With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t
  • Sep 18, 2026

With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t

  • The Guardian
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  • Fabiola Cineas
We designed a new way to build miniature fluidic devices to enable personalized cancer treatment
  • Sep 18, 2026

We designed a new way to build miniature fluidic devices to enable personalized cancer treatment

  • The Conversation
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  • Sara Hassanpour Tamrin and Arindom Sen
A stronger Code for better care: CMA releases updated Code of Ethics and Professionalism
  • Sep 18, 2026

A stronger Code for better care: CMA releases updated Code of Ethics and Professionalism

  • Canadian Medical Association
Sweden consistently outperforms Canada on universal health care despite similar spending
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  • Sep 18, 2026

Sweden consistently outperforms Canada on universal health care despite similar spending

  • National Post
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  • Stewart Lewis
A year ago, President Trump pledged to lower Medicaid drug prices. Has that happened?
  • Sep 18, 2026

A year ago, President Trump pledged to lower Medicaid drug prices. Has that happened?

  • npr
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  • Sydney Lupkin

CMA Central

A stronger Code for better care: CMA releases updated Code of Ethics and Professionalism
  • Sep 18, 2026

A stronger Code for better care: CMA releases updated Code of Ethics and Professionalism

  • Canadian Medical Association
Provinces are turning to U.S. health-care workers to help with shortages. And it’s working
  • Sep 15, 2026

Provinces are turning to U.S. health-care workers to help with shortages. And it’s working

  • CBC News
Health Matters: CMA doctors urge parliamentary action on health care
  • Sep 15, 2026

Health Matters: CMA doctors urge parliamentary action on health care

  • Global News
Canadian doctors urge parliamentarians to move quickly to pass health care solutions on the table
  • Sep 15, 2026

Canadian doctors urge parliamentarians to move quickly to pass health care solutions on the table

  • Canadian Medical Association

Opinions

First order of business for Parliament: the protection of our health-care workforce
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  • Sep 17, 2026

First order of business for Parliament: the protection of our health-care workforce

  • The Hill Times
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  • Michelle McLean
Biotech sovereignty: Canada’s next strategic imperative
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  • Sep 17, 2026

Biotech sovereignty: Canada’s next strategic imperative

  • The Hill Times
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  • Maura Campbell
Pharmacare for all: we cannot wait for the next health crisis
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  • Sep 16, 2026

Pharmacare for all: we cannot wait for the next health crisis

  • The Hill Times
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  • NDP MP Gord Johns
Canadian health data is a valuable national resource
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  • Sep 16, 2026

Canadian health data is a valuable national resource

  • The Hill Times
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  • Frank Baylis
Canada’s biotech boom won’t matter if the growth happens somewhere else
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  • Sep 16, 2026

Canada’s biotech boom won’t matter if the growth happens somewhere else

  • The Hill Times
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  • Wendy Zatylny
Question 8 in referendum could gut the Canada Health Act
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  • Sep 15, 2026

Question 8 in referendum could gut the Canada Health Act

  • Calgary Herald

News

How do volunteers fit into Canada’s health care system? We answered your questions
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  • Sep 18, 2026

How do volunteers fit into Canada’s health care system? We answered your questions

  • The Globe and Mail
Fiji declares an HIV emergency and expands testing as cases surge
  • Sep 18, 2026

Fiji declares an HIV emergency and expands testing as cases surge

  • CTV News
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  • Charlotte Graham-mclay, The Associated Press
Deepfake doctors peddling bogus cures are becoming more convincing — and very little can be done to stop them
  • Sep 18, 2026

Deepfake doctors peddling bogus cures are becoming more convincing — and very little can be done to stop them

  • CBC News
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  • Lauren Pelley
University of Calgary study shows benefits of mindfulness and tai chi practices for cancer survivors
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  • Sep 17, 2026

University of Calgary study shows benefits of mindfulness and tai chi practices for cancer survivors

  • Calgary Herald
Alasko frozen raspberries recalled in 7 provinces over norovirus risk
  • Sep 17, 2026

Alasko frozen raspberries recalled in 7 provinces over norovirus risk

  • CBC News
Inside one woman’s psychedelic experiment to treat Lyme disease
  • Sep 17, 2026

Inside one woman’s psychedelic experiment to treat Lyme disease

  • The Washington Post
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  • Ariana Eunjung Cha
RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a 'friend at the White House' amid deadly measles outbreak
  • Sep 17, 2026

RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a 'friend at the White House' amid deadly measles outbreak

  • The Guardian
Drug alerts issued in northwestern Ontario after 60-plus poisonings
  • Sep 17, 2026

Drug alerts issued in northwestern Ontario after 60-plus poisonings

  • CTV News
After years of family doctor shortages, the North Shore has room for 20,000 new patients
  • Sep 17, 2026

After years of family doctor shortages, the North Shore has room for 20,000 new patients

  • CBC News
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  • Michelle Ghoussoub
Need a new, better drug to tackle a serious illness? In Canada, you have to ‘fail’ on an old drug first
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  • Sep 17, 2026

Need a new, better drug to tackle a serious illness? In Canada, you have to ‘fail’ on an old drug first

  • National Post
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  • Angelica Bottaro
Second Alzheimer’s-treating drug should be publicly covered, Canada’s Drug Agency recommends
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  • Sep 17, 2026

Second Alzheimer’s-treating drug should be publicly covered, Canada’s Drug Agency recommends

  • The Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Kristy Kirkup
‘It is exciting’: Manitoba researchers find potential breakthrough for Multiple Sclerosis treatment
  • Sep 17, 2026

‘It is exciting’: Manitoba researchers find potential breakthrough for Multiple Sclerosis treatment

  • CTV News
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  • Alex Karpa

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
Ontario launches medical school tuition grants worth $220-million for family doctors
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  • Sep 17, 2026

Ontario launches medical school tuition grants worth $220-million for family doctors

  • The Globe and Mail
Fixing B.C. tech tangle 'a top priority' for new health minister
  • Sep 16, 2026

Fixing B.C. tech tangle 'a top priority' for new health minister

  • CTV News
Sanofi inaugurates Toronto facility that will produce seasonal flu vaccines for Canadians
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  • Sep 16, 2026

Sanofi inaugurates Toronto facility that will produce seasonal flu vaccines for Canadians

  • The Globe and Mail
Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?
  • Sep 16, 2026

Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?

  • npr
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  • Pien Huang
A decade after mercury ban, toxic skin bleachers still offered on top retailers’ websites
  • Sep 16, 2026

A decade after mercury ban, toxic skin bleachers still offered on top retailers’ websites

  • CTV News
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  • Reuters
Use of untested ‘Wolverine’ peptide on the rise, U.S. study finds
  • Sep 16, 2026

Use of untested ‘Wolverine’ peptide on the rise, U.S. study finds

  • CTV News
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  • Reuters
ER diversion to intoxication recovery program reduces ambulance drop-off times
  • Sep 16, 2026

ER diversion to intoxication recovery program reduces ambulance drop-off times

  • CTV News
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  • Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press
Why Canadian emergency rooms are operating like peak winter during the summer
  • Sep 16, 2026

Why Canadian emergency rooms are operating like peak winter during the summer

  • CTV News
Abortion bans make 'evidence-based medicine' impossible in some cases, new report says
  • Sep 16, 2026

Abortion bans make 'evidence-based medicine' impossible in some cases, new report says

  • The Guardian
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  • Melody Schreiber
E-scooters are becoming faster amid safety concerns, according to a new test
  • Sep 16, 2026

E-scooters are becoming faster amid safety concerns, according to a new test

  • CTV News
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  • Pat Foran
No summer break for emergency departments flooded with high volumes of patients
  • Sep 16, 2026

No summer break for emergency departments flooded with high volumes of patients

  • CTV News
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  • Allison Bamford
Donor who reported sexual contact with HIV-positive person allowed to give plasma in Regina: documents
  • Sep 16, 2026

Donor who reported sexual contact with HIV-positive person allowed to give plasma in Regina: documents

  • CBC News
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  • Kristin Annable, Michelle Allan, Joanne Levasseur
Alberta flu season is looming. Recent immunization numbers don't bode well, doctor says
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  • Sep 16, 2026

Alberta flu season is looming. Recent immunization numbers don't bode well, doctor says

  • Edmonton Journal
'Tip of the iceberg:' More Ontarians with gambling disorders are showing up in emergency departments, study finds
  • Sep 16, 2026

'Tip of the iceberg:' More Ontarians with gambling disorders are showing up in emergency departments, study finds

  • CTV News
B.C. rule forcing foreign-trained doctors to work in remote areas illegal, court says
  • Sep 15, 2026

B.C. rule forcing foreign-trained doctors to work in remote areas illegal, court says

  • CTV News
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  • The Canadian Press
Winnipeg sepsis survivor reunited with ICU nurse who helped keep him alive 10 years ago
  • Sep 15, 2026

Winnipeg sepsis survivor reunited with ICU nurse who helped keep him alive 10 years ago

  • CBC News
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  • Ian Froese
Provinces are turning to U.S. health-care workers to help with shortages. And it’s working
  • Sep 15, 2026

Provinces are turning to U.S. health-care workers to help with shortages. And it’s working

  • CBC News
Health Matters: CMA doctors urge parliamentary action on health care
  • Sep 15, 2026

Health Matters: CMA doctors urge parliamentary action on health care

  • Global News
Canadian doctors urge parliamentarians to move quickly to pass health care solutions on the table
  • Sep 15, 2026

Canadian doctors urge parliamentarians to move quickly to pass health care solutions on the table

  • Canadian Medical Association
COVID-19 benefit repayment is hurting low-income Canadians, report says
  • Sep 15, 2026

COVID-19 benefit repayment is hurting low-income Canadians, report says

  • CBC News
N.L. spent $1.1M on forensic audit of travel nurse agency payments, findings remain off limits to public
  • Sep 15, 2026

N.L. spent $1.1M on forensic audit of travel nurse agency payments, findings remain off limits to public

  • CBC News
Land rights, NDAs, toxic drugs: Annual B.C. municipalities convention kicks off in Vancouver
  • Sep 14, 2026

Land rights, NDAs, toxic drugs: Annual B.C. municipalities convention kicks off in Vancouver

  • CTV News
‘Long overdue’: Social prescribing turns its focus to caregivers
  • Sep 14, 2026

‘Long overdue’: Social prescribing turns its focus to caregivers

  • Canadian Affairs
Anthrax outbreak kills more than 50 animals, infects 12 people in Zambia
  • Sep 14, 2026

Anthrax outbreak kills more than 50 animals, infects 12 people in Zambia

  • Global News
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