Shionogi receives $375M to develop drug that prevents COVID

Shionogi receives $375M to develop drug that prevents COVID

  • CIDRAP
Canada's dying Liberal government may have just saved medicare

Canada's dying Liberal government may have just saved medicare

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Steven Lewis
To address bird flu, reform chicken farming

To address bird flu, reform chicken farming

  • The Tyee
  • Eleanor Boyle
Instead of leaving the WHO, the U.S. should improve it
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Instead of leaving the WHO, the U.S. should improve it

  • Globe and Mail
  • PETER SINGER
AI threatens to further erode physician autonomy

AI threatens to further erode physician autonomy

  • Forbes
  • Spencer Dorn

CMA Central

Medical associations call for halt to capital gains increase

Medical associations call for halt to capital gains increase

  • Canadian Medical Association
Canadian family physicians seeing fewer patients on average

Canadian family physicians seeing fewer patients on average

  • Medscape
Canada’s health-care system falls behind most peer countries: Report

Canada’s health-care system falls behind most peer countries: Report

  • Canadian Press
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

Opinions

2024 was the year of building consensus — let’s resolve to make 2025 the year of action

2024 was the year of building consensus — let’s resolve to make 2025 the year of action

  • Patient Voice
  • Lisa Machado
Wildfires increase infection risks by weakening immune defenses and spreading microbes in smoke

Wildfires increase infection risks by weakening immune defenses and spreading microbes in smoke

Over the past several days, the world has watched in shock as wildfires have devastated large parts of Los Angeles.

  • Christine Carson & Leda Kobziar

News

B.C. Premier drops new mandate on health ministry

B.C. Premier drops new mandate on health ministry

  • Vancouver Sun
Should people living with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s be able to request MAiD in-advance? Health Canada wants to know

Should people living with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s be able to request MAiD in-advance? Health Canada wants to know

  • insidehalton.com
Vancouver backyard chickens practise social distancing from wild birds amid H5N1 risk

Vancouver backyard chickens practise social distancing from wild birds amid H5N1 risk

  • Canadian Press
Ontario teen with brain cancer heads to Florida to access proton beam therapy

Ontario teen with brain cancer heads to Florida to access proton beam therapy

  • CBC

Opinions (continued)

Santé Québec faces the impossible: $1.5 billion in cuts (Translated)

Santé Québec faces the impossible: $1.5 billion in cuts (Translated)

  • La Presse
  • Francis Vailles
Antipsychotic use is rising in long-term care. We can do something about it — we have before

Antipsychotic use is rising in long-term care. We can do something about it — we have before

  • Sid Feldman & Julie Weir
Does the Canada Health Act require reinterpretation, or a more fundamental rethink?

Does the Canada Health Act require reinterpretation, or a more fundamental rethink?

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
In Canada, 14,000 lives are lost annually to hospital-acquired infections

In Canada, 14,000 lives are lost annually to hospital-acquired infections

  • Calgary Herald
  • Brian Bonney
Wildfire smoke in homes creates health risks that linger for months — tips for cleaning and staying safe

Wildfire smoke in homes creates health risks that linger for months — tips for cleaning and staying safe

  • Colleen E. Reid
Ontario’s health care needs courageous leadership, not political appeasement

Ontario’s health care needs courageous leadership, not political appeasement

  • Healthy Debate
  • Alykhan Abdulla

Podcasts

Young colorectal cancer patients are different. So is this clinic

Young colorectal cancer patients are different. So is this clinic

  •  White Coat, Black Art
What Do The Numbers Tell Us About Medically Assisted Death in Canada?

What Do The Numbers Tell Us About Medically Assisted Death in Canada?

  •  TVO today
What do I need to know about HMPV?

What do I need to know about HMPV?

  •  The Dose
Menopause

Menopause

  •  The Body of Evidence
"ChatGPT versus Doctors"

"ChatGPT versus Doctors"

  •  Hotel Pacifico

News (continued)

US CDC recommends faster testing for bird flu in hospitalized patients

US CDC recommends faster testing for bird flu in hospitalized patients

  • Reuters
Toronto conserving rabies vaccine supply due to provincial shortage

Toronto conserving rabies vaccine supply due to provincial shortage

  • Canadian Press
Quebec cuts 1,000 health-care jobs in a month as it tackles deficit

Quebec cuts 1,000 health-care jobs in a month as it tackles deficit

  • CBC
High costs of colonoscopy deter young Americans from testing — raising cancer risk

High costs of colonoscopy deter young Americans from testing — raising cancer risk

  • BMJ
Texas judge says states can challenge abortion pill access across the U.S.

Texas judge says states can challenge abortion pill access across the U.S.

  • Associated Press
Ontario Needs Nurses—Many Are Already Here, and Waiting to Practice

Ontario Needs Nurses—Many Are Already Here, and Waiting to Practice

  • The Local
White House Advances Last-Minute Push to Cut Nicotine in Cigarettes

White House Advances Last-Minute Push to Cut Nicotine in Cigarettes

  • The New York Times
How would RFK Jr. handle bird flu? His record has experts on edge

How would RFK Jr. handle bird flu? His record has experts on edge

  • npr
UnitedHealth Group annual profit falls, in first report since exec's killing

UnitedHealth Group annual profit falls, in first report since exec's killing

  • Axios
Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female

Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female

  • The New York Times
Research links eating processed red meat to increased risk of dementia and cognitive decline

Research links eating processed red meat to increased risk of dementia and cognitive decline

  • Healthing
A wide spectrum of viruses are battling our immune systems this flu season, says N.L. health official

A wide spectrum of viruses are battling our immune systems this flu season, says N.L. health official

  • CBC
Health Canada says it won't echo U.S. ban of synthetic red food dye erythrosine

Health Canada says it won't echo U.S. ban of synthetic red food dye erythrosine

  • Canadian Press
Quebec public health anticipates an increase in measles cases (Translated)

Quebec public health anticipates an increase in measles cases (Translated)

  • La Presse
'We're seeing a Hunger Games' across Ontario: Hundreds in this town line up for a chance at a family doctor

'We're seeing a Hunger Games' across Ontario: Hundreds in this town line up for a chance at a family doctor

  • CBC
Should Hamilton bring back wastewater surveillance?
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Should Hamilton bring back wastewater surveillance?

  • The Hamilton Spectator
New Brunswick gets federal funding to cover cost of drugs for four rare diseases

New Brunswick gets federal funding to cover cost of drugs for four rare diseases

  • Canadian Press
Could inhaling xenon gas help treat Alzheimer’s? A new mouse study suggests it might

Could inhaling xenon gas help treat Alzheimer’s? A new mouse study suggests it might

  • STAT
Influenza cases surging as Canada’s ERs and children’s hospitals feel the strain

Influenza cases surging as Canada’s ERs and children’s hospitals feel the strain

  • Globe and Mail
B.C. farmers challenge government order to cull ostrich herd over avian flu outbreak

B.C. farmers challenge government order to cull ostrich herd over avian flu outbreak

  • Canadian Press
Province moves to reform how public health decisions are made in Hamilton
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Province moves to reform how public health decisions are made in Hamilton

  • The Hamilton Spectator
U of T to host new national hub to advance life sciences breakthroughs

U of T to host new national hub to advance life sciences breakthroughs

  • University of Toronto
Orillia could hire family doctors as municipal employees to staff a city-run clinic

Orillia could hire family doctors as municipal employees to staff a city-run clinic

  • CTV News
Alberta medical supplier targets podcaster with $6M defamation lawsuit

Alberta medical supplier targets podcaster with $6M defamation lawsuit

  • CTV News
Alberta government weighs future of COVID vaccination as feds stop paying for shots

Alberta government weighs future of COVID vaccination as feds stop paying for shots

  • CBC
N.S. faces federal clawbacks to health funding as private imaging sector grows

N.S. faces federal clawbacks to health funding as private imaging sector grows

  • CBC
FDA bans red dye No. 3 in foods, decades after additive found to cause cancer in rats

FDA bans red dye No. 3 in foods, decades after additive found to cause cancer in rats

  • STAT
Despite missed target, Ontario cities pin hopes on program for foreign-trained docs

Despite missed target, Ontario cities pin hopes on program for foreign-trained docs

  • Canadian Press
Why are so many surgeries being cancelled? (Translated)

Why are so many surgeries being cancelled? (Translated)

  • La Presse
More than 74,000 Canadians have died on health-care wait lists since 2018

More than 74,000 Canadians have died on health-care wait lists since 2018

  • National Post

Feds sign deal with New Brunswick to improve access to rare disease drugs

  • Government of Canada
FDA wants to limit nicotine in tobacco products to make them less addictive

FDA wants to limit nicotine in tobacco products to make them less addictive

  • STAT
WHO says suspected outbreak of Marburg disease kills 8 in a remote part of Tanzania

WHO says suspected outbreak of Marburg disease kills 8 in a remote part of Tanzania

  • Associated Press
Indigenous identity built in to new hospital in northern B.C.

Indigenous identity built in to new hospital in northern B.C.

  • CBC
Hamilton hospitals, drop-in centre partner to offer warm space for patients with nowhere to go

Hamilton hospitals, drop-in centre partner to offer warm space for patients with nowhere to go

  • CBC
A second US hospital bankruptcy draws more private equity scrutiny

A second US hospital bankruptcy draws more private equity scrutiny

  • Axios
Health authority took 18 months to report counsellor’s unlawful notes

Health authority took 18 months to report counsellor’s unlawful notes

  • Cabin Radio
Health Canada approves Reveal(R) G4 Rapid HIV-1/2 Test for point-of-care use

Health Canada approves Reveal(R) G4 Rapid HIV-1/2 Test for point-of-care use

  • Newswire
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