Raccoon rabies outbreak still growing, Quebec public health officials say
  • Jun 20, 2026

Raccoon rabies outbreak still growing, Quebec public health officials say

  • Canadian Press
  •  — 
  • Pierre Saint-Arnaud
Manitoba adding 200 more hip and knee surgeries this year
  • Jun 20, 2026

Manitoba adding 200 more hip and knee surgeries this year

  • Discover Westman
  •  — 
  • Colleen Houde
Doctors ring alarm bells over wait times to see specialists
  • Jun 20, 2026

Doctors ring alarm bells over wait times to see specialists

  • Times Colonist
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  • Cindy E. Harnett
Are GLP-1s Performance-Enhancing Drugs?
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  • Jun 20, 2026

Are GLP-1s Performance-Enhancing Drugs?

  • The Atlantic
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  • Nicholas Florko
'It's not science, it's coercion': health experts decry RFK Jr order on hantavirus quarantine
  • Jun 20, 2026

'It's not science, it's coercion': health experts decry RFK Jr order on hantavirus quarantine

  • The Guardian

CMA Central

‘It’s a gift and a responsibility’: Reporter Karyn Pugliese on the 2026 Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship
  • Jun 18, 2026

‘It’s a gift and a responsibility’: Reporter Karyn Pugliese on the 2026 Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship

  • Canadian Medical Association
How advocates, lawyers and others feel about Canada’s online harms bill
  • Jun 16, 2026

How advocates, lawyers and others feel about Canada’s online harms bill

  • CityNews
Ottawa moves to bar kids under 16 from social media, regulate chatbots
  • Jun 15, 2026

Ottawa moves to bar kids under 16 from social media, regulate chatbots

  • CityNews
CMA takes next step in fight for doctors and patients at Supreme Court of Canada
  • Jun 11, 2026

CMA takes next step in fight for doctors and patients at Supreme Court of Canada

  • Canadian Medical Association

Opinions

Are GLP-1s Performance-Enhancing Drugs?
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  • Jun 20, 2026

Are GLP-1s Performance-Enhancing Drugs?

  • The Atlantic
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  • Nicholas Florko
A beginning, not an end, to fixing MAID
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  • Jun 19, 2026

A beginning, not an end, to fixing MAID

  • The Globe and Mail
More choice means better health care for Albertans
  • Jun 19, 2026

More choice means better health care for Albertans

  • Calgary Sun
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  • Mackenzie Moir
Opinion: Are provincial health systems stacked against immigrants?
  • Jun 19, 2026

Opinion: Are provincial health systems stacked against immigrants?

  • Vancouver Sun
  •  — 
  • Jason M. Sutherland
Of course Canada is not ready for MAID for mental illness. We probably won’t ever be
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  • Jun 19, 2026

Of course Canada is not ready for MAID for mental illness. We probably won’t ever be

  • The Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • ROBYN URBACK
When eyeing early retirement, how do health care costs in Canada and the U.S. compare?
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  • Jun 18, 2026

When eyeing early retirement, how do health care costs in Canada and the U.S. compare?

  • The Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Bryce Leung

News

Should everyone be on GLP-1s? What science actually tells us (and doesn't) about the broader health benefits
  • Jun 20, 2026

Should everyone be on GLP-1s? What science actually tells us (and doesn't) about the broader health benefits

  • CBC News
Raccoon rabies outbreak still growing, Quebec public health officials say
  • Jun 19, 2026

Raccoon rabies outbreak still growing, Quebec public health officials say

  • CTV News
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  • The Canadian Press
Public health project receives $1.9M for addiction and overdose supports
  • Jun 19, 2026

Public health project receives $1.9M for addiction and overdose supports

  • CityNews
Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides
  • Jun 19, 2026

Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Marina von Stackelberg
Meet the Canadian healthcare heroes pioneering life-changing medical advances
  • Jun 19, 2026

Meet the Canadian healthcare heroes pioneering life-changing medical advances

  • The Globe and Mail
What did we learn from the hantavirus cruise ship scare?
  • Jun 19, 2026

What did we learn from the hantavirus cruise ship scare?

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Julien Dury
No swimming at several Vancouver beaches due to E.coli
  • Jun 19, 2026

No swimming at several Vancouver beaches due to E.coli

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Kaija Jussinoja
Nearly all serious adverse reactions among plasma donors in past decade involved for-profit sites, data shows
  • Jun 19, 2026

Nearly all serious adverse reactions among plasma donors in past decade involved for-profit sites, data shows

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Michelle Allan
What to know about meningitis following death of 35-year-old actor
  • Jun 19, 2026

What to know about meningitis following death of 35-year-old actor

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Christl Dabu
How Age-Restricting Social Media May Play Out
  • Jun 19, 2026

How Age-Restricting Social Media May Play Out

  • The Tyee
  •  — 
  • Katie Hyslop
'The war on drugs made an error': Why this Conservative wants to ease access to psilocybin therapy
  • Jun 19, 2026

'The war on drugs made an error': Why this Conservative wants to ease access to psilocybin therapy

  • National Post
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  • Stephanie Taylor
Key FDA committee unanimously recommends its first vaccine since 2023
  • Jun 19, 2026

Key FDA committee unanimously recommends its first vaccine since 2023

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Joseph Kim

Podcasts

Condoms and wastewater testing: How public health is handling FIFA World Cup
  • Jun 20, 2026

Condoms and wastewater testing: How public health is handling FIFA World Cup

  • White Coat, Black Art
The Wild West of Canada's fertility industry
  • Jun 18, 2026

The Wild West of Canada's fertility industry

  • 10/3: Canada Covered
Myth or Medicine with Nick Tsergas
  • Jun 03, 2026

Myth or Medicine with Nick Tsergas

  • Toronto Today
Meet the New Pandemic, Same as the Old Pandemic
  • May 26, 2026

Meet the New Pandemic, Same as the Old Pandemic

  • The North State
Do Women With TBI Receive Appropriate Care?
  • Jun 19, 2026

Do Women With TBI Receive Appropriate Care?

  • Medscape
  •  — 
  • Fran Lowry
New research links prenatal exposure to Pfas to later development of PMOS
  • Jun 19, 2026

New research links prenatal exposure to Pfas to later development of PMOS

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Tom Perkins
Quebec woman first in Canada to receive fertility-preserving surgery before cancer radiation
  • Jun 19, 2026

Quebec woman first in Canada to receive fertility-preserving surgery before cancer radiation

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Robin Della Corte
Startling science: Taking an omega-3 supplement doesn’t boost memory or cognition
  • Jun 19, 2026

Startling science: Taking an omega-3 supplement doesn’t boost memory or cognition

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Sandee LaMotte
An estimated 20,000 Alberta kids face waiting years to get therapy for disabilities
  • Jun 19, 2026

An estimated 20,000 Alberta kids face waiting years to get therapy for disabilities

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Elise Stolte
Access to free naloxone in B.C. preventing 4 out of 5 potentially fatal overdoses, report finds
  • Jun 19, 2026

Access to free naloxone in B.C. preventing 4 out of 5 potentially fatal overdoses, report finds

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Emily Fagan
Eligible doctors in Alberta can work in both public, private systems starting this fall
  • Jun 18, 2026

Eligible doctors in Alberta can work in both public, private systems starting this fall

  • CBC News
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  • Emily Williams
Certain actions in early pregnancy may raise risk of miscarriage, large-scale study finds
  • Jun 18, 2026

Certain actions in early pregnancy may raise risk of miscarriage, large-scale study finds

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Christl Dabu
Why don’t some people get vaccinated? It’s more complicated than you think
  • Jun 18, 2026

Why don’t some people get vaccinated? It’s more complicated than you think

  • The Conversation
  •  — 
  • Muhammad Haaris Tiwana, Julia Smith
Mother of pregnant teen with cancer who died challenges Dominican Republic's strict abortion ban
  • Jun 18, 2026

Mother of pregnant teen with cancer who died challenges Dominican Republic's strict abortion ban

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Dánica Coto
Carney announces $200M for new school and health-care centre in Tumbler Ridge, where mass shooting took place
  • Jun 18, 2026

Carney announces $200M for new school and health-care centre in Tumbler Ridge, where mass shooting took place

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Andrew Kurjata
‘Taking my escape off the table’: Mixed emotions surface over MAID eligibility for mental illness
  • Jun 18, 2026

‘Taking my escape off the table’: Mixed emotions surface over MAID eligibility for mental illness

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Abigail Bimman
Ottawa launches audit, review of Canada Health Infoway after $300-million PrescribeIT failure
  •  —
  • Jun 18, 2026

Ottawa launches audit, review of Canada Health Infoway after $300-million PrescribeIT failure

  • The Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • CHRIS HANNAY
Canada needs a better health data system — But it still needs a human hand on the wheel
  • Jun 18, 2026

Canada needs a better health data system — But it still needs a human hand on the wheel

  • National Post
  •  — 
  • Melanie Yeung
‘The whole skin came off’: Dangerous implications from social media trend involving microwaved toys
  • Jun 18, 2026

‘The whole skin came off’: Dangerous implications from social media trend involving microwaved toys

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Aarjavee Raaj
Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200
  • Jun 18, 2026

Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • The Associated Press
Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans
  • Jun 18, 2026

Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans

  • The Verge
  •  — 
  • Richard Lawler
‘It’s a gift and a responsibility’: Reporter Karyn Pugliese on the 2026 Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship
  • Jun 18, 2026

‘It’s a gift and a responsibility’: Reporter Karyn Pugliese on the 2026 Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship

  • Canadian Medical Association
Canada's opioid deaths decline 26% but officials say 'much more work to be done'
  • Jun 18, 2026

Canada's opioid deaths decline 26% but officials say 'much more work to be done'

  • National Post
  •  — 
  • Ellie Hutchings
NHS patients face worst drug shortages on record, say pharmacists and GPs
  • Jun 18, 2026

NHS patients face worst drug shortages on record, say pharmacists and GPs

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Julia Kollewe
FDA panel considers a first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology
  • Jun 18, 2026

FDA panel considers a first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • The Associated Press
‘There’s a gap here’: New mental health data shows Maritimers lack sense of belonging
  • Jun 18, 2026

‘There’s a gap here’: New mental health data shows Maritimers lack sense of belonging

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Lauren Roulston
Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
  • Jun 18, 2026

Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study

  • CTV News
Union says violence against N.W.T. health workers on rise — but territory no longer reports such incidents
  • Jun 18, 2026

Union says violence against N.W.T. health workers on rise — but territory no longer reports such incidents

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Devon Tredinnick
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