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Health Canada permits temporary import of Chinese-authorized chemo injection drug amid critical shortage
  • Jul 03, 2026

Health Canada permits temporary import of Chinese-authorized chemo injection drug amid critical shortage

34% of Canadian employees say mental health impacting productivity
  • Jul 03, 2026

34% of Canadian employees say mental health impacting productivity

What a heatwave does to the body, hour by hour, and when it can turn deadly: ‘Heat is a silent killer’
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  • Jul 03, 2026

What a heatwave does to the body, hour by hour, and when it can turn deadly: ‘Heat is a silent killer’

Diarrhea-causing parasite that can contaminate raw produce causing misery across several states
  • Jul 03, 2026

Diarrhea-causing parasite that can contaminate raw produce causing misery across several states

A new Toronto virtual care program helps dementia patients without ‘uprooting’ them
  • Jul 03, 2026

A new Toronto virtual care program helps dementia patients without ‘uprooting’ them

At least 3,700 excess deaths reported during heat wave in France, Belgium and Netherlands
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  • Jul 03, 2026

At least 3,700 excess deaths reported during heat wave in France, Belgium and Netherlands

125 passengers and crew hit with highly contagious stomach virus on cruise from San Francisco
  • Jul 03, 2026

125 passengers and crew hit with highly contagious stomach virus on cruise from San Francisco

Dauphin left with 'very limited' health services as water recedes, flood cleanup begins
  • Jul 03, 2026

Dauphin left with 'very limited' health services as water recedes, flood cleanup begins

What happens when a World Cup match gets dangerously hot?
  • Jul 03, 2026

What happens when a World Cup match gets dangerously hot?

Measles outbreak in Portneuf, Que., grows to 7 cases
  • Jul 03, 2026

Measles outbreak in Portneuf, Que., grows to 7 cases

Questions raised about new Nova Scotia agency amid provincial cuts
  • Jul 02, 2026

Questions raised about new Nova Scotia agency amid provincial cuts

Vancouver 'RoboCop' is one of 1st Canadian ALS patients to receive Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant
  • Jul 02, 2026

Vancouver 'RoboCop' is one of 1st Canadian ALS patients to receive Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant

'Renegade' family physician Dr. Michael Klein fought to demedicalize childbirth
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  • Jul 02, 2026

'Renegade' family physician Dr. Michael Klein fought to demedicalize childbirth

Measles outbreak in Quebec rises to 27 cases, mostly in Quebec City area
  • Jul 02, 2026

Measles outbreak in Quebec rises to 27 cases, mostly in Quebec City area

U of C-developed experimental treatment reduces rare cancerous tumours
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  • Jul 02, 2026

U of C-developed experimental treatment reduces rare cancerous tumours

How could a nurses' strike impact B.C.'s health-care system?
  • Jul 02, 2026

How could a nurses' strike impact B.C.'s health-care system?

WHO says cruise ship-linked hantavirus outbreak over
  • Jul 02, 2026

WHO says cruise ship-linked hantavirus outbreak over

Vancouver 'RoboCop' is 1st Canadian ALS patient to receive Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant
  • Jul 02, 2026

Vancouver 'RoboCop' is 1st Canadian ALS patient to receive Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant

Why this Canadian entrepreneur wants to rewrite the rules of infant nutrition
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  • Jul 02, 2026

Why this Canadian entrepreneur wants to rewrite the rules of infant nutrition

How a clinic for seniors in Quebec City is taking the pressure off ERs
  • Jul 02, 2026

How a clinic for seniors in Quebec City is taking the pressure off ERs

Electronic medical record rollout improves on 2nd pass, final launch looms in fall
  • Jul 02, 2026

Electronic medical record rollout improves on 2nd pass, final launch looms in fall

mRNA vaccines proved safe and effective during COVID, review says. Cancer could be next
  • Jul 02, 2026

mRNA vaccines proved safe and effective during COVID, review says. Cancer could be next

Auditor-General stands down in favour of government review of PrescribeIT
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  • Jul 02, 2026

Auditor-General stands down in favour of government review of PrescribeIT

New Canadian pediatric diagnostic device launched that can conduct 9 common medical assessments
  • Jul 02, 2026

New Canadian pediatric diagnostic device launched that can conduct 9 common medical assessments

Ontario now second province to lower colorectal cancer screening age to 45
  • Jul 01, 2026

Ontario now second province to lower colorectal cancer screening age to 45

A new type of surgery is helping some cancer patients keep their fertility intact during treatment
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  • Jul 01, 2026

A new type of surgery is helping some cancer patients keep their fertility intact during treatment

COVID proved mRNA vaccine technology was safe and effective, review says. Is a cancer vaccine next?
  • Jun 30, 2026

COVID proved mRNA vaccine technology was safe and effective, review says. Is a cancer vaccine next?

Self-isolation ends for travellers exposed to hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
  • Jun 30, 2026

Self-isolation ends for travellers exposed to hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

Alberta government misses deadline for year-end fiscal update, cites health care overhaul
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  • Jun 30, 2026

Alberta government misses deadline for year-end fiscal update, cites health care overhaul

Bracing for the heat wave? Experts share some tips to stay cool
  • Jun 30, 2026

Bracing for the heat wave? Experts share some tips to stay cool

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