How we are engineering bacteria to eat cancer
  • Jul 20, 2026

How we are engineering bacteria to eat cancer

  • The Conversation
  •  — 
  • Brian Ingalls and Marc Aucoin
‘False positive’: FDA walks back cyclosporiasis test tied to Taylor Farms
  • Jul 20, 2026

‘False positive’: FDA walks back cyclosporiasis test tied to Taylor Farms

  • POLITICO
  •  — 
  • Marcia Brown
‘Collective alarm-raising’: advocates wonder about future of rare disease, mental health, and home-care bilateral deals as March 2027 deadline looms
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  • Jul 20, 2026

‘Collective alarm-raising’: advocates wonder about future of rare disease, mental health, and home-care bilateral deals as March 2027 deadline looms

  • The Hill Times
  •  — 
  • Tessie Sanci
‘This is an important health issue’: Patients, organizations increase pressure to fund ovarian cancer drug
  • Jul 20, 2026

‘This is an important health issue’: Patients, organizations increase pressure to fund ovarian cancer drug

  • CityNews
  •  — 
  • Pat Taney
Birdwatching is becoming Toronto’s favourite hobby. It’s not just relaxing — it can actually rewire your brain
  •  —
  • Jul 20, 2026

Birdwatching is becoming Toronto’s favourite hobby. It’s not just relaxing — it can actually rewire your brain

  • Toronto Star
  •  — 
  • Kevin Jiang

CMA Central

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
Wait, I’m the doctor? A resident on overcoming imposter syndrome
  • Jun 25, 2026

Wait, I’m the doctor? A resident on overcoming imposter syndrome

  • Canadian Medical Association
  •  — 
  • Kaylynn Purdy
Canada’s doctors launch public campaign calling for stronger online protections for children
  • Jun 25, 2026

Canada’s doctors launch public campaign calling for stronger online protections for children

  • Canadian Medical Association
Canadians react to Germany banning sick days without doctor’s note
  • Jul 15, 2026

Canadians react to Germany banning sick days without doctor’s note

  • CBC News

Opinions

Is medicare a national treasure, or a squandered inheritance?
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  • 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
Cyclospora is easy for doctors to miss. The US made it even harder to spot
  • Jul 16, 2026

Cyclospora is easy for doctors to miss. The US made it even harder to spot

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Robert B Shpiner
Why Canada needs to build its own medical supply chain now
  • Jul 15, 2026

Why Canada needs to build its own medical supply chain now

  • Prince Albert Daily Herald
  •  — 
  • Jason M. Sutherland
Two-tier health care? Canada should be so lucky!
  • Jul 14, 2026

Two-tier health care? Canada should be so lucky!

  • The Hub
  •  — 
  • Howard Anglin
Among causes of death, non-communicable diseases like cancer are outmuscling infectious ones
  •  —
  • Jul 14, 2026

Among causes of death, non-communicable diseases like cancer are outmuscling infectious ones

  • The Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Andre Picard

News

2 Manitobans lost loved ones to overdoses. Now they want an alternative to toxic street drugs
  • Jul 20, 2026

2 Manitobans lost loved ones to overdoses. Now they want an alternative to toxic street drugs

  • CBC News
Children’s cereals promise breakfast fun and nutrition, but are still high in sugar
  • Jul 20, 2026

Children’s cereals promise breakfast fun and nutrition, but are still high in sugar

  • The Conversation
  •  — 
  • Charlene Elliott
Canada to temporarily bar entry by foreign nationals recently in Congo due to Ebola risk
  • Jul 20, 2026

Canada to temporarily bar entry by foreign nationals recently in Congo due to Ebola risk

  • CBC News
Municipalities, shelters grapple with protecting homeless population from smoky air
  • Jul 20, 2026

Municipalities, shelters grapple with protecting homeless population from smoky air

  • Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Sophia Bertuzzi
Should an AI chatbot be your therapist?
  • Jul 20, 2026

Should an AI chatbot be your therapist?

  • Montreal Gazette
  •  — 
  • Katelyn Thomas
Sudbury to open first live-in youth mental health treatment home of its kind
  • Jul 20, 2026

Sudbury to open first live-in youth mental health treatment home of its kind

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Marjan Massoom
Lyme disease is becoming one of Canada's defining climate-health challenges
  •  —
  • Jul 20, 2026

Lyme disease is becoming one of Canada's defining climate-health challenges

  • National Observer
  •  — 
  • Jamie Voyles
Source of U.S. diarrhea-causing outbreak back in question after FDA declares false positive
  • Jul 20, 2026

Source of U.S. diarrhea-causing outbreak back in question after FDA declares false positive

  • CBC News
She needs $12K-a-month drug to treat incurable cancer, but insurance won't pay
  • Jul 20, 2026

She needs $12K-a-month drug to treat incurable cancer, but insurance won't pay

  • CBC News
More than 2,300 cyclists help raise record-breaking $12.5 million for cancer care during Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer
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  • Jul 18, 2026

More than 2,300 cyclists help raise record-breaking $12.5 million for cancer care during Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer

  • Calgary Herald
Toronto detects its first West Nile-positive mosquitoes of 2026. Here’s what you need to know
  • Jul 18, 2026

Toronto detects its first West Nile-positive mosquitoes of 2026. Here’s what you need to know

  • now.
  •  — 
  • Patricia Dolor
‘Menopause is not a medical condition’: Experts call for better workplace support
  • Jul 18, 2026

‘Menopause is not a medical condition’: Experts call for better workplace support

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Tammy Ibrahimpoor

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
Foodborne illnesses at restaurant chains are rare but can sicken customers
  • Jul 18, 2026

Foodborne illnesses at restaurant chains are rare but can sicken customers

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Mae Anderson And Michelle Chapman
Cancer society applauds class-action against e-cigarette maker Juul
  •  —
  • Jul 18, 2026

Cancer society applauds class-action against e-cigarette maker Juul

  • The Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Darryl Greer
A lack of vision: How the wildfires coming from Canada are making it difficult to see
  • Jul 18, 2026

A lack of vision: How the wildfires coming from Canada are making it difficult to see

  • Medical Daily
  •  — 
  • Ryan Archer
‘Profound, resigned hopelessness’: people across US and Canada share effects of wildfire smoke
  • Jul 18, 2026

‘Profound, resigned hopelessness’: people across US and Canada share effects of wildfire smoke

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Marina Dunbar
Demand for naloxone training increasing as Winnipeg's drug crisis worsens, consultant says
  • Jul 18, 2026

Demand for naloxone training increasing as Winnipeg's drug crisis worsens, consultant says

  • CBC News
Trump's deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak
  • Jul 18, 2026

Trump's deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak

  • The Guardian
No cyclospora outbreaks reported or tainted lettuce sold in Canada, officials say
  • Jul 17, 2026

No cyclospora outbreaks reported or tainted lettuce sold in Canada, officials say

  • CTV News
Heavy smoke, 'very poor' air quality expected to return across GTA Friday night, into weekend
  • Jul 17, 2026

Heavy smoke, 'very poor' air quality expected to return across GTA Friday night, into weekend

  • CBC News
Lettuce served at Taco Bell identified as a source of U.S. diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak
  •  —
  • Jul 17, 2026

Lettuce served at Taco Bell identified as a source of U.S. diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak

  • The Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Bill Barrow And Mike Stobbe
The source of a diarrhea-causing outbreak in the U.S. has been found. Now what?
  • Jul 17, 2026

The source of a diarrhea-causing outbreak in the U.S. has been found. Now what?

  • CBC News
Cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce at Taco Bell, Mexico supplier
  • Jul 17, 2026

Cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce at Taco Bell, Mexico supplier

  • Global News
Running across Canada for mental health
  • Jul 17, 2026

Running across Canada for mental health

  • Portage Online
  •  — 
  • Tristen Sokolosky
How does wildfire smoke affect your brain today and down the road?
  • Jul 17, 2026

How does wildfire smoke affect your brain today and down the road?

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press
Lettuce served at Taco Bells locations in U.S. is source of parasitic outbreak, CDC says
  • Jul 17, 2026

Lettuce served at Taco Bells locations in U.S. is source of parasitic outbreak, CDC says

  • CBC News
Why wildfire smoke is difficult to forecast and damaging to our health
  •  —
  • Jul 16, 2026

Why wildfire smoke is difficult to forecast and damaging to our health

  • Globe and Mail
  •  — 
  • Maura Forrest and Lana Hall
Canada’s Drug Agency recommends funding this drug for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease
  • Jul 16, 2026

Canada’s Drug Agency recommends funding this drug for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press
Shamattawa First Nation declares state of emergency over hepatitis A
  • Jul 16, 2026

Shamattawa First Nation declares state of emergency over hepatitis A

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Lara Schroeder
Iceberg lettuce sold at Taco Bell linked to cyclospora outbreak
  • Jul 16, 2026

Iceberg lettuce sold at Taco Bell linked to cyclospora outbreak

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • CNN
eVisitNB CEO disputes minister’s claim on prescription renewal data
  • Jul 16, 2026

eVisitNB CEO disputes minister’s claim on prescription renewal data

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Sam Farley
6 Albertans hit with parasitic illness, province says no link to U.S. outbreak found
  • Jul 16, 2026

6 Albertans hit with parasitic illness, province says no link to U.S. outbreak found

  • CBC News
AI helps pathologists spot prostate cancer faster: What Canada can learn from landmark UK study
  • Jul 16, 2026

AI helps pathologists spot prostate cancer faster: What Canada can learn from landmark UK study

  • Digital Journal
  •  — 
  • Tim Sandle
Montreal public health warns of overdose spike as naloxone use reaches last year’s total
  • Jul 16, 2026

Montreal public health warns of overdose spike as naloxone use reaches last year’s total

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • Prisha Dev
Calgary physician urges safe behaviour on scooters, e-bikes to relieve stressed emergency rooms
  •  —
  • Jul 16, 2026

Calgary physician urges safe behaviour on scooters, e-bikes to relieve stressed emergency rooms

  • Calgary Herald
New Family Drugs Gallery rises out of accidental eviction
  •  —
  • Jul 16, 2026

New Family Drugs Gallery rises out of accidental eviction

  • Edmonton Journal
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