1-Minute Healthcare News Today–December 19, 2022

Canada failing to convince young doctors to stay in the country. ?

To fill the critical gap in the nation's healthcare system, medical students and graduates are battling to find positions in their fields. More Canadians are seeking possibilities outside to complete their medical education to secure a job, according to Dr. Desmond Leddin, a professor of medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Read more here.?

In another note, “After the Omicron era, the possibility of an all-new variant arriving is keeping scientists on the alert,” said Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman of the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) National Covid Task Force in a report published here.?

He explained, "Still new to mankind; Covid virus is showing continuous evolution in a short time period, throwing off multiple variants and recombinants.”?

Meanwhile, the B.C. disease centre says the flu shows signs of decline, with no new deaths of children. In a report, even though the number of cases is still high and the rate of positive they said there is evidence that influenza is on a "steady decline" in the province.?

Despite this, Montreal Public Health issued an alert after two children died of strep A. The four invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) infections were all in children aged two and under, and none had an underlying chronic health condition.?

This urges medical practitioners to search for associated symptoms and do appropriate tests. Read here for more.??

Moreover, hours before the World Cup final, 3 French players caught Camel flu. In the report here, the French Football Federation confirmed that three members of the French national squad were ill with the Camel flu or MERS-CoV.? Until recently, no scientific evidence has proven its spread from one person to another.??

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