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We're still short on kids' fever meds, and those aren't the only drugs we need
FromThe Big Story
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Feb 1, 2023
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Pain and fever meds for children—acetaminophen and ibuprofen, usually—have been in short (or no) supply across the country for several months. Purchases made by the government have begun to hit shelves, but for many parents it's still difficult to find. How did a handful of factors combine to cause this shortage? Why has it lasted so long?And although these medicines have been the ones grabbing headlines, why don't many Canadians know just how many drugs we're running out of?GUEST: Carly Weeks, health reporter, The Globe and Mail
Released:
Feb 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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A fourth Covid-19 shot? Really?! And other vaccine FAQs: When Canadians were asked to get first two covid vaccines, they were told that doing so would get them back to normal. Now some of them are booking and receiving their fourth shots. And more than that, we originally called two shots "fully vaccinated"—when clearly time and the virus has proven that wrong.So what happened to our plan for vaccinations and how has it changed? Could a new, targeted vaccine expected this fall put an end to endless boosters? Did we get the messaging about vaccines wrong a year ago? And how do we make sure that vaccine hesitancy around Covid shots doesn't spread to shots that we've all been giving our children for decades? GUEST: Sabina Vohra-Miller, clinical pharmacologist by The Big Story