Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends change to eligibility criteria for seniors benefits
  • Mar 05, 2026

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends change to eligibility criteria for seniors benefits

  • Edmonton Journal
Tylenol use by pregnant women in U.S. ERs dropped after Trump autism warning
  • Mar 05, 2026

Tylenol use by pregnant women in U.S. ERs dropped after Trump autism warning
Doctors and health groups warn Alberta's plan for two-tier healthcare will worsen wait times
  • Mar 05, 2026

Doctors and health groups warn Alberta's plan for two-tier healthcare will worsen wait times

  • CTV News
Windsor-Essex saw 77 suspected overdoses in February — a record for EMS
  • Mar 05, 2026

Windsor-Essex saw 77 suspected overdoses in February — a record for EMS

  • CBC News
Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar
  • Mar 05, 2026

Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar

  • The Guardian

CMA Central

Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork
  • Mar 05, 2026

Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork

  • 650 CKOM
AI health misinformation is getting harder to spot. Canadians are falling for it, expert warns
  • Mar 04, 2026

AI health misinformation is getting harder to spot. Canadians are falling for it, expert warns

  • 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
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

Opinions

Want to understand Ontario's ER crisis? Watch 'The Pitt'
  • Mar 05, 2026

Want to understand Ontario's ER crisis? Watch 'The Pitt'

  • Toronto Star
Fragile X diagnosis propelled our family into advocacy and drug discovery
  • Mar 05, 2026

Fragile X diagnosis propelled our family into advocacy and drug discovery

  • Patient Voice
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  • Nick Parr
We're blaming our overstuffed ERs, excruciating surgery waits and family doctor deserts on exactly the wrong people
  • Mar 05, 2026

We're blaming our overstuffed ERs, excruciating surgery waits and family doctor deserts on exactly the wrong people

  • Toronto Star
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  • Iris Gorfinkel
Menopausal hormone therapy is free in B.C. and Manitoba. Why not in the rest of Canada?
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  • Mar 05, 2026

Menopausal hormone therapy is free in B.C. and Manitoba. Why not in the rest of Canada?

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Andre Picard
Colon cancer often doesn’t wait for age 50. Screening doesn’t have to, either
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  • Mar 05, 2026

Colon cancer often doesn’t wait for age 50. Screening doesn’t have to, either

  • Saltwire
The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all
  • Mar 05, 2026

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all

  • The Guardian
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  • Taylor Lorenz

News

Measles isn't the only disease making a comeback. Mumps is on the rise
  • Mar 05, 2026

Measles isn't the only disease making a comeback. Mumps is on the rise

  • CNN
RFK Jr. Is Trying to Revamp Medical School
  • Mar 05, 2026

RFK Jr. Is Trying to Revamp Medical School

  • The New York Times
Alberta promises billions for health care, but new hospital towers are still years away
  • Mar 05, 2026

Alberta promises billions for health care, but new hospital towers are still years away

  • CBC News
Are you waiting to see a specialist in B.C.? So are 1.2 million others
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  • Mar 05, 2026

Are you waiting to see a specialist in B.C.? So are 1.2 million others

  • Vancouver Sun
Contaminated drinking water can last months or even years after wildfires: Canadian study
  • Mar 05, 2026

Contaminated drinking water can last months or even years after wildfires: Canadian study

  • Vancouver Sun
Can a digital tablet cut back a country's overuse of antibiotics?
  • Mar 05, 2026

Can a digital tablet cut back a country's overuse of antibiotics?

  • npr
Health-Care Advocacy Groups Speak Out Against Alberta's Bill 11
  • Mar 05, 2026

Health-Care Advocacy Groups Speak Out Against Alberta's Bill 11
Medical travel passengers stuck at a Nunavut airport say they were left cold with little food and water
  • Mar 05, 2026

Medical travel passengers stuck at a Nunavut airport say they were left cold with little food and water

  • CBC News
'Scientifically not a good idea,' says researcher whose work informed B.C.'s daylight-time decision
  • Mar 05, 2026

'Scientifically not a good idea,' says researcher whose work informed B.C.'s daylight-time decision

  • CBC News
'We feel betrayed': Disability community says provincial budget 'punches down'
  • Mar 05, 2026

'We feel betrayed': Disability community says provincial budget 'punches down'

  • CBC News
Amazon launches AI enabled platform in the U.S. to automate healthcare administrative tasks
  • Mar 05, 2026

Amazon launches AI enabled platform in the U.S. to automate healthcare administrative tasks

  • Reuters
Alberta poached almost 70 nurses from Philippines since 2022 — but was it enough?
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  • Mar 05, 2026

Alberta poached almost 70 nurses from Philippines since 2022 — but was it enough?

  • Calgary Herald

Podcasts

Health Data Sovereignty: Systems, Safeguards, Strategy
  • Mar 05, 2026

Health Data Sovereignty: Systems, Safeguards, Strategy

  • Digital Health in Canada
Unmasking AuDHD
  • Mar 05, 2026

Unmasking AuDHD

  • White Coat, Black Art
Norovirus – our most disgusting episode ever
  • Mar 05, 2026

Norovirus – our most disgusting episode ever

  • The Body of Evidence
Why is it so hard to get care for the menopause transition?
  • Mar 05, 2026

Why is it so hard to get care for the menopause transition?

  • (MIS)Treated
Trump administration is failing to address spread of measles, experts say
  • Mar 05, 2026

Trump administration is failing to address spread of measles, experts say

  • The Guardian
Thousands of P.E.I. patients left looking for family doctors as physicians leave practices
  • Mar 05, 2026

Thousands of P.E.I. patients left looking for family doctors as physicians leave practices

  • CTV News
Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork
  • Mar 05, 2026

Sask. doctors losing more than 10 hours a week to paperwork

  • 650 CKOM
Vancouver hospital should 'never' be diverting pregnant patients, says trauma surgeon
  • Mar 05, 2026

Vancouver hospital should 'never' be diverting pregnant patients, says trauma surgeon

  • CBC News
Canadian drinking water still at risk long after wildfires
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  • Mar 04, 2026

Canadian drinking water still at risk long after wildfires

  • University of British Columbia
Appeal Court tosses case brought by B.C. health executive fired for vaccine refusal
  • Mar 04, 2026

Appeal Court tosses case brought by B.C. health executive fired for vaccine refusal

  • The Canadian Press
Weight loss drugs may stop people getting addicted to drugs and alcohol, study finds
  • Mar 04, 2026

Weight loss drugs may stop people getting addicted to drugs and alcohol, study finds

  • The Guardian
UK covid inquiry reaches 'bittersweet' final day of witness testimony
  • Mar 04, 2026

UK covid inquiry reaches 'bittersweet' final day of witness testimony

  • The Guardian
Meth detention and other health-care issues dominate first day of legislature sitting
  • Mar 04, 2026

Meth detention and other health-care issues dominate first day of legislature sitting

  • The Canadian Press
Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking to put pregnancy warnings on antidepressants
  • Mar 04, 2026

Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking to put pregnancy warnings on antidepressants

  • Associated Press
MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner
  • Mar 04, 2026

MAID applicants should have more mental health support, says Quebec coroner

  • The Canadian Press
Health-tech startup targets hospital procurement inefficiencies
  • Mar 04, 2026

Health-tech startup targets hospital procurement inefficiencies
Most Patients Keep Weight Off With Fewer GLP-1 Shots, Study Finds
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  • Mar 04, 2026

Most Patients Keep Weight Off With Fewer GLP-1 Shots, Study Finds

  • The New York Times
Are Canada's radon guidelines 'failing to protect Canadians' from lung cancer?
  • Mar 04, 2026

Are Canada's radon guidelines 'failing to protect Canadians' from lung cancer?

  • CBC News
Gen Z flocks to traditional Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets
  • Mar 04, 2026

Gen Z flocks to traditional Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets

  • The Guardian
'A constant stream' of serious flu cases leaves hundreds dead in Alberta
  • Mar 04, 2026

'A constant stream' of serious flu cases leaves hundreds dead in Alberta

  • CTV News
3 million Canadians use GLP-1 drugs. Survey says that's changing their appetites — and habits
  • Mar 04, 2026

3 million Canadians use GLP-1 drugs. Survey says that's changing their appetites — and habits

  • CBC News
Resigning doctor shares frustrations with Health P.E.I.
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  • Mar 04, 2026

Resigning doctor shares frustrations with Health P.E.I.

  • Saltwire
'It won't be violent. I won't be alone': Canadian hoping for MAID for mental illness
  • Mar 04, 2026

'It won't be violent. I won't be alone': Canadian hoping for MAID for mental illness

  • CTV News
Rapid RSV tests linked to less antibiotic prescribing in kids
  • Mar 04, 2026

Rapid RSV tests linked to less antibiotic prescribing in kids

  • CIDRAP
N.S. NDP, advocates call on province to reverse cut to caregivers benefit
  • Mar 04, 2026

N.S. NDP, advocates call on province to reverse cut to caregivers benefit

  • CTV News
Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests
  • Mar 04, 2026

Pregnant women's brains shed grey matter to prime them for motherhood, study suggests

  • BBC News
Measles exposure sites listed in York Region
  • Mar 04, 2026

Measles exposure sites listed in York Region

  • CP24
New Glasgow, N.S., hospital getting AI-powered weapons detection system
  • Mar 04, 2026

New Glasgow, N.S., hospital getting AI-powered weapons detection system

  • CTV News
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