Table of Contents

October 25, 2021; Volume 193,Issue 42

Editorial

Open Access
Countering more virulent SARS-CoV-2 variants will require a smarter pandemic response
Kirsten Patrick

CMAJ October 25, 2021 193 (42) E1633-E1634; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211656

Research

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Evaluation of the relative virulence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada
David N. Fisman and Ashleigh R. Tuite

CMAJ October 25, 2021 193 (42) E1619-E1625; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211248

Practice

Open Access
Innovations: Genome sequencing as a diagnostic test
Gregory Costain, Ronald D. Cohn, Stephen W. Scherer and Christian R. Marshall

CMAJ October 25, 2021 193 (42) E1626-E1629; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210549
Open Access
Five things to know about …: Metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity
Danica Quickfall, Nick Daneman, Adam A. Dmytriw and David N. Juurlink

CMAJ October 25, 2021 193 (42) E1630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.201671
Open Access
Clinical Images: Point-of-care ultrasonography in the diagnosis of hemorrhagic cholecystitis
Neil D. Long, Justin S. Ahn, Gregory J. Monkewich and Daniel J. Kim

CMAJ October 25, 2021 193 (42) E1631-E1632; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.202394

Humanities

Open Access
Medicine and society: Rethinking the “discovery” of insulin
Alison Li

CMAJ October 25, 2021 193 (42) E1636-E1637; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211401

News

Open Access
Canada’s health system is at a breaking point, say medical leaders
Diana Duong

CMAJ October 25, 2021 193 (42) E1638; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1095965

Letters

Open Access
Gerald Caplan, then and now: public mental health applications to the current psychological challenges of the pandemic
Normand J. Carrey

CMAJ October 25, 2021 193 (42) E1635; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.80232