Provinces are relying on virtual doctors to keep smaller ERs open. Here's how it works

Provinces are relying on virtual doctors to keep smaller ERs open. Here's how it works

  • CBC
Amid the fires, LA is warning some residents the tap water isn't safe. Here's why

Amid the fires, LA is warning some residents the tap water isn't safe. Here's why

  • npr
Nova Scotia reaffirms commitment to free parking at hospitals, but has no timeline

Nova Scotia reaffirms commitment to free parking at hospitals, but has no timeline

  • CBC
This teen lost her hands and feet to an infection. She's on a mission to share her story

This teen lost her hands and feet to an infection. She's on a mission to share her story

  • CTV News
'Significant' increase in gastrointestinal illness in Windsor-Essex long-term care, retirement homes

'Significant' increase in gastrointestinal illness in Windsor-Essex long-term care, retirement homes

  • CBC

CMA Central

Medical services should be covered by provincial, territorial plan if offered by doctor or provider: Holland
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Medical services should be covered by provincial, territorial plan if offered by doctor or provider: Holland

  • Globe and Mail
Drop capital gains plans, focus on real health issues: CMA

Drop capital gains plans, focus on real health issues: CMA

  • Canadian Medical Association
  • Joss Reimer
Quebec workers can now take up to 3 sick days without a doctor's note

Quebec workers can now take up to 3 sick days without a doctor's note

  • CBC

Opinions

Why are kids sick all the time? Experts weigh in

Why are kids sick all the time? Experts weigh in

For many families, this has been aĀ challenging fall.

  • Lyne Filiatrault, Arijit Chakravarty & T. Ryan Gregory
Millions lack care in Ontario. Nurse Practitioners can help

Millions lack care in Ontario. Nurse Practitioners can help

  • Michelle Acorn, NP

News

Federal health policy changes could expand primary care in Canada

Federal health policy changes could expand primary care in Canada

  • Ottawa Citizen
California child is presumed positive for bird flu

California child is presumed positive for bird flu

  • CNN
Provinces now responsible for buying COVID vaccines as feds issue new guidance

Provinces now responsible for buying COVID vaccines as feds issue new guidance

  • Canadian Press
Sask. & feds sign $40M agreement to improve access to rare-disease drugs

Sask. & feds sign $40M agreement to improve access to rare-disease drugs

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Opinions (continued)

Provinces must come together now to make pharmacare a reality for all Canadians

Provinces must come together now to make pharmacare a reality for all Canadians

With a federal election looming, we need swift action to make pharmacare a reality for Canadians across the country.

  • Doug Roth
Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment (to the U.S.)
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Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment (to the U.S.)

  • The Atlantic
  • Katherine J. Wu
Quebec should make breast cancer screening accessible from age 40

Quebec should make breast cancer screening accessible from age 40

  • Policy Options
  • Tiffanie Perrault, Erin Strumpf
Iā€™m the Governor of Hawaii. Iā€™ve Seen What Vaccine Skepticism Can Do.

Iā€™m the Governor of Hawaii. Iā€™ve Seen What Vaccine Skepticism Can Do.

  • The New York Times
  • Josh Green
Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy
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Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

  • Hill Times
Drop capital gains plans, focus on real health issues: CMA

Drop capital gains plans, focus on real health issues: CMA

  • Canadian Medical Association
  • Joss Reimer

Podcasts

Virtual doctors for real ERs

Virtual doctors for real ERs

  •  White Coat, Black Art
Nowhere Else to Go: Why Canadians Are Ending Up in Emergency Departments

Nowhere Else to Go: Why Canadians Are Ending Up in Emergency Departments

  •  Canadian Health Information Podcast
What do I need to know about norovirus?

What do I need to know about norovirus?

  •  The Dose
Making hospital food scrumptious, and sustainable

Making hospital food scrumptious, and sustainable

  •  White Coat, Black Art
What's the best exercise for depression?

What's the best exercise for depression?

  •  The Dose

News (continued)

Ottawa opens up health plans to pay for necessary care by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives

Ottawa opens up health plans to pay for necessary care by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives
Cambodian man dies from H5N1 avian flu, possibly after eating sick chickens

Cambodian man dies from H5N1 avian flu, possibly after eating sick chickens

  • CIDRAP
Amherst, N.S., regional hospital getting larger ER

Amherst, N.S., regional hospital getting larger ER

  • CTV News
Medical services should be covered by provincial, territorial plan if offered by doctor or provider: Holland
 —
 

Medical services should be covered by provincial, territorial plan if offered by doctor or provider: Holland

  • Globe and Mail
Provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners: health minister

Provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners: health minister

  • Canadian Press
Thousands of Toronto students receiving letters about incomplete vaccinations

Thousands of Toronto students receiving letters about incomplete vaccinations

  • Toronto Star
After more than two months, B.C. teen infected with H5N1 is released from hospital

After more than two months, B.C. teen infected with H5N1 is released from hospital

  • Vancouver Sun
L.A. infernos pose added health dangers as smoke linked to higher risk of heart attacks and strokes

L.A. infernos pose added health dangers as smoke linked to higher risk of heart attacks and strokes

  • Axios
11 people in Michigan had contact with H5N1-infected backyard flock, 2 are now sick

11 people in Michigan had contact with H5N1-infected backyard flock, 2 are now sick

  • detroit free press
Childhood Seasonal Immunization Coverage Survey: 2024 results

Childhood Seasonal Immunization Coverage Survey: 2024 results

  • Government of Canada
Flu driving spike in respiratory illness in B.C., but COVID-19 numbers low

Flu driving spike in respiratory illness in B.C., but COVID-19 numbers low

  • Canadian Press
Fewer paramedics on shift as BC Ambulance millions over budget

Fewer paramedics on shift as BC Ambulance millions over budget

  • CTV News
Ontario could allow long-term care homes to skip planning rules to boost bed count

Ontario could allow long-term care homes to skip planning rules to boost bed count

  • Global News
More turmoil in Alberta Health Services as latest president and CEO departs

More turmoil in Alberta Health Services as latest president and CEO departs

  • CBC
China reports mpox clade 1b cluster

China reports mpox clade 1b cluster

  • CIDRAP
Crushing hospital debt, lotteries for family doctors paint picture of a health system under pressure

Crushing hospital debt, lotteries for family doctors paint picture of a health system under pressure

  • Ottawa Citizen
Stranded Montreal patients offered alternative health care site after local clinic closure

Stranded Montreal patients offered alternative health care site after local clinic closure

  • Global News
ā€œIā€™ve Never Felt So Confusedā€: A Mixed-Method Study of Managing Family-to-Work Conflict During the Tripledemic
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ā€œIā€™ve Never Felt So Confusedā€: A Mixed-Method Study of Managing Family-to-Work Conflict During the Tripledemic

  • Journal of Child and Family Studies
Younger cancer survivors 11 times more likely to die prematurely years later: study

Younger cancer survivors 11 times more likely to die prematurely years later: study

  • Calgary Herald
P.E.I.'s entire health-care system over capacity, hospitals facing increased wait times

P.E.I.'s entire health-care system over capacity, hospitals facing increased wait times

  • CBC
Digital pathology lab is ā€˜the future of health careā€™ for region: GRH

Digital pathology lab is ā€˜the future of health careā€™ for region: GRH

  • CityNews
Health Canada Approval for VYLOYĀ® (zolbetuximab)

Health Canada Approval for VYLOYĀ® (zolbetuximab)

  • CISION
B.C. orders provincewide mask mandate for hospitals, clinics, and long-term care

B.C. orders provincewide mask mandate for hospitals, clinics, and long-term care

  • Canadian Press
Itā€™s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into large language AI models

Itā€™s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into large language AI models

  • ars technica
Death at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre ER raises questions about capacity issues, wait room protocols

Death at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre ER raises questions about capacity issues, wait room protocols

  • CBC
Doctors comparing genetic sequence of H5N1 strain that infected BC teen with that of Louisiana patient

Doctors comparing genetic sequence of H5N1 strain that infected BC teen with that of Louisiana patient

  • CTV News
ā€˜I shouldnā€™t be feeling suicidal every monthā€™: Searching for answers for women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder

ā€˜I shouldnā€™t be feeling suicidal every monthā€™: Searching for answers for women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder

  • Healthy Debate
Changes at the top as Acute Care Alberta details announced

Changes at the top as Acute Care Alberta details announced

  • Edmonton Journal
As bird flu concerns grow, Alberta researchers hope to launch wastewater monitoring ā€” for livestock

As bird flu concerns grow, Alberta researchers hope to launch wastewater monitoring ā€” for livestock

  • CBC
Ontario's family doctor shortage will 'get worse' without immediate intervention: experts

Ontario's family doctor shortage will 'get worse' without immediate intervention: experts

  • CTV News
NWT ā€˜first in Canadaā€™ to phase out polluting anesthetic gas

NWT ā€˜first in Canadaā€™ to phase out polluting anesthetic gas

  • Cabin Radio
10 per cent of Nova Scotians still in need of a family doctor

10 per cent of Nova Scotians still in need of a family doctor

  • CTV News
Real-world studies boost case for doxyPEP to prevent sexually transmitted diseases

Real-world studies boost case for doxyPEP to prevent sexually transmitted diseases

  • CIDRAP
US to build new stockpile of bird flu vaccine for poultry

US to build new stockpile of bird flu vaccine for poultry

  • Reuters
Bird flu brought a B.C. teen close to death. Here's what we know about H5N1

Bird flu brought a B.C. teen close to death. Here's what we know about H5N1

  • National Post
We donā€™t pay donors for blood plasma. But is that the right approach?

We donā€™t pay donors for blood plasma. But is that the right approach?

  • Healthy Debate
  • Nicola Lacetera
Ottawa silent on fate of letter clarifying rules on out-of-pocket primary care fees
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Ottawa silent on fate of letter clarifying rules on out-of-pocket primary care fees

  • Globe and Mail
Using lab-grown human mini-brains, research suggests concussions could awaken latent infections in the brain and lead to dementia

Using lab-grown human mini-brains, research suggests concussions could awaken latent infections in the brain and lead to dementia

  • STAT
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