Quebec had to allow more private health care. Here's what happened
  • Jul 25, 2026

Quebec had to allow more private health care. Here's what happened

  • Canadian Affairs
Pharma task force urges Health Canada to streamline regulatory reviews as part of suite of recommendations
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  • Jul 24, 2026

Pharma task force urges Health Canada to streamline regulatory reviews as part of suite of recommendations

  • The Globe and Mail
U.S. measles cases reach 35-year high, for second record-breaking year in a row
  • Jul 24, 2026

U.S. measles cases reach 35-year high, for second record-breaking year in a row

  • CTV News
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  • Deidre McPhillips, CNN
Hair loss risk goes up on GLP-1 drugs, BMJ study finds
  • Jul 24, 2026

Hair loss risk goes up on GLP-1 drugs, BMJ study finds

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • Adriana Fallico
Calgary air quality rated as 'very high risk,' conditions expected to persist through Friday
  • Jul 24, 2026

Calgary air quality rated as 'very high risk,' conditions expected to persist through Friday

  • Calgary Herald
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  • Devon Dekuyper

CMA Central

Canada’s doctors support First Ministers’ plan to break down barriers that prevent health workers from caring for patients
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canada’s doctors support First Ministers’ plan to break down barriers that prevent health workers from caring for patients

  • Canadian Medical Association
  •  — 
  • Bolu Ogunyemi
Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong

  • Canadian Medical Association
A system with no backup: What summer ER closures say about Canada’s fragile health workforce
  • Jul 22, 2026

A system with no backup: What summer ER closures say about Canada’s fragile health workforce

  • Canadian Medical Association
Statement: Premiers must move quickly on existing solutions to fix health care: Canada’s doctors
  • Jul 20, 2026

Statement: Premiers must move quickly on existing solutions to fix health care: Canada’s doctors

  • Canadian Medical Association

Opinions

How do you judge the real value of a new Alzheimer's drug?
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  • Jul 24, 2026

How do you judge the real value of a new Alzheimer's drug?

  • The Globe and Mail
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  • Andre Picard
Canada cannot prevent heart disease with episodic care
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canada cannot prevent heart disease with episodic care

  • CHW Perspective
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  • David Loban
The benefits of GLP-1s for women no one is talking about
  • Jul 22, 2026

The benefits of GLP-1s for women no one is talking about

  • The Washington Post
  •  — 
  • Tamar Haspel
It's faster to fly a human around the moon than to get a new drug to Canadians
  • Jul 22, 2026

It's faster to fly a human around the moon than to get a new drug to Canadians

  • CHW Perspective
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  • Bettina Hamelin
Trump announces new tariffs on generic drugs to take effect in 2028 – US politics live
  • Jul 21, 2026

Trump announces new tariffs on generic drugs to take effect in 2028 – US politics live

  • The Guardian
Addiction is not a moral failure: Why harm reduction matters
  • Jul 21, 2026

Addiction is not a moral failure: Why harm reduction matters

  • Healthy Debate

News

This year's U.S. measles cases have already broken 2025's record
  • Jul 24, 2026

This year's U.S. measles cases have already broken 2025's record

  • CBC News
2026 U.S. measles cases have passed record-breaking tally for all of 2025
  • Jul 24, 2026

2026 U.S. measles cases have passed record-breaking tally for all of 2025

  • Global News
Migraine-related hospital visits spike during periods of wildfire smoke, Canadian study finds
  • Jul 24, 2026

Migraine-related hospital visits spike during periods of wildfire smoke, Canadian study finds

  • CBC News
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  • Lauren Pelley
New training aims to make P.E.I. health care safer for Indigenous patients
  • Jul 24, 2026

New training aims to make P.E.I. health care safer for Indigenous patients

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Thinh Nguyen
Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decade
  • Jul 24, 2026

Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decade

  • rabble
  •  — 
  • David J. Climenhaga
Confusing product recall adds to US cyclospora outbreak uncertainty
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  • Jul 24, 2026

Confusing product recall adds to US cyclospora outbreak uncertainty

  • The Guardian
Unifor rallies to protect Canada's public health care
  • Jul 24, 2026

Unifor rallies to protect Canada's public health care

  • Unifor
Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find
  • Jul 24, 2026

Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Gary Fuller
Doctors are using a regulatory gap to administer an unauthorized peptide
  • Jul 24, 2026

Doctors are using a regulatory gap to administer an unauthorized peptide

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Idil Mussa and Brenda Witmer
Lettuce samples at Taylor Farms negative for cyclospora, Mexican authorities sayc
  • Jul 24, 2026

Lettuce samples at Taylor Farms negative for cyclospora, Mexican authorities sayc

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Sarah Morland
Canadian premiers face calls to improve diagnosis, treatment of ovarian cancer
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canadian premiers face calls to improve diagnosis, treatment of ovarian cancer

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • Ella Macdonald & Rebecca Lau
Canada’s doctors support First Ministers’ plan to break down barriers that prevent health workers from caring for patients
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canada’s doctors support First Ministers’ plan to break down barriers that prevent health workers from caring for patients

  • Canadian Medical Association
  •  — 
  • Bolu Ogunyemi

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
Saskatoon firefighters respond to 90 overdoses in 3 days
  • Jul 23, 2026

Saskatoon firefighters respond to 90 overdoses in 3 days

  • CBC News
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  • Halyna Mihalik
Toronto is one of Canada’s most curious cities about weight-loss medication: Study
  • Jul 23, 2026

Toronto is one of Canada’s most curious cities about weight-loss medication: Study

  • now.
  •  — 
  • Beatriz Ferreira
Travellers should ‘be aware, but not alarmed’ amid U.S. outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite
  • Jul 23, 2026

Travellers should ‘be aware, but not alarmed’ amid U.S. outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Christl Dabu
West Nile virus detected in Calgary mosquitoes earlier than usual this year
  • Jul 23, 2026

West Nile virus detected in Calgary mosquitoes earlier than usual this year

  • CBC News
Ottawa halved federal emergency centre staff before wildfire season
  • Jul 23, 2026

Ottawa halved federal emergency centre staff before wildfire season

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • Sean Boynton
Nurse practitioner wants province to cover visit fee
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  • Jul 23, 2026

Nurse practitioner wants province to cover visit fee

  • The Hamilton Spectator
  •  — 
  • Connor McDowell
This American has given blood in every U.S. state and now 1 Canadian province
  • Jul 23, 2026

This American has given blood in every U.S. state and now 1 Canadian province

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Daniel J. Rowe
U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite
  • Jul 23, 2026

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite

  • CTV News
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  • Laura Ungar, The Associated Press
Wildfire evacuees from First Nations in northern Ontario face stressors beyond being far from home
  • Jul 23, 2026

Wildfire evacuees from First Nations in northern Ontario face stressors beyond being far from home

  • CBC News
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  • Sarah Law
William Shatner and daughter Melanie diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer at same time
  • Jul 23, 2026

William Shatner and daughter Melanie diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer at same time

  • Global News
Robotic-assisted surgery is helping shape the future of health care in Surrey
  • Jul 23, 2026

Robotic-assisted surgery is helping shape the future of health care in Surrey

  • Business in Vancouver
Canadian Blood Services calling for donors amid serious drop in supply
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  • Jul 23, 2026

Canadian Blood Services calling for donors amid serious drop in supply

  • Toronto Star
This AI tool promises a 'second sight of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?
  • Jul 23, 2026

This AI tool promises a 'second sight of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Joseph Kim
Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak
  • Jul 23, 2026

Why health officials do not have a good handle on the current Ebola outbreak

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Jonathan Lambert
Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise
  • Jul 23, 2026

Risk of Parkinson’s disease may increase with prolonged exposure to road traffic noise

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Ushika Kidd
She suffered a stroke while pregnant. Doctors performed brain surgery anyway — and saved two lives
  • Jul 23, 2026

She suffered a stroke while pregnant. Doctors performed brain surgery anyway — and saved two lives

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Swidda Rassy
How this clinic convinced 21 new doctors to move to London — and yes, they're accepting patients
  • Jul 23, 2026

How this clinic convinced 21 new doctors to move to London — and yes, they're accepting patients

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Alessio Donnini
Nurse practitioner aims to expand primary care access in northern Alberta
  • Jul 23, 2026

Nurse practitioner aims to expand primary care access in northern Alberta

  • CBC News
Nicotine pouches: A growing wellness trend in Canadian teens, young adults
  • Jul 23, 2026

Nicotine pouches: A growing wellness trend in Canadian teens, young adults

  • Medscape
  •  — 
  • Liz Scherer
'Death by organ donation': Doctors raise possibility of retrieving organs from MAID patients while they are still alive
  • Jul 23, 2026

'Death by organ donation': Doctors raise possibility of retrieving organs from MAID patients while they are still alive

  • National Post
  •  — 
  • Sharon Kirkey
Regina hospitals still haven't cleaned up the hand-washing problem diagnosed in 2018
  • Jul 23, 2026

Regina hospitals still haven't cleaned up the hand-washing problem diagnosed in 2018

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Alexander Quon
Mistreatment during childbirth common among Indigenous Canadians
  • Jul 23, 2026

Mistreatment during childbirth common among Indigenous Canadians

  • Medscape
  •  — 
  • Marilynn Larkin
Premiers warn of ‘fiscal cliff’ as federal health funding formula to expire in 2027
  • Jul 23, 2026

Premiers warn of ‘fiscal cliff’ as federal health funding formula to expire in 2027

  • The Charlottetown Guardian
  •  — 
  • Stu Neatby
Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong
  • Jul 23, 2026

Canada’s health workforce united: investing in health care keeps Canada strong

  • Canadian Medical Association
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