March 25, 2024

Your 2024 Covid Survival Guide

Your 2024 Covid Survival Guide As of March 11, 2024, we officially crossed the 4-year mark since the COVID-19 outbreak had been declared a pandemic. In this time, the virus has mutated and changed through multiple strains and...
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August 25, 2021

Flattening the Infodemic Curve

By: Steve Bond Epidemiology is the branch of science concerned with how disease spreads and is controlled in a population. We often hear about how we can take steps to slow the spread of Covid-19 or to “flatten...
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August 22, 2021

How to Help Your Child Return to School

By: Yemi Alade, Pharmacy Manager at Yurek Specialties Limited After surviving lockdowns, school closures and remote work caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, families are starting to realign their daily routines from constantly at home together to returning to...
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August 5, 2021

Pandemic of the Unvaccinated and Under-Vaccinated

By: Steve Bond Vaccination efforts in Canada hit a milestone last week- for the first time those fully vaccinated surpassed those in the United States. Like the hare and the tortoise, we didn’t start quickly out of the...
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Young student wearing white mask
July 13, 2021

Back to School Under COVID-19 Rules

Returning to school can be an exciting time but for many children, it can cause anxiety. Leaving parents can be hard for younger children while older kids may be worrying about academic achievement and their social circles. This...
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February 13, 2021

What Changes Has COVID-19 Made in Our Lives?

The COVID-19 pandemic has been forefront in the news and on our minds for a year now. With vaccinations beginning, hope has blossomed for an end to the pandemic or at least a beginning to an end. Thoughts...
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December 26, 2020

Vaccines 101

Our patients are asking about the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine which will be used to prevent COVID-19 as well as the newer types of vaccines, the mRNA. So, I think it’s time for a primer on vaccines.   When our...
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Students wearing mask and physically distancing.
August 25, 2020

Going Back to School During the Pandemic

At the time, the status of kids going back to school in September is up in the air. However, there are many things  we can do in order to prepare our children for returning to the classroom.    ...
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Men working out with gloves and a mask
July 27, 2020

Working Out During COVID

Working Out During COVID, by Andy Li, Pharmacist Now that we’re in Stage 3, Ontario gyms and fitness studios are open again. Safety measures such as size limits via online booking, physical distancing, and equipment between each user...
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July 21, 2020

Parenting During the Pandemic

For many parents, the homestead has been turned into both an office and classroom as children are home full-time. Now that the school year has ended, it may seem hard to keep them occupied so you can perform...
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personal protective equipment; gloves and masks
May 26, 2020

You Down with PPE? You Know Me.

One of the major topics of discussion in the news currently surrounds personal protective equipment or PPE. More specifically, who should wear it, when it should be worn, and its availability or lack thereof.   Personal protective equipment is...
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Assistant Retail Manager of Yurek Pharmacy
May 26, 2020

A Message from the Frontline

There’s no doubt that the current world we live in is daunting. We are dressed in PPE with masks hiding the vast majority of our faces, and more specifically, our mouths. The most significant way people convey tenderness...
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A person looking a fitness watch focusing on breath
May 1, 2020

Is it Time for a Healthy Tech-Check?

It’s 11:30 and I have been at work for the past 3 ½ hours. We are busy and working in a difficult environment in uncertain times. I have to calculate a formulation for a child who won’t take...
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April 16, 2020

Finding Purpose During the Pandemic

Throughout the centuries, the world has known many pandemics. The destruction caused by invisible enemies like smallpox, and the Spanish Flu was devastating; but fortunately, the world did recover. Interestingly enough, neurologists and psychiatrists have observed that those...
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