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  • Canada Healthwatch

The GNWT just bumped up pay for locum physicians. Here’s why.

  • Cabin Radio
‘Complete failure of leadership’: Alberta’s former CMOH on current measles outbreak

‘Complete failure of leadership’: Alberta’s former CMOH on current measles outbreak

  • CTV News
Despite pausing international recruitment program, N.S. fast-tracking U.S. nurse licences

Despite pausing international recruitment program, N.S. fast-tracking U.S. nurse licences

  • CBC
Study links common household plastics to thousands of global deaths from heart disease

Study links common household plastics to thousands of global deaths from heart disease

  • CTV News
Alberta's influenza death toll reaches16-year high as vaccination rates drop

Alberta's influenza death toll reaches16-year high as vaccination rates drop

  • CBC
Top virologists urge world leaders to act on rising avian flu threat

Top virologists urge world leaders to act on rising avian flu threat

  • CIDRAP
Canada’s complicated drug-approval system needs overhaul, former regulator says
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Canada’s complicated drug-approval system needs overhaul, former regulator says

  • Globe and Mail
FDA scrutiny of Novavax sparks uncertainty about other vaccines

FDA scrutiny of Novavax sparks uncertainty about other vaccines

  • Associated Press
Potential measles exposure at Bachman-Turner Overdrive concert in Kitchener

Potential measles exposure at Bachman-Turner Overdrive concert in Kitchener

  • CTV News
Doctor operating safer supply clinics billed OHIP $2.5M last year

Doctor operating safer supply clinics billed OHIP $2.5M last year

  • CBC
Clinicians often don't adhere to pediatric Tamiflu guidelines, analysis finds

Clinicians often don't adhere to pediatric Tamiflu guidelines, analysis finds

  • CIDRAP
Signs of dementia or normal forgetfulness? How to tell the difference

Signs of dementia or normal forgetfulness? How to tell the difference

  • The Guardian
Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Here's what happened

Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Here's what happened

  • Science News
Health product recall issued for daily low dose ASA drug sold in Canada through Walmart, Amazon

Health product recall issued for daily low dose ASA drug sold in Canada through Walmart, Amazon

  • Halton Region
N.W.T. doctors say severe staff shortages could force Yellowknife ER closures this summer

N.W.T. doctors say severe staff shortages could force Yellowknife ER closures this summer

  • CBC
Liberals vow to fight healthcare privatization — is that in their platform?

Liberals vow to fight healthcare privatization — is that in their platform?

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Nick Tsergas
Cancer can be financially ruinous. Here's what advocates want to change

Cancer can be financially ruinous. Here's what advocates want to change

  • CBC
Nova Scotia recruits 253 new doctors

Nova Scotia recruits 253 new doctors

  • The Laker
Momentum to ease labour mobility rules worries some Manitoba health-care leaders

Momentum to ease labour mobility rules worries some Manitoba health-care leaders

  • CBC
McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staff

McGill closes DEI office, replaces racialized staff

  • Montreal Gazette
Indigenous patients travelling to Thunder Bay to access maternity services underscores health care inequities
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Indigenous patients travelling to Thunder Bay to access maternity services underscores health care inequities

  • Globe and Mail
More supportive housing could help Ontario's health system, government-hired firm found

More supportive housing could help Ontario's health system, government-hired firm found

  • The Trillium
They Caught the Flu, and Never Came Home

They Caught the Flu, and Never Came Home

  • The New York Times
Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

  • Associated Press
RFK Jr.’s FDA forces costly new vaccine trial on Novavax, threatening the company's survival
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RFK Jr.’s FDA forces costly new vaccine trial on Novavax, threatening the company's survival

  • Wall Street Journal
Fraser Health says visitor from Ontario is the latest case of measles in B.C.

Fraser Health says visitor from Ontario is the latest case of measles in B.C.

  • Canadian Press
New expansion coming to Guelph General Hospital emergency department

New expansion coming to Guelph General Hospital emergency department

  • CityNews
Ontario expands pension plan to self-employed doctors previously excluded

Ontario expands pension plan to self-employed doctors previously excluded

  • Toronto Star
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain

Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain

  • toronto life
Malaria is poised for a devastating comeback in Africa’s “worst moment in 25 years”

Malaria is poised for a devastating comeback in Africa’s “worst moment in 25 years”

  • BMJ
Trump-appointed prosecutor intimidates medical journals over alleged bias, raising First Amendment fears

Trump-appointed prosecutor intimidates medical journals over alleged bias, raising First Amendment fears

  • The New York Times
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

  • NBC News
‘Do I need a third dose of the measles vaccine?’ And other common questions answered

‘Do I need a third dose of the measles vaccine?’ And other common questions answered

  • CBC
Transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people are right to worry about measles exposure

Transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people are right to worry about measles exposure

  • Canadian Press
'On the precipice of disaster': model predicts measles will be endemic in U.S. in 25 years if vaccine uptake remains unchanged

'On the precipice of disaster': model predicts measles will be endemic in U.S. in 25 years if vaccine uptake remains unchanged

  • CIDRAP
First B.C. patients under assessment for 'involuntary care'

First B.C. patients under assessment for 'involuntary care'

  • CTV News
Four promising breakthroughs that could bolster Canada’s health sector

Four promising breakthroughs that could bolster Canada’s health sector

  • Toronto Star
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

  • Associated Press
CHEO considers hybrid work and clearing out hospital storage to open space for patients, reducing hospital wait times

CHEO considers hybrid work and clearing out hospital storage to open space for patients, reducing hospital wait times

  • Ottawa Citizen
Quebec's College of Physicians denounces the province's “shocking” number of dilapidated hospitals (Translation)

Quebec's College of Physicians denounces the province's “shocking” number of dilapidated hospitals (Translation)

  • Radio-Canada
Quebec passes law requiring doctors to work in the public system for 5 years after med school

Quebec passes law requiring doctors to work in the public system for 5 years after med school

  • CBC

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