This American has given blood in every U.S. state and now 1 Canadian province
  • Jul 23, 2026

This American has given blood in every U.S. state and now 1 Canadian province

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Daniel J. Rowe
U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite
  • Jul 23, 2026

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Laura Ungar, The Associated Press
Wildfire evacuees from First Nations in northern Ontario face stressors beyond being far from home
  • Jul 23, 2026

Wildfire evacuees from First Nations in northern Ontario face stressors beyond being far from home

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Sarah Law
William Shatner and daughter Melanie diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer at same time
  • Jul 23, 2026

William Shatner and daughter Melanie diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer at same time

  • Global News
Robotic-assisted surgery is helping shape the future of health care in Surrey
  • Jul 23, 2026

Robotic-assisted surgery is helping shape the future of health care in Surrey

  • Business in Vancouver

CMA Central

Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong

  • Canadian Medical Association
A system with no backup: What summer ER closures say about Canada’s fragile health workforce
  • Jul 22, 2026

A system with no backup: What summer ER closures say about Canada’s fragile health workforce

  • Canadian Medical Association
Statement: Premiers must move quickly on existing solutions to fix health care: Canada’s doctors
  • Jul 20, 2026

Statement: Premiers must move quickly on existing solutions to fix health care: Canada’s doctors

  • Canadian Medical Association
Why doctors say you need to take wildfire smoke seriously
  • Jul 15, 2026

Why doctors say you need to take wildfire smoke seriously

  • CBC News

Opinions

The benefits of GLP-1s for women no one is talking about
  • Jul 22, 2026

The benefits of GLP-1s for women no one is talking about

  • The Washington Post
  •  — 
  • Tamar Haspel
It's faster to fly a human around the moon than to get a new drug to Canadians
  • Jul 22, 2026

It's faster to fly a human around the moon than to get a new drug to Canadians

  • CHW Perspective
  •  — 
  • Bettina Hamelin
Trump announces new tariffs on generic drugs to take effect in 2028 – US politics live
  • Jul 21, 2026

Trump announces new tariffs on generic drugs to take effect in 2028 – US politics live

  • The Guardian
Addiction is not a moral failure: Why harm reduction matters
  • Jul 21, 2026

Addiction is not a moral failure: Why harm reduction matters

  • Healthy Debate
Is medicare a national treasure, or a squandered inheritance?
  •  —
  • Jul 17, 2026

Is medicare a national treasure, or a squandered inheritance?

  • The Hill Times
  •  — 
  • Ken Fyke
Canada should lead a middle-power alliance on health AI
  • Jul 17, 2026

Canada should lead a middle-power alliance on health AI

  • CHW Perspective
  •  — 
  • Fahad Razak, Amol Verma and Kumanan Wilson

News

Canadian Blood Services calling for donors amid serious drop in supply
  •  —
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canadian Blood Services calling for donors amid serious drop in supply

  • Toronto Star
This AI tool promises a 'second sight of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?
  • Jul 23, 2026

This AI tool promises a 'second sight of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Joseph Kim
Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak
  • Jul 23, 2026

Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Jonathan Lambert
Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise
  • Jul 23, 2026

Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Ushika Kidd
She suffered a stroke while pregnant. Doctors performed brain surgery anyway — and saved two lives
  • Jul 23, 2026

She suffered a stroke while pregnant. Doctors performed brain surgery anyway — and saved two lives

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Swidda Rassy
How this clinic convinced 21 new doctors to move to London — and yes, they're accepting patients
  • Jul 23, 2026

How this clinic convinced 21 new doctors to move to London — and yes, they're accepting patients

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Alessio Donnini
Nurse practitioner aims to expand primary care access in northern Alberta
  • Jul 23, 2026

Nurse practitioner aims to expand primary care access in northern Alberta

  • CBC News
Nicotine pouches: A growing wellness trend in Canadian teens, young adults
  • Jul 23, 2026

Nicotine pouches: A growing wellness trend in Canadian teens, young adults

  • Medscape
  •  — 
  • Liz Scherer
'Death by organ donation': Doctors raise possibility of retrieving organs from MAID patients while they are still alive
  • Jul 23, 2026

'Death by organ donation': Doctors raise possibility of retrieving organs from MAID patients while they are still alive

  • National Post
  •  — 
  • Sharon Kirkey
Regina hospitals still haven't cleaned up the hand-washing problem diagnosed in 2018
  • Jul 23, 2026

Regina hospitals still haven't cleaned up the hand-washing problem diagnosed in 2018

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Alexander Quon
Mistreatment during childbirth common among Indigenous Canadians
  • Jul 23, 2026

Mistreatment during childbirth common among Indigenous Canadians

  • Medscape
  •  — 
  • Marilynn Larkin
Premiers warn of ‘fiscal cliff’ as federal health funding formula to expire in 2027
  • Jul 23, 2026

Premiers warn of ‘fiscal cliff’ as federal health funding formula to expire in 2027

  • The Charlottetown Guardian
  •  — 
  • Stu Neatby

Podcasts

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
Promising new treatments for pancreatic cancer and ALS
  • Jun 26, 2026

Promising new treatments for pancreatic cancer and ALS

  • Science Friday
Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong

  • Canadian Medical Association
Health Canada says it did not consult inspector's report in review of plasma donor's death
  •  —
  • Jul 23, 2026

Health Canada says it did not consult inspector's report in review of plasma donor's death

  • The Globe and Mail
Indigenous Canadians face cancer survival inequalities
  • Jul 22, 2026

Indigenous Canadians face cancer survival inequalities

  • Medscape
  •  — 
  • Marcia Frellick
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people
  • Jul 22, 2026

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • The Associated Press
Canada upgrades warning to travellers to U.S. of diarrhea-causing illness outbreak
  • Jul 22, 2026

Canada upgrades warning to travellers to U.S. of diarrhea-causing illness outbreak

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Spencer Van Dyk
Hair loss with GLP-1 drugs is rare, but real, studies find
  • Jul 22, 2026

Hair loss with GLP-1 drugs is rare, but real, studies find

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Nancy Lapid
Canadian Blood Services plea for donations as supply drops 20% — below typical summer slump
  • Jul 22, 2026

Canadian Blood Services plea for donations as supply drops 20% — below typical summer slump

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • Karen Bartko
Groups across Canada call on premiers to protect public health care
  • Jul 22, 2026

Groups across Canada call on premiers to protect public health care

  • The Advocate
  •  — 
  • Susan Zielinski
West Nile virus is showing up across Ontario. What to know about the risk
  • Jul 22, 2026

West Nile virus is showing up across Ontario. What to know about the risk

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • Prisha Dev
Canadian health experts call for warnings on alcohol packaging
  • Jul 22, 2026

Canadian health experts call for warnings on alcohol packaging

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • Katherine Dornian
Canada is rolling out new graphic image warnings on cigarette packs
  • Jul 22, 2026

Canada is rolling out new graphic image warnings on cigarette packs

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Health Canada moves to speed approvals for drugs and medical devices
  • Jul 22, 2026

Health Canada moves to speed approvals for drugs and medical devices

  • West Central Online
  •  — 
  • Jenny Hagan
Alberta pledges $30 million and 400 beds for addiction recovery — involuntary detention still to come
  •  —
  • Jul 22, 2026

Alberta pledges $30 million and 400 beds for addiction recovery — involuntary detention still to come

  • Edmonton Journal
Trump threatens new tariffs on generic drug makers to take effect in two years
  • Jul 22, 2026

Trump threatens new tariffs on generic drug makers to take effect in two years

  • Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press
A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lake
  • Jul 22, 2026

A strange transmissible cancer is spreading through the catfish in this lake

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Ari Daniel
‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rules
  • Jul 22, 2026

‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rules

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Andrew Gregory
Feds should increase federal health funding, but with strings attached, advocates say
  • Jul 22, 2026

Feds should increase federal health funding, but with strings attached, advocates say

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Eli Ridder, The Canadian Press
Family, friends seek answers after Labrador woman dies waiting for medevac
  • Jul 22, 2026

Family, friends seek answers after Labrador woman dies waiting for medevac

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Alex Kennedy
Manitoba partially repays retiree for out-of-country surgery after twice refusing to pick up the tab
  • Jul 22, 2026

Manitoba partially repays retiree for out-of-country surgery after twice refusing to pick up the tab

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Bryce Hoye
Canada warning travellers to U.S. of diarrhea-causing illness outbreak
  • Jul 22, 2026

Canada warning travellers to U.S. of diarrhea-causing illness outbreak

  • CTV News
Canada's salmonella outbreak from pistachios over, but Iran import ban remains
  • Jul 22, 2026

Canada's salmonella outbreak from pistachios over, but Iran import ban remains

  • Global News
How many cups of coffee you can safely drink every day? Here’s what experts say
  • Jul 22, 2026

How many cups of coffee you can safely drink every day? Here’s what experts say

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Joe Van Wonderen
Trump threatens tariffs on generic drugs, complicating Canada's on-shoring efforts
  •  —
  • Jul 22, 2026

Trump threatens tariffs on generic drugs, complicating Canada's on-shoring efforts

  • The Globe and Mail
'Rare' contagious cancer found in fish from Quebec and U.S. lakes
  • Jul 22, 2026

'Rare' contagious cancer found in fish from Quebec and U.S. lakes

  • CBC News
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