type of sensor — one created by drawing with a pencil on specially-treated paper.

  

• Ontario to allow PSWs to administer some medication in long-term care

  A proposal put forth by the Ontario government will allow personal support workers (PSWs) to administer certain medications to long-term care residents,

  

• 2 B.C. cities have the longest average wait times for walk-in clinics in Canada

  The average wait time for walk-in clinics in British Columbia is more than double the national average, according to online clinic tracker Medimap.

• Vaccine uptake higher among people who knew someone who died of COVID-19: U.S. survey

  A U.S. survey found that people who had a personal connection to someone who became ill or died of COVID-19 were more likely to have received at least one shot of the vaccine compared to those who didn’t have any loved ones who had been impacted by the disease.

• New study highlights increasing prevalence of muscle dysmorphia among Canadian boys, young men

  Canadian researchers are drawing attention to the increasing prevalence of 'a pathological pursuit of muscularity' among Canadian boys and young men, with a new study that found one in four were at risk of developing what's known as muscle dysmorphia.

• 'We need to do better': Survey finds cancer patient care remains inconsistent across Canada

  The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is calling on the federal government to do more for cancer patients, as the system continues to struggle nearly three years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Would you pay $300 a year for quick access to a nurse? Dealing with demand, Ontario doctors get creative

  Paid subscriptions to on-demand care are among the many strategies primary health-care providers in Ontario are adopting in order to meet increased demand for access to doctors in the past year, while also managing staffing shortages.

• Ontario in full support of feds' national health-care data push

  Ontario fully supports the federal government's push to make health-care funding contingent on data reporting, the province said Thursday as it announced a plan to boost access to primary care doctors.

• Masking alone wouldn't have eased respiratory virus surge in the fall: PHO document

  Introducing a mask mandate when respiratory viruses surged in the fall may not have eased the crush on pediatric hospitals, a Public Health Ontario science brief obtained by The Canadian Press concludes.

• White-tailed deer harbouring COVID-19 variants thought to be nearly extinct in humans: study

  White-tailed deer may be a reservoir for COVID-19 variants of concern including Alpha, Delta and Gamma, according to new research out of Cornell University that raises questions about whether deer could re-introduce nearly extinct variants back into the human population.