Asbestos is banned in Canada. Why is it in our drinking water?
  • Dec 29, 2025

Asbestos is banned in Canada. Why is it in our drinking water?

  • National Observer
As spinal surgeries increase, some Manitoba patients refused out-of-province care still feel left 'in limbo'
  • Dec 29, 2025

As spinal surgeries increase, some Manitoba patients refused out-of-province care still feel left 'in limbo'

  • CBC News
Many Filipino healthcare workers in the US live in fear of ICE: 'This is my place of work. I should feel safe'
  • Dec 29, 2025

Many Filipino healthcare workers in the US live in fear of ICE: 'This is my place of work. I should feel safe'

  • The Guardian
How Vancouver's St. Paul's aims to become the hospital of the future
  • Dec 29, 2025

How Vancouver's St. Paul's aims to become the hospital of the future

  • Vancouver Sun
Wrong hospital patient transported to Surrey, B.C. home following discharge
  • Dec 29, 2025

Wrong hospital patient transported to Surrey, B.C. home following discharge

  • Global News

CMA Central

What innovative communities are doing to land a family doctor
  • Dec 18, 2025

What innovative communities are doing to land a family doctor

  • Canadian Medical Association
Lack of primary care so ‘chronic’ that patients don’t even talk about it, says Liberal MP and doctor Powlowski
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  • Dec 15, 2025

Lack of primary care so ‘chronic’ that patients don’t even talk about it, says Liberal MP and doctor Powlowski

  • The Hill Times
What 2025 told us about the state of health care in Canada
  • Dec 12, 2025

What 2025 told us about the state of health care in Canada

  • Canadian Medical Association
‘We need other measures’ on retaining foreign-trained physicians: Canadian Medical Association
  • Dec 10, 2025

‘We need other measures’ on retaining foreign-trained physicians: Canadian Medical Association

  • CTV News

Opinions

The economics of flu, measles and COVID vaccination
  • Dec 29, 2025

The economics of flu, measles and COVID vaccination

  • Winnipeg Free Press
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  • Gregory Mason
My 11-year-old son has leukemia. How and when should I talk about it?
  • Dec 29, 2025

My 11-year-old son has leukemia. How and when should I talk about it?

  • CBC News
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  • Chris Mallinos
Edmonton's tuberculosis outbreak shows need for housing
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  • Dec 29, 2025

Edmonton's tuberculosis outbreak shows need for housing

  • Edmonton Journal
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  • Stan Houston
We Don’t Seem to be Making America Healthy Again
  • Dec 28, 2025

We Don’t Seem to be Making America Healthy Again

  • The New York Times
PubMed has competition from Germany. That’s a very good thing
  • Dec 27, 2025

PubMed has competition from Germany. That’s a very good thing

  • STAT
The crumpled piece of paper that changed my patient’s life
  • Dec 25, 2025

The crumpled piece of paper that changed my patient’s life

  • Toronto Star
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  • Iris Gorfinkel

News

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her?
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  • Dec 29, 2025

Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her?

  • The New York Times
Better data needed to assist organ donation in Canada, CIHI report says
  • Dec 29, 2025

Better data needed to assist organ donation in Canada, CIHI report says

  • Global News
In U.S. Courts, an Unvalidated 'Lung Float Test' Is Still Used to Justify Murder Charges After Pregnancy Loss
  • Dec 29, 2025

In U.S. Courts, an Unvalidated 'Lung Float Test' Is Still Used to Justify Murder Charges After Pregnancy Loss

  • ProPublica
Flu cases begin to rise across N.S.
  • Dec 29, 2025

Flu cases begin to rise across N.S.

  • CityNews
Peel Health reports half of the flu cases in region are children and older adults
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  • Dec 29, 2025

Peel Health reports half of the flu cases in region are children and older adults

  • The Hamilton Spectator
Care for injured workers is changing in Nova Scotia. What is the work-connected recovery program?
  • Dec 29, 2025

Care for injured workers is changing in Nova Scotia. What is the work-connected recovery program?

  • Saltwire
A man died after waiting 8 hours in an Edmonton ER. How did the system get here?
  • Dec 29, 2025

A man died after waiting 8 hours in an Edmonton ER. How did the system get here?

  • Edmonton Journal
Newark Airport passenger may have exposed others to measles: NJ Health Dept
  • Dec 29, 2025

Newark Airport passenger may have exposed others to measles: NJ Health Dept

  • ABC news
China requires formal credentials for online commentary on health and other regulated fields
  • Dec 28, 2025

China requires formal credentials for online commentary on health and other regulated fields

  • Economic Times
Advocates push for advance MAiD requests two years after Parliament recommendation
  • Dec 28, 2025

Advocates push for advance MAiD requests two years after Parliament recommendation

  • The Canadian Press
This Toronto long-term care home is being redesigned after learning from the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Dec 28, 2025

This Toronto long-term care home is being redesigned after learning from the COVID-19 pandemic

  • CBC News
Why a retired public servant unveiled himself as Canada's largest mental health donor
  • Dec 28, 2025

Why a retired public servant unveiled himself as Canada's largest mental health donor

  • Ottawa Citizen

Podcasts

Women, Wellness and Wtf with Dr. Michelle Cohen
  • Dec 21, 2025

Women, Wellness and Wtf with Dr. Michelle Cohen

  • No Ostriching Here
In Costa Rica: integrating public health and primary care
  • Dec 20, 2025

In Costa Rica: integrating public health and primary care

  • Primary Focus
The rise of medical tourism
  • Dec 18, 2025

The rise of medical tourism

  • The Decibel
Healing Alberta Healthcare
  • Dec 18, 2025

Healing Alberta Healthcare

  • Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
‘Shattered’: Wife seeking answers amid government review into ER death of her husband
  • Dec 27, 2025

‘Shattered’: Wife seeking answers amid government review into ER death of her husband

  • CTV News
More than 53,000 Manitobans accessed free birth control in 1st year of provincial program
  • Dec 27, 2025

More than 53,000 Manitobans accessed free birth control in 1st year of provincial program

  • CBC News
Whole-body MRI provider loses bid to limit damages in high-profile malpractice case
  • Dec 27, 2025

Whole-body MRI provider loses bid to limit damages in high-profile malpractice case

  • Radiology Business
What It's Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone
  • Dec 27, 2025

What It's Like When Your Wife Goes on Testosterone

  • The New York Times
Could a simple diet change prevent a heart attack? A Mount Allison professor is using fish to find out
  • Dec 27, 2025

Could a simple diet change prevent a heart attack? A Mount Allison professor is using fish to find out

  • CBC News
Aluminum salts emerge as likely target as health officials scrutinize childhood vaccines
  • Dec 27, 2025

Aluminum salts emerge as likely target as health officials scrutinize childhood vaccines

  • NBC News
False profits: How alcohol costs Canadians more than it brings in
  • Dec 27, 2025

False profits: How alcohol costs Canadians more than it brings in

  • Canadian Affairs
Young Sask. mom hopes national dentistry plan can help with wisdom teeth surgery
  • Dec 27, 2025

Young Sask. mom hopes national dentistry plan can help with wisdom teeth surgery

  • CBC News
Maternity diversions and overnight ER closures coming to 2 B.C. hospitals
  • Dec 27, 2025

Maternity diversions and overnight ER closures coming to 2 B.C. hospitals

  • CTV News
Trump Announces Pricing Deals With Nine More Drugmakers
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  • Dec 27, 2025

Trump Announces Pricing Deals With Nine More Drugmakers

  • The New York Times
No fixes yet for B.C.'s expensive drugs for rare diseases program five months after premier called for change
  • Dec 27, 2025

No fixes yet for B.C.'s expensive drugs for rare diseases program five months after premier called for change

  • Vancouver Sun
Johnson & Johnson halts mid-stage trial of experimental eczema drug
  • Dec 27, 2025

Johnson & Johnson halts mid-stage trial of experimental eczema drug

  • Reuters
11-year-old boy from Newfoundland killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in Regina
  • Dec 27, 2025

11-year-old boy from Newfoundland killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in Regina

  • CBC News
Pickleball injuries on the rise, according to research and medical professionals
  • Dec 27, 2025

Pickleball injuries on the rise, according to research and medical professionals

  • CBC News
IWK says more children in the Maritimes going to ER with flu-like symptoms
  • Dec 27, 2025

IWK says more children in the Maritimes going to ER with flu-like symptoms

  • CBC News
ADHD drugs may boost arousal more than attention
  • Dec 27, 2025

ADHD drugs may boost arousal more than attention
She Studied the Health Effects of Wildfires, Until the E.P.A. Cut Her Grant
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  • Dec 27, 2025

She Studied the Health Effects of Wildfires, Until the E.P.A. Cut Her Grant

  • The New York Times
It's Time to Give the Ovary Some More Respect
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  • Dec 27, 2025

It's Time to Give the Ovary Some More Respect

  • The New York Times
Health minister says Canada can't rely on U.S. health institutions anymore
  • Dec 26, 2025

Health minister says Canada can't rely on U.S. health institutions anymore

  • CityNews
Pig organ transplants could one day be superior to human ones, says expert
  • Dec 26, 2025

Pig organ transplants could one day be superior to human ones, says expert

  • The Guardian
Alberta sees highest number of confirmed weekly flu cases since Swine Flu winter of 2009-10
  • Dec 26, 2025

Alberta sees highest number of confirmed weekly flu cases since Swine Flu winter of 2009-10

  • CTV News
Schools must improve air quality to slow spread of respiratory illness, advocates say
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  • Dec 25, 2025

Schools must improve air quality to slow spread of respiratory illness, advocates say

  • The Globe and Mail
2025 was a year of breakthroughs in health and medicine. Here are five
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  • Dec 25, 2025

2025 was a year of breakthroughs in health and medicine. Here are five

  • The Globe and Mail
Hospitals warned about rare infection emerging in Calgary
  • Dec 25, 2025

Hospitals warned about rare infection emerging in Calgary

  • CBC News
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