Private spending on health care skyrockets
  • Aug 24, 2026

Private spending on health care skyrockets

  • Surrey Citizen
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  • Aisha Chaudhry
Roche, Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s blood test gets U.S. FDA clearance
  • Aug 24, 2026

Roche, Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s blood test gets U.S. FDA clearance

  • CTV News
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  • Siddhi Mahatole
The way patients write messages to doctors might affect the response
  • Aug 24, 2026

The way patients write messages to doctors might affect the response

  • CTV News
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  • Elise Haulund, CNN
Psychological stress in Ontario youth is down since the pandemic, but still high, survey suggests
  • Aug 24, 2026

Psychological stress in Ontario youth is down since the pandemic, but still high, survey suggests

  • CBC News
Election of first Black CMA president shines light on historical biases in medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

Election of first Black CMA president shines light on historical biases in medicine

  • The Hamilton Spectator

CMA Central

Election of first Black CMA president shines light on historical biases in medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

Election of first Black CMA president shines light on historical biases in medicine

  • The Hamilton Spectator
How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine

  • Canadian Medical Association
Physicians’ role, physicians’ input on return-to-work assessments
  • Aug 20, 2026

Physicians’ role, physicians’ input on return-to-work assessments

  • Canadian Medical Association
CMA President’s Tour 2026: What we’re hearing
  • Aug 14, 2026

CMA President’s Tour 2026: What we’re hearing

  • Canadian Medical Association

Opinions

Alberta’s Stealth Plan to Bring in Two-Tier Health Care
  • Aug 20, 2026

Alberta’s Stealth Plan to Bring in Two-Tier Health Care

  • The Tyee
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  • Andrew Longhurst
Canada's health system needs a broader foundation
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  • Aug 20, 2026

Canada's health system needs a broader foundation

  • Saltwire
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  • Hendrick Visser
The 18-minute problem: time spent on administrative tasks adding up to hours of lost access to health care
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  • Aug 20, 2026

The 18-minute problem: time spent on administrative tasks adding up to hours of lost access to health care

  • Hill Times
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  • PAULO MENEGHEL
System reform matters. But MAiD eligibility should not depend on it
  • Aug 20, 2026

System reform matters. But MAiD eligibility should not depend on it

  • Healthy Debate
Adding emergency doctors, nurses and support staff is great, but it won’t break the wait-time logjam
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  • Aug 19, 2026

Adding emergency doctors, nurses and support staff is great, but it won’t break the wait-time logjam

  • Winnipeg Free Press
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  • Dan Lett
Canada needs a new national health-care commission
  • Aug 19, 2026

Canada needs a new national health-care commission

  • Financial Post
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  • Terence Corcoran

News

How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine
  • Aug 24, 2026

How embracing AI can bring more time — and joy — to medicine

  • Canadian Medical Association
Percentage of Ontario youth struggling with mental health back to pre-COVID level, survey suggests
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  • Aug 24, 2026

Percentage of Ontario youth struggling with mental health back to pre-COVID level, survey suggests

  • Toronto Star
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  • Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press
HIV rate climbs as uncertainty rises about future of dedicated Community Action Fund
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  • Aug 24, 2026

HIV rate climbs as uncertainty rises about future of dedicated Community Action Fund

  • Hill Times
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  • Tessie Sanci
Pharmascience and AstraZeneca Canada among most active in pharma lobbying for 2026
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  • Aug 24, 2026

Pharmascience and AstraZeneca Canada among most active in pharma lobbying for 2026

  • Hill Times
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  • Tessie Sanci
This Toronto writer took a massive dose of psilocybin to face Stage 4 cancer. It changed how she saw her final days
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  • Aug 24, 2026

This Toronto writer took a massive dose of psilocybin to face Stage 4 cancer. It changed how she saw her final days

  • Toronto Star
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  • Ellen Vanstone
Aid workers say Canada’s Ebola quarantine hinders response, hope it won’t be extended
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  • Aug 24, 2026

Aid workers say Canada’s Ebola quarantine hinders response, hope it won’t be extended

  • Toronto Star
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  • Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press
High-intensity sprints can trigger molecular changes in the bloodstream
  • Aug 24, 2026

High-intensity sprints can trigger molecular changes in the bloodstream

  • npr
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  • Will Stone
Trump’s frustrations drove vaccine order, but MAHA wants more
  • Aug 24, 2026

Trump’s frustrations drove vaccine order, but MAHA wants more

  • CTV News
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  • Yasmeen Abutaleb and Bo Erickson
Sask. boy seizure-free after first pediatric epilepsy brain surgery at JPCH
  • Aug 24, 2026

Sask. boy seizure-free after first pediatric epilepsy brain surgery at JPCH

  • CTV News
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  • Carla Shynkaruk
Why Canada’s biggest paid plasma collector has paused operations
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  • Aug 24, 2026

Why Canada’s biggest paid plasma collector has paused operations

  • Globe and Mail
Why Nova Scotia is now tracking respiratory syncytial virus deaths
  • Aug 23, 2026

Why Nova Scotia is now tracking respiratory syncytial virus deaths

  • CBC News
Inside the Quebec town working to become a dementia-friendly community
  • Aug 23, 2026

Inside the Quebec town working to become a dementia-friendly community

  • CBC News

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
Alert Bay leaders ban alleged assailant after travel nurse attacked on Cormorant Island
  • Aug 23, 2026

Alert Bay leaders ban alleged assailant after travel nurse attacked on Cormorant Island

  • CBC News
Patients at this home-based injections business should be tested for hepatitis, HIV: province
  • Aug 21, 2026

Patients at this home-based injections business should be tested for hepatitis, HIV: province

  • CTV News
Trump administration asking public comment on vaccine recommendations
  • Aug 21, 2026

Trump administration asking public comment on vaccine recommendations

  • The Guardian
‘No indication’ U.S. blueberry recall for death risk impacts Canada
  • Aug 21, 2026

‘No indication’ U.S. blueberry recall for death risk impacts Canada

  • Global News
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  • Adriana Fallico
Loss of confidence: Two-thirds believe Canada's health care is 'in a state of crisis'
  • Aug 21, 2026

Loss of confidence: Two-thirds believe Canada's health care is 'in a state of crisis'

  • National Post
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  • Ellie Hutchings
A Parti Québécois government would abolish public health agency Santé Québec
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  • Aug 21, 2026

A Parti Québécois government would abolish public health agency Santé Québec

  • Toronto Star
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  • The Canadian Press
There’s a tick-borne disease on the rise that’s even worse than Lyme
  • Aug 21, 2026

There’s a tick-borne disease on the rise that’s even worse than Lyme

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Daniel J. Rowe
Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says
  • Aug 21, 2026

Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says

  • CBC News
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  • Thomson Reuters
Record cyclosporiasis outbreak tests the response of a 'weakened' health system
  • Aug 21, 2026

Record cyclosporiasis outbreak tests the response of a 'weakened' health system

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Yuki Noguchi
Quebec pharmacists can renew prescriptions indefinitely starting December 2026
  • Aug 21, 2026

Quebec pharmacists can renew prescriptions indefinitely starting December 2026

  • CityNews
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  • Katrine Desautels, The Canadian Press
Most Canadians oppose dual-practice health care, survey finds, as Alberta defends controversial new law
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  • Aug 21, 2026

Most Canadians oppose dual-practice health care, survey finds, as Alberta defends controversial new law

  • Hill Times
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  • ELEANOR WAND
What we know so far about Grifols’s plasma pause and Health Canada’s safety concerns
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  • Aug 21, 2026

What we know so far about Grifols’s plasma pause and Health Canada’s safety concerns

  • Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Moira Wyton
Amid 2nd evacuation this summer, Neskantaga First Nation calls on Ontario, feds to act
  • Aug 21, 2026

Amid 2nd evacuation this summer, Neskantaga First Nation calls on Ontario, feds to act

  • CBC News
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  • Sarah Law
B.C. vet warns of surge in bat encounters after positive rabies test
  • Aug 21, 2026

B.C. vet warns of surge in bat encounters after positive rabies test

  • CTV News
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  • Nono Shen, The Canadian Press
Alberta minister warns feds not to meddle with private health law
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  • Aug 20, 2026

Alberta minister warns feds not to meddle with private health law

  • National Post
  •  — 
  • Rahim Mohamed
Congo to receive 70K doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine used in past outbreaks
  • Aug 20, 2026

Congo to receive 70K doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine used in past outbreaks

  • Global News
Report says wait times in Quebec emergency rooms were 11 minutes shorter last yearg
  • Aug 20, 2026

Report says wait times in Quebec emergency rooms were 11 minutes shorter last yearg

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • Katrine Desautels
What to know about Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump's pick to lead the FDA
  • Aug 20, 2026

What to know about Dr. Heidi Overton, Trump's pick to lead the FDA

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Sydney Lupkin
SickKids responding to cybersecurity ‘incident’ which compromised some employee info
  • Aug 20, 2026

SickKids responding to cybersecurity ‘incident’ which compromised some employee info

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Phil Tsekouras
Expectant Ontario moms are travelling hours for routine ultrasounds amid sonographer shortage
  • Aug 20, 2026

Expectant Ontario moms are travelling hours for routine ultrasounds amid sonographer shortage

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Kendra Seguin
Physicians’ role, physicians’ input on return-to-work assessments
  • Aug 20, 2026

Physicians’ role, physicians’ input on return-to-work assessments

  • Canadian Medical Association
Nurse beaten in psychiatric ward of hospital in Quebec City calls for more safety measures
  • Aug 20, 2026

Nurse beaten in psychiatric ward of hospital in Quebec City calls for more safety measures

  • CTV News
New London lab aims to detect childhood diseases before symptoms appear
  • Aug 20, 2026

New London lab aims to detect childhood diseases before symptoms appear

  • CBC News
Ottawa surgeon is on a mission to build safer health-information AI
  •  —
  • Aug 20, 2026

Ottawa surgeon is on a mission to build safer health-information AI

  • Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Nickie Shobeiry
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