Postal strike delaying delivery of medicine, necessities to remote areas: AFN chief

Postal strike delaying delivery of medicine, necessities to remote areas: AFN chief

  • Canadian Press
HOOPP plans to allow self-employed Ontario doctors to join pension plan for the first time
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HOOPP plans to allow self-employed Ontario doctors to join pension plan for the first time

  • Globe and Mail
Rural emergency room closures this month up from last year, Manitoba doctors say

Rural emergency room closures this month up from last year, Manitoba doctors say

  • Canadian Press
Ontario ER closures due to staffing shortages worse in rural areas

Ontario ER closures due to staffing shortages worse in rural areas

  • CBC
Toronto supervised drug-use site operator files legal challenge against Ontario over site closures
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Toronto supervised drug-use site operator files legal challenge against Ontario over site closures

  • Globe and Mail

CMA Central

Improving electronic medical records to reduce administrative burden

Improving electronic medical records to reduce administrative burden

  • Canadian Medical Association
Some cancer patients may forgo care due to high treatment-related costs: report
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Some cancer patients may forgo care due to high treatment-related costs: report

  • Toronto Star
COMMENTARY: All Eyes on Santé Québec

COMMENTARY: All Eyes on Santé Québec

  • Canadian Medical Association
More than a nuisance: It’s time to scrap sick notes – for good

More than a nuisance: It’s time to scrap sick notes – for good

  • Healthy Debate
  • Joss Reimer

Opinions

Why health care is everyone’s business

Why health care is everyone’s business

  • The Logic
Pharmacogenomic testing on the verge of revolutionizing health care

Pharmacogenomic testing on the verge of revolutionizing health care

  • Healthy Debate
  • Sarah Mohd Ali & Khorshid Shakibaiemoqadam

News

Why these doctors started writing medical 'prescriptions' for solar power

Why these doctors started writing medical 'prescriptions' for solar power

  • npr
How AI went from dooming radiologists to making them better
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How AI went from dooming radiologists to making them better

  • Globe and Mail
U of Sask. study to give people weed gummies and a driver's test to measure impairment

U of Sask. study to give people weed gummies and a driver's test to measure impairment

  • CBC
Doctors' group sues Quebec Health Minister over professional autonomy rights

Doctors' group sues Quebec Health Minister over professional autonomy rights

  • CityNews

Opinions (continued)

Gambling with bird flu is asking for trouble — and another pandemic

Gambling with bird flu is asking for trouble — and another pandemic

  • Lyne Filiatrault, Heather Hanwell, Mark Ungrin & Dorothy Wigmore
Dear Doctors… (Translated from French)

Dear Doctors… (Translated from French)

  • La Presse
  • Stephanie Grammond
Public reaction to insurance CEO’s murder reminds us of what Canada must defend

Public reaction to insurance CEO’s murder reminds us of what Canada must defend

  • Toronto Star
  • John Semley
Mystery disease kills dozens in Congo – what we know so far

Mystery disease kills dozens in Congo – what we know so far

  • Andrew Lee
The role of health care in mitigating the climate crisis
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The role of health care in mitigating the climate crisis

  • Hill Times
  • WENDY LEVINSON
Scurvy in Canada Is a Symptom of Our Sick Politics

Scurvy in Canada Is a Symptom of Our Sick Politics

  • The Tyee
  • Crawford Kilian

Podcasts

Big Tobacco: Pay Up!

Big Tobacco: Pay Up!

  •  Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
What the spread of bird flu signals about another pandemic

What the spread of bird flu signals about another pandemic

  •  The Decibel
The power of AI to diagnose rare diseases

The power of AI to diagnose rare diseases

  •  White Coat, Black Art
Who's Going to Heal Healthcare (and How)?

Who's Going to Heal Healthcare (and How)?

  •  Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
What's the risk of drinking raw milk?

What's the risk of drinking raw milk?

  •  The Dose

News (continued)

Ontario saw the highest number of whooping cough cases in the last 17 years: report

Ontario saw the highest number of whooping cough cases in the last 17 years: report

  • CP24
Carcinogens used in homes and workplaces banned by US EPA

Carcinogens used in homes and workplaces banned by US EPA

  • CNN
Pharmacists, physicians dig in their heels regarding stance on PrescribeIT

Pharmacists, physicians dig in their heels regarding stance on PrescribeIT

  • Canadian Healthcare Network
She advocated for better breast cancer screening. Her friends continue the fight

She advocated for better breast cancer screening. Her friends continue the fight

  • Global News
Hamilton jail nurse tells inquest some inmates released without health-care, opioid treatment plans

Hamilton jail nurse tells inquest some inmates released without health-care, opioid treatment plans

  • CBC
Minister replaces NWT health authority’s leadership council with single administrator

Minister replaces NWT health authority’s leadership council with single administrator

  • Cabin Radio
Coroner’s inquest ordered for woman who died in Moncton psychiatric facility

Coroner’s inquest ordered for woman who died in Moncton psychiatric facility

  • CTV News
CDC Recommends Lowering the Pneumococcal Vaccine Age to 50

CDC Recommends Lowering the Pneumococcal Vaccine Age to 50

  • JAMA
Dengue cases set a new record in the Americas this year as deaths also surge

Dengue cases set a new record in the Americas this year as deaths also surge

  • Associated Press
Cancer patients shouldering an average of $33K in costs in Canada: report

Cancer patients shouldering an average of $33K in costs in Canada: report

  • Global News
Canada’s rising HIV cases are not as problematic as they may seem

Canada’s rising HIV cases are not as problematic as they may seem

  • Canadian Affairs
Greater oversight of Canadian fertility industry needed, says new research

Greater oversight of Canadian fertility industry needed, says new research

  • TMU
Saskatchewan orders third-party review into reports of doctor misconduct, racism

Saskatchewan orders third-party review into reports of doctor misconduct, racism

  • Canadian Press
Hundreds of people may have been exposed to measles last month: Montreal Public Health

Hundreds of people may have been exposed to measles last month: Montreal Public Health

  • CBC
Ont. family traumatized after hospital said loved one had been released, when in fact they had passed away

Ont. family traumatized after hospital said loved one had been released, when in fact they had passed away

  • CTV News
B.C. Coroners Service reports 'significant decline' in drug deaths

B.C. Coroners Service reports 'significant decline' in drug deaths

  • Vancouver Sun
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs denied access to medical records in transplant discrimination case

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs denied access to medical records in transplant discrimination case

  • CBC
Some cancer patients may forgo care due to high treatment-related costs: report
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Some cancer patients may forgo care due to high treatment-related costs: report

  • Toronto Star
"Eat What You Kill"

"Eat What You Kill"

  • ProPublica
A high-tech medical clinic operated by a telecom giant has opened in Toronto — and it’s accepting up to 6,000 patients
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A high-tech medical clinic operated by a telecom giant has opened in Toronto — and it’s accepting up to 6,000 patients

  • Toronto Star
He diagnosed his rare disease using Google. Now he hopes AI can do the same for others

He diagnosed his rare disease using Google. Now he hopes AI can do the same for others

  • CBC
Sex, a Hex and a Sick Child Offer Clues to an Epidemic’s Birth
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Sex, a Hex and a Sick Child Offer Clues to an Epidemic’s Birth

  • The New York Times
Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome

Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome

  • BBC News
Groups launch legal challenge against Alberta's new gender-affirming treatment law

Groups launch legal challenge against Alberta's new gender-affirming treatment law

  • Canadian Press
Health officials confirm first human cases of bird flu in Arizona

Health officials confirm first human cases of bird flu in Arizona

  • AZfamily.com
Province to bring as many as 100 international doctors to rural communities next year

Province to bring as many as 100 international doctors to rural communities next year

  • Stratford Beacon Herald
Recruitment program brings more than 100 foreign-trained pharmacists to Nova Scotia

Recruitment program brings more than 100 foreign-trained pharmacists to Nova Scotia

  • Canadian Press
Eli Lilly's GLP-1 outdoes Novo Nordisk's in trial

Eli Lilly's GLP-1 outdoes Novo Nordisk's in trial

  • Axios
Ministry of Health approves merger of local health units

Ministry of Health approves merger of local health units

  • The Hamilton Spectator
Alberta mulls MAiD restrictions that would allow family members to contest an approved plan to die

Alberta mulls MAiD restrictions that would allow family members to contest an approved plan to die

  • Calgary Herald
How worried should we be about Disease X?

How worried should we be about Disease X?

  • npr
Quebec expands the range of surgeries that can be performed privately without charge

Quebec expands the range of surgeries that can be performed privately without charge

  • Le Devoir
US to start nationwide testing for H5N1 flu virus in milk supply

US to start nationwide testing for H5N1 flu virus in milk supply

  • ars technica
Ontario wants to shut foreign students out of medical schools. Is it a problem that needs solving?

Ontario wants to shut foreign students out of medical schools. Is it a problem that needs solving?

  • Toronto Star
Private nursing agencies banned from inking new contracts with Manitoba public health

Private nursing agencies banned from inking new contracts with Manitoba public health

  • CBC
New report slams Ottawa for not tracking effectiveness of seniors’ benefits

New report slams Ottawa for not tracking effectiveness of seniors’ benefits

  • Canadian Affairs
Woman living in chronic pain says N.S. health care plagued by sexism, ageism and 'dangerous' apathy

Woman living in chronic pain says N.S. health care plagued by sexism, ageism and 'dangerous' apathy

  • CBC
WHO deploys expert team to DR Congo to assist with undiagnosed outbreak probe

WHO deploys expert team to DR Congo to assist with undiagnosed outbreak probe

  • CIDRAP
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