3M Canadian adults taking GLP-1 drugs, reshaping eating and spending, survey suggests
  • Mar 03, 2026

3M Canadian adults taking GLP-1 drugs, reshaping eating and spending, survey suggests

  • CTV News
Opposition leaders speak out on state of P.E.I. health care, doctors leaving the province
  • Mar 03, 2026

Opposition leaders speak out on state of P.E.I. health care, doctors leaving the province

  • CBC News
Medical journal The Lancet blasts RFK Jr.'s health work as a failure
  • Mar 03, 2026

Medical journal The Lancet blasts RFK Jr.'s health work as a failure
Pharmacare expands in B.C.: Here's what is covered now
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  • Mar 03, 2026

Pharmacare expands in B.C.: Here's what is covered now

  • Vancouver Sun
Alberta experiences nearly 16,000 flu cases, 250 deaths in current respiratory virus season
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  • Mar 03, 2026

Alberta experiences nearly 16,000 flu cases, 250 deaths in current respiratory virus season

  • Calgary Herald

CMA Central

Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding ‘common ground’ with government as she becomes Canada’s top doctor
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding ‘common ground’ with government as she becomes Canada’s top doctor

  • The Hill Times
Survivors call on Ottawa to pass bill to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization
  • Feb 27, 2026

Survivors call on Ottawa to pass bill to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization

  • The Canadian Press
Canadians’ ease of access to primary care depends on where you live: survey
  • Feb 25, 2026

Canadians’ ease of access to primary care depends on where you live: survey

  • Global News
CMA congratulates Dr. Joss Reimer, Canada’s new Chief Public Health Officer
  • Feb 23, 2026

CMA congratulates Dr. Joss Reimer, Canada’s new Chief Public Health Officer

  • Canadian Medical Association

Opinions

Refugee benefits a better deal than our healthcare
  • Mar 02, 2026

Refugee benefits a better deal than our healthcare

  • Penticton Herald
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  • Dan Albas
There's too much red tape in Canadian health care
  • Feb 27, 2026

There's too much red tape in Canadian health care

  • Healthing
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  • Margot Burnell and Corinne Pohlmann
We need to improve virtual health care for the disabled – especially in winter
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  • Feb 27, 2026

We need to improve virtual health care for the disabled – especially in winter

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Jessica Slice
Patients not showing up for medical appointments is putting a strain on our health care system
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  • Feb 26, 2026

Patients not showing up for medical appointments is putting a strain on our health care system

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Shannon Moneo
The AI we get may not be the AI we need: Why physician-led governance is essential
  • Feb 26, 2026

The AI we get may not be the AI we need: Why physician-led governance is essential

  • Healthy Debate
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  • Jane Purvis, Chandi Chandrasena
The challenge of whether to fund promising new drugs
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  • Feb 26, 2026

The challenge of whether to fund promising new drugs

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Andre Picard

News

Alberta says it wants to ban MAiD for mental illness, increase oversight of MAiD practitioners and ‘protect vulnerable Albertans’
  • Mar 03, 2026

Alberta says it wants to ban MAiD for mental illness, increase oversight of MAiD practitioners and ‘protect vulnerable Albertans’

  • Canadian Affairs
Study finds sharp rise in young men contacting Ontario gambling helpline
  • Mar 03, 2026

Study finds sharp rise in young men contacting Ontario gambling helpline

  • CityNews
CDC measles-response lead says cases most likely underreported as outbreak swells in Texas (April 2025)
  • Mar 03, 2026

CDC measles-response lead says cases most likely underreported as outbreak swells in Texas (April 2025)

  • NBC News
Many with long COVID remain on the job despite reduced ability to work
  • Mar 02, 2026

Many with long COVID remain on the job despite reduced ability to work

  • CIDRAP
Danielle Smith calls on Ottawa to deregulate sales of nicotine pouches
  • Mar 02, 2026

Danielle Smith calls on Ottawa to deregulate sales of nicotine pouches

  • Times Colonist
New drug on B.C. streets brings hallucinations, vomiting, ICU after overdose
  • Mar 02, 2026

New drug on B.C. streets brings hallucinations, vomiting, ICU after overdose

  • CTV News
Global breast cancer cases expected to reach over 3.5 million by 2050
  • Mar 02, 2026

Global breast cancer cases expected to reach over 3.5 million by 2050

  • CTV News
Overdoses in Toronto have almost doubled since last January
  • Mar 02, 2026

Overdoses in Toronto have almost doubled since last January

  • CTV News
Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding 'common ground' with government as she becomes Canada's top doctor
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding 'common ground' with government as she becomes Canada's top doctor

  • The Hill Times
Hamilton, Sarnia residents file formal request for Ontario to fix its 'broken' air pollution policy
  • Mar 02, 2026

Hamilton, Sarnia residents file formal request for Ontario to fix its 'broken' air pollution policy

  • CBC News
B.C. recruitment campaign brings surge of applications from U.S. doctors and nurses — but transfers have been slow
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  • Mar 02, 2026

B.C. recruitment campaign brings surge of applications from U.S. doctors and nurses — but transfers have been slow

  • Vancouver Sun
Family believes Nova Scotia's new medical records system played part in baby's death
  • Mar 02, 2026

Family believes Nova Scotia's new medical records system played part in baby's death

  • CBC News

Podcasts

Myth or Medicine with Nick Tsergas
  • Feb 26, 2026

Myth or Medicine with Nick Tsergas

  • Toronto Today
The deadly impacts of Canada's lack of race-based health data
  • Feb 26, 2026

The deadly impacts of Canada's lack of race-based health data

  • The Big Story
The Man Flu
  • Feb 26, 2026

The Man Flu

  • The Body of Evidence
Think It’s Not Your Heart? Think Again.
  • Feb 26, 2026

Think It’s Not Your Heart? Think Again.

  • The Doc Talk Podcast
CDC acting director Bhattacharya backs use of measles vaccine
  • Mar 02, 2026

CDC acting director Bhattacharya backs use of measles vaccine

  • Reuters
Alberta's flu season is now the deadliest in recent memory as experts call for action
  • Mar 02, 2026

Alberta's flu season is now the deadliest in recent memory as experts call for action

  • CBC News
Some US States Move to Limit Access to HIV Treatment
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Some US States Move to Limit Access to HIV Treatment

  • The New York Times
Health-care 'improvements' to be announced in southern Alberta
  • Mar 02, 2026

Health-care 'improvements' to be announced in southern Alberta

  • CTV News
Artificial intelligence could reduce emergency room mental health visits at CHEO
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Artificial intelligence could reduce emergency room mental health visits at CHEO

  • Ottawa Citizen
Why new doctors aren't specializing in infectious diseases
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Why new doctors aren't specializing in infectious diseases

  • Axios
Health Canada approves Ozempic to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes
  • Mar 02, 2026

Health Canada approves Ozempic to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with type 2 diabetes

  • CISION
Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding ‘common ground’ with government as she becomes Canada’s top doctor
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Outspoken health advocate Joss Reimer talks about finding ‘common ground’ with government as she becomes Canada’s top doctor

  • The Hill Times
Will it save dogs or impede key health research? Two views of Ontario's Bill 75
  • Mar 02, 2026

Will it save dogs or impede key health research? Two views of Ontario's Bill 75

  • CBC News
'Doctors dismissed my endometriosis as anxiety'
  • Mar 02, 2026

'Doctors dismissed my endometriosis as anxiety'

  • BBC News
As measles spreads in South Carolina, RFK Jr's allies work to gut vaccine laws
  • Mar 02, 2026

As measles spreads in South Carolina, RFK Jr's allies work to gut vaccine laws

  • The Guardian
Ivermectin takes off among cancer patients : NPR
  • Mar 02, 2026

Ivermectin takes off among cancer patients : NPR
A swine flu case to keep tabs on
  • Mar 02, 2026

A swine flu case to keep tabs on

  • STAT
Family doctor resigns, cites frustrations with Health P.E.I.
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Family doctor resigns, cites frustrations with Health P.E.I.

  • Saltwire
Ottawa says provinces should pay for nurse practitioners, gives one-year grace before penalties
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  • Mar 02, 2026

Ottawa says provinces should pay for nurse practitioners, gives one-year grace before penalties

  • The Globe and Mail
Three in four women unaware menopause can trigger new mental illness, poll finds
  • Mar 01, 2026

Three in four women unaware menopause can trigger new mental illness, poll finds

  • The Guardian
Why were toxic drug deaths in B.C. down 21% in 2025?
  • Mar 01, 2026

Why were toxic drug deaths in B.C. down 21% in 2025?

  • CBC News
Group calls on Health Canada to make labels mandatory for gene-edited pork
  • Mar 01, 2026

Group calls on Health Canada to make labels mandatory for gene-edited pork

  • CTV News
Ontario's Family Health Teams sound alarm over staffing crisis fuelled by wage freeze
  • Mar 01, 2026

Ontario's Family Health Teams sound alarm over staffing crisis fuelled by wage freeze

  • CTV News
The number of Ontarians over 80 is about to surge. Advocates say the Ford government needs a strategy
  • Mar 01, 2026

The number of Ontarians over 80 is about to surge. Advocates say the Ford government needs a strategy

  • Toronto Star
Failed asylum-seeker motion shows Conservatives 'smelled blood in the water' with minister, immigration as wedge issue, say politicos
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  • Mar 01, 2026

Failed asylum-seeker motion shows Conservatives 'smelled blood in the water' with minister, immigration as wedge issue, say politicos

  • The Hill Times
Wellness peptide craze: why people are injecting drugs 'not for human consumption'
  • Feb 28, 2026

Wellness peptide craze: why people are injecting drugs 'not for human consumption'

  • BBC News
Canada's Drug Agency recommends new Alzheimer's drug not be publicly funded
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  • Feb 28, 2026

Canada's Drug Agency recommends new Alzheimer's drug not be publicly funded

  • Ottawa Citizen
Researchers praise 'stunning' results of new prostate cancer treatment
  • Feb 28, 2026

Researchers praise 'stunning' results of new prostate cancer treatment

  • The Guardian
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