Albertan in perpetual pain amid diagnosis delays demands change: 'Just want my life back'
  • Mar 29, 2026

Albertan in perpetual pain amid diagnosis delays demands change: 'Just want my life back'

  • Global News
Some seniors have to wait months for a long-term care bed. Will N.B.'s provincial plan help?
  • Mar 29, 2026

Some seniors have to wait months for a long-term care bed. Will N.B.'s provincial plan help?

  • CTV News
Delaying emission targets at Horne Smelter will have impacts on public health, doctor says
  • Mar 29, 2026

Delaying emission targets at Horne Smelter will have impacts on public health, doctor says

  • CBC News
Brain train game may help protect against dementia for up to 20 years
  • Mar 29, 2026

Brain train game may help protect against dementia for up to 20 years

  • NBC News
Saint John refinery neighbour hopes new regulations reduce cancer-causing pollutant
  • Mar 29, 2026

Saint John refinery neighbour hopes new regulations reduce cancer-causing pollutant

  • CBC News

CMA Central

Co-payments ‘a step backward’ for refugees and the health-care system
  • Mar 25, 2026

Co-payments ‘a step backward’ for refugees and the health-care system

  • Healthy Debate
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  • Margot Burnell
Ontario to create electronic medical record system to streamline patient data sharing
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  • Mar 24, 2026

Ontario to create electronic medical record system to streamline patient data sharing

  • The Globe and Mail
‘No patient care should be affected by their ability to pay’: Canadian Medical Association president
  • Mar 23, 2026

‘No patient care should be affected by their ability to pay’: Canadian Medical Association president

  • NB Media Co-op
Science and lolz: How Canadian doctors are battling misinformation online
  • Mar 20, 2026

Science and lolz: How Canadian doctors are battling misinformation online

  • CTV News

Opinions

I've lived in 3 provinces. Canada's health care is anything but universal
  • Mar 29, 2026

I've lived in 3 provinces. Canada's health care is anything but universal

  • CBC News
Bill 18 undermines patient care: Alberta MAID doctors
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  • Mar 27, 2026

Bill 18 undermines patient care: Alberta MAID doctors

  • Edmonton Journal
Ontario is underfunding public health care—and private health care is the beneficiary
  • Mar 27, 2026

Ontario is underfunding public health care—and private health care is the beneficiary

  • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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  • Andrew Longhurst
The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID Airborne
  • Mar 27, 2026

The Human Cost of Failing to Name COVID Airborne

  • The Tyee
Primary health care for Indigenous Albertans still falls short
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  • Mar 27, 2026

Primary health care for Indigenous Albertans still falls short

  • Edmonton Journal
Unhappy young adults are showing up in Canada's happiness index and my family doctor waiting room. Doug Ford isn't helping
  • Mar 27, 2026

Unhappy young adults are showing up in Canada's happiness index and my family doctor waiting room. Doug Ford isn't helping

  • Toronto Star
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  • Iris Gorfinkel

News

'You are going to be outraged:' Mother speaks ahead of inquest into daughter's death at Niagara hospital
  • Mar 29, 2026

'You are going to be outraged:' Mother speaks ahead of inquest into daughter's death at Niagara hospital

  • CBC News
New COVID variant, 'Cicada,' popping up in the U.S.
  • Mar 29, 2026

New COVID variant, 'Cicada,' popping up in the U.S.

  • Toronto Star
'No kings, just vaccines!': demonstrators gather at NIH headquarters to protest against cuts to medical research
  • Mar 29, 2026

'No kings, just vaccines!': demonstrators gather at NIH headquarters to protest against cuts to medical research

  • The Guardian
Generic versions of weight-loss drugs should arrive on Canadian pharmacy shelves this summer
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  • Mar 29, 2026

Generic versions of weight-loss drugs should arrive on Canadian pharmacy shelves this summer

  • National Post
Potent new tranquilizer in Alberta's drug supply defies overdose treatments, physician says
  • Mar 29, 2026

Potent new tranquilizer in Alberta's drug supply defies overdose treatments, physician says

  • CBC News
Toronto doctor stripped of licence for writing improper COVID-19 exemptions
  • Mar 29, 2026

Toronto doctor stripped of licence for writing improper COVID-19 exemptions

  • Toronto Star
A Saint John, N.B. man waited 18 months for a nursing home bed. The hospital is now charging him $20,000 for it
  • Mar 29, 2026

A Saint John, N.B. man waited 18 months for a nursing home bed. The hospital is now charging him $20,000 for it

  • CTV News
Alleged overdose of propofol at Concordia Hospital leaves Calgary man amputated and with cognitive disability
  • Mar 29, 2026

Alleged overdose of propofol at Concordia Hospital leaves Calgary man amputated and with cognitive disability

  • CTV News
Gaps in rural B.C. air monitoring raise public health concerns as wildfire smoke risks grow
  • Mar 28, 2026

Gaps in rural B.C. air monitoring raise public health concerns as wildfire smoke risks grow

  • CBC News
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  • Mar 28, 2026

Law overhauling regulation of health professionals in B.C. set to take effect

  • The Globe and Mail
The UK is 'weeks away' from medicine shortages if Iran war continues, experts say
  • Mar 28, 2026

The UK is 'weeks away' from medicine shortages if Iran war continues, experts say

  • The Guardian
Gord Downie's doctor shares new optimism for brain cancer patients
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  • Mar 28, 2026

Gord Downie's doctor shares new optimism for brain cancer patients

  • The Whig

Podcasts

Ink or Expertise: the Pardox of Professionalism
  • Mar 26, 2026

Ink or Expertise: the Pardox of Professionalism

  • The Gritty Nurse
Alberta to Impose MAiD Restrictions. Is It the Right Move?
  • Mar 22, 2026

Alberta to Impose MAiD Restrictions. Is It the Right Move?

  • Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
Inside Canada's struggling emergency rooms, six years after Covid struck
  • Mar 22, 2026

Inside Canada's struggling emergency rooms, six years after Covid struck

  • Elbows Up
Doctor Deepfakes
  • Mar 16, 2026

Doctor Deepfakes

  • Big [If True]
New teams at Horizon try to divert patients away from unneeded hospital admissions
  • Mar 28, 2026

New teams at Horizon try to divert patients away from unneeded hospital admissions

  • CBC News
Ontario doctor stripped of licence after allegedly issuing 1,400 COVID-19 exemption letters 'for profit'
  • Mar 28, 2026

Ontario doctor stripped of licence after allegedly issuing 1,400 COVID-19 exemption letters 'for profit'

  • CTV News
China's rise threatens the drug world's status quo
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  • Mar 28, 2026

China's rise threatens the drug world's status quo

  • Axios
Advocates warn B.C. population aging fast, health-care system not keeping up
  • Mar 28, 2026

Advocates warn B.C. population aging fast, health-care system not keeping up

  • CityNews
  • Mar 28, 2026

AstraZeneca drug reduces flare-ups of chronic lung disease in late-stage trials

  • Reuters
Is Mexico's massive measles vaccine campaign a success?
  • Mar 28, 2026

Is Mexico's massive measles vaccine campaign a success?

  • npr
Horizon won't meet its deadline for getting Fredericton patients out of ambulance bay
  • Mar 28, 2026

Horizon won't meet its deadline for getting Fredericton patients out of ambulance bay

  • CBC News
How the Northwest Territories became a dentistry desert
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  • Mar 28, 2026

How the Northwest Territories became a dentistry desert

  • The Globe and Mail
Dental-care delivery in North needs overhaul, Canadian Dental Association CEO says
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  • Mar 28, 2026

Dental-care delivery in North needs overhaul, Canadian Dental Association CEO says

  • The Globe and Mail
Alberta MAID limits would lead to suffering, signal lack of trust: practitioners
  • Mar 28, 2026

Alberta MAID limits would lead to suffering, signal lack of trust: practitioners

  • The Canadian Press
Possible measles exposure at airport, Montreal children's hospital: public health
  • Mar 28, 2026

Possible measles exposure at airport, Montreal children's hospital: public health

  • CTV News
Solving Canada's doctor deficit
  • Mar 28, 2026

Solving Canada's doctor deficit

  • Canadian Affairs
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
  • Mar 28, 2026

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish

  • ProPublica
AI wrote a scientific paper that passed peer review
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  • Mar 28, 2026

AI wrote a scientific paper that passed peer review

  • Scientific American
Quebec announces 'vision' to assign every resident to a CLSC to improve access to primary health care
  • Mar 27, 2026

Quebec announces 'vision' to assign every resident to a CLSC to improve access to primary health care

  • CTV News
Meningitis kills a quarter million people a year, study estimates
  • Mar 27, 2026

Meningitis kills a quarter million people a year, study estimates

  • CTV News
Alberta MAID limits would lead to suffering, signal lack of trust: practitioners
  • Mar 27, 2026

Alberta MAID limits would lead to suffering, signal lack of trust: practitioners

  • CTV News
Inquest to examine death of Ontario Indigenous woman following hospital visit
  • Mar 27, 2026

Inquest to examine death of Ontario Indigenous woman following hospital visit

  • The Canadian Press
Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens
  • Mar 27, 2026

Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens

  • npr
Some Alabama residents learn they haven't had fluoride in their water for years
  • Mar 27, 2026

Some Alabama residents learn they haven't had fluoride in their water for years

  • NBC News
Complex cardiac surgery using a groundbreaking technique at Sacré-Cœur Hospital
  • Mar 27, 2026

Complex cardiac surgery using a groundbreaking technique at Sacré-Cœur Hospital

  • CityNews
'We're in a crisis': Advocates say N.B. seniors long-term care plan falls short
  • Mar 27, 2026

'We're in a crisis': Advocates say N.B. seniors long-term care plan falls short

  • CTV News
This B.C. woman was offered MAID before other treatments. She said no to death and went on to climb a volcano
  • Mar 27, 2026

This B.C. woman was offered MAID before other treatments. She said no to death and went on to climb a volcano

  • National Post
Reported US measles cases top 1,500 as Texas outbreak grows
  • Mar 27, 2026

Reported US measles cases top 1,500 as Texas outbreak grows

  • CIDRAP
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