Congo begins Ebola vaccinations to fight country's worst outbreak on record, health minister says
  • Aug 27, 2026

Congo begins Ebola vaccinations to fight country's worst outbreak on record, health minister says

  • CTV News
U.S. vaccine rhetoric blamed for B.C. vaccination rates as measles cases rise
  • Aug 27, 2026

U.S. vaccine rhetoric blamed for B.C. vaccination rates as measles cases rise

  • CTV News
The hidden catch of paying for faster healthcare services like Medcan in Ontario
  • Aug 27, 2026

The hidden catch of paying for faster healthcare services like Medcan in Ontario

  • Yahoo News
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  • Sadaf Ahsan
An Egyptian pharmaceutical firm is developing an Ebola vaccine
  • Aug 27, 2026

An Egyptian pharmaceutical firm is developing an Ebola vaccine

  • CTV News
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  • AFP
WHO declares Uganda Ebola-free
  • Aug 27, 2026

WHO declares Uganda Ebola-free

  • CTV News
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  • AFP

CMA Central

Election of first Black CMA president shines light on historical biases in medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

Election of first Black CMA president shines light on historical biases in medicine

  • The Hamilton Spectator
How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine

  • Canadian Medical Association
Physicians’ role, physicians’ input on return-to-work assessments
  • Aug 20, 2026

Physicians’ role, physicians’ input on return-to-work assessments

  • Canadian Medical Association
CMA President’s Tour 2026: What we’re hearing
  • Aug 14, 2026

CMA President’s Tour 2026: What we’re hearing

  • Canadian Medical Association

Opinions

Same doctor, different price tag: How universal health care is under attack
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  • Aug 27, 2026

Same doctor, different price tag: How universal health care is under attack

  • Toronto Star
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  • Iris Gorfinkel
To Get Proper Health Care in Canada, You Have To Fight for It
  • Aug 26, 2026

To Get Proper Health Care in Canada, You Have To Fight for It

  • MacLean's
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  • Mike McCarthy
When the numbers match the pain: Measuring what health care misses at the moment of pregnancy loss
  • Aug 25, 2026

When the numbers match the pain: Measuring what health care misses at the moment of pregnancy loss

  • Healthy Debate
Alberta’s Stealth Plan to Bring in Two-Tier Health Care
  • Aug 20, 2026

Alberta’s Stealth Plan to Bring in Two-Tier Health Care

  • The Tyee
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  • Andrew Longhurst
Canada's health system needs a broader foundation
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  • Aug 20, 2026

Canada's health system needs a broader foundation

  • Saltwire
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  • Hendrick Visser
The 18-minute problem: time spent on administrative tasks adding up to hours of lost access to health care
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  • Aug 20, 2026

The 18-minute problem: time spent on administrative tasks adding up to hours of lost access to health care

  • Hill Times
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  • PAULO MENEGHEL

News

Canadians’ Private Spending on Health Care Is Up Sharply
  • Aug 27, 2026

Canadians’ Private Spending on Health Care Is Up Sharply

  • The Tyee
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  • Aisha Chaudhry
Winnipeg’s Portage Place is getting a massive makeover – complete with a new health care centre
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  • Aug 27, 2026

Winnipeg’s Portage Place is getting a massive makeover – complete with a new health care centre

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Kristy Kirkup
Overstretched youth mental health providers in Ontario brace for return to school
  • Aug 27, 2026

Overstretched youth mental health providers in Ontario brace for return to school

  • CTV News
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  • Elissa Mendes, The Canadian Press
Childhood vaccination rates remain stable in Quebec despite the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Aug 27, 2026

Childhood vaccination rates remain stable in Quebec despite the COVID-19 pandemic

  • CTV News
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  • The Canadian Press
Cross Cancer Institute unveils promising cancer treatment
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  • Aug 26, 2026

Cross Cancer Institute unveils promising cancer treatment

  • Edmonton Journal
Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?
  • Aug 26, 2026

Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained?

  • The Guardian
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  • Kat Lay
Childhood vaccination rates remain stable in Quebec despite the COVID-19 pandemic
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  • Aug 26, 2026

Childhood vaccination rates remain stable in Quebec despite the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Toronto Star
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  • Katrine Desautels, The Canadian Press
States try new tactics to bring down high hospital prices
  • Aug 26, 2026

States try new tactics to bring down high hospital prices

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Alex Olgin
Two German airport workers die of malaria from mosquito on plane
  • Aug 26, 2026

Two German airport workers die of malaria from mosquito on plane

  • CTV News
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  • AFP
U.S. regulators approve targeted pancreatic cancer drug shown to improve survival rates
  • Aug 26, 2026

U.S. regulators approve targeted pancreatic cancer drug shown to improve survival rates

  • CBC News
E-scooter hospitalizations up by 40%, many with head and brain injuries
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  • Aug 26, 2026

E-scooter hospitalizations up by 40%, many with head and brain injuries

  • Toronto Star
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  • Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press
French flight attendant wins landmark breast cancer ruling
  • Aug 26, 2026

French flight attendant wins landmark breast cancer ruling

  • CTV News
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  • AFP

Podcasts

Alberta's "two-tier" challenge to public health care
  • Jul 29, 2026

Alberta's "two-tier" challenge to public health care

  • The Big Story
Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak
  • Jul 18, 2026

Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak

  • Science Friday
Grief built this treatment centre
  • Jul 13, 2026

Grief built this treatment centre

  • White Coat, Black Art
How post-traumatic stress led one paramedic to a new mission
  • Jul 04, 2026

How post-traumatic stress led one paramedic to a new mission

  • White Coat, Black Art
At least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study finds
  • Aug 26, 2026

At least 25% of former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study finds

  • npr
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  • Becky Sullivan
Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk
  • Aug 26, 2026

Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk

  • The Conversation
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  • Dawn ME Bowdish
What cannabis use really tells us about university students’ eating habits
  • Aug 26, 2026

What cannabis use really tells us about university students’ eating habits

  • The Conversation
The odds of Canadians having a mood or anxiety disorder more than doubled over 10 years
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  • Aug 26, 2026

The odds of Canadians having a mood or anxiety disorder more than doubled over 10 years

  • Toronto Star
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  • Kevin Jiang
Why Ontario could soon see a spike in respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and influenza
  • Aug 26, 2026

Why Ontario could soon see a spike in respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and influenza

  • CTV News
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  • Jermaine Wilson
Food and shelter have driven Canada's affordability crisis. Health care isn't far behind
  • Aug 26, 2026

Food and shelter have driven Canada's affordability crisis. Health care isn't far behind

  • CBC News
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  • John MacFarlane
Advocate worries crisis is being forgotten as B.C. toxic drug deaths tick up in June
  • Aug 26, 2026

Advocate worries crisis is being forgotten as B.C. toxic drug deaths tick up in June

  • CBC News
TTC cooling tower source of legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Toronto: public health
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  • Aug 25, 2026

TTC cooling tower source of legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Toronto: public health

  • Toronto Star
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  • Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press
Cancer treatment could take away this 12-year-old girl’s chance of someday having children. A new Toronto procedure kept hope alive
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  • Aug 25, 2026

Cancer treatment could take away this 12-year-old girl’s chance of someday having children. A new Toronto procedure kept hope alive

  • Toronto Star
  •  — 
  • Megan Ogilvie
India wanted red flags on chip packets and soda. Big Food fought back.
  • Aug 25, 2026

India wanted red flags on chip packets and soda. Big Food fought back.

  • CTV News
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  • Aditya Kalra and Richa Naidu, Reuters
Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the U.S. this year, both people unvaccinated
  • Aug 25, 2026

Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the U.S. this year, both people unvaccinated

  • CTV News
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  • Jonathan Poet, The Associated Press
1 in 4 NFL players — or more — developed brain disease CTE, new study suggests
  • Aug 25, 2026

1 in 4 NFL players — or more — developed brain disease CTE, new study suggests

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Lauren Pelley
Primary Care Alberta taps national non-profit to help manage obesity epidemic
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  • Aug 24, 2026

Primary Care Alberta taps national non-profit to help manage obesity epidemic

  • Edmonton Journal
Private spending on health care skyrockets
  • Aug 24, 2026

Private spending on health care skyrockets

  • Surrey Citizen
  •  — 
  • Aisha Chaudhry
Roche, Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s blood test gets U.S. FDA clearance
  • Aug 24, 2026

Roche, Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s blood test gets U.S. FDA clearance

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Siddhi Mahatole
The way patients write messages to doctors might affect the response
  • Aug 24, 2026

The way patients write messages to doctors might affect the response

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Elise Haulund, CNN
Psychological stress in Ontario youth is down since the pandemic, but still high, survey suggests
  • Aug 24, 2026

Psychological stress in Ontario youth is down since the pandemic, but still high, survey suggests

  • CBC News
Election of first Black CMA president shines light on historical biases in medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

Election of first Black CMA president shines light on historical biases in medicine

  • The Hamilton Spectator
How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine

  • Canadian Medical Association
Percentage of Ontario youth struggling with mental health back to pre-COVID level, survey suggests
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  • Aug 24, 2026

Percentage of Ontario youth struggling with mental health back to pre-COVID level, survey suggests

  • Toronto Star
  •  — 
  • Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press
HIV rate climbs as uncertainty rises about future of dedicated Community Action Fund
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  • Aug 24, 2026

HIV rate climbs as uncertainty rises about future of dedicated Community Action Fund

  • Hill Times
  •  — 
  • Tessie Sanci
Pharmascience and AstraZeneca Canada among most active in pharma lobbying for 2026
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  • Aug 24, 2026

Pharmascience and AstraZeneca Canada among most active in pharma lobbying for 2026

  • Hill Times
  •  — 
  • Tessie Sanci
This Toronto writer took a massive dose of psilocybin to face Stage 4 cancer. It changed how she saw her final days
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  • Aug 24, 2026

This Toronto writer took a massive dose of psilocybin to face Stage 4 cancer. It changed how she saw her final days

  • Toronto Star
  •  — 
  • Ellen Vanstone
Aid workers say Canada’s Ebola quarantine hinders response, hope it won’t be extended
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  • Aug 24, 2026

Aid workers say Canada’s Ebola quarantine hinders response, hope it won’t be extended

  • Toronto Star
  •  — 
  • Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press
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