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Quebec antibiotic is helping to ease pediatric drug shortage (CTV Montreal)

Quebec pharmaceutical company Mantra Pharma recently launched the first-ever generic CLAVULIN antibiotic, providing a significant supply of the drug amid a ...

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How nationwide paramedic shortage is impacting the Bay Area (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)

Paramedics and EMTs are in demand across the country, making emergency medical response another industry facing a worker shortage since the pandemic.

"There are a lot of different opportunities that they have once they have the paramedic or EMT license. "Since [COVID](https://www.fox13news.com/tag/health/coronavirus), there was a loss in training time for paramedics and EMTs, and we’re still suffering from that gap in training that new students were graduating from paramedic’s school." "Pretty much everyone is suffering from the paramedic shortage nationwide, as well as EMTs. "It puts a strain on the paramedics that are out there, so when people decide they want to move into this area, or they want to get into this field, it helps everyone because the paramedics are working so many hours," said White. Us at Sunstar Paramedics, we’re probably closer to having enough EMTs but the paramedics we’re still struggling to find because it takes almost two years to grow a paramedic," said Malachi White, the director of recruitment for Sunstar Paramedics based in - Paramedics and EMTs are in demand across the country, making emergency medical response another industry facing a worker shortage since the pandemic.

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