The Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says
  • Aug 13, 2026

The Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says

  • CTV News
Quebec man receives North America’s 1st transplant using regenerated liver technology
  • Aug 13, 2026

Quebec man receives North America’s 1st transplant using regenerated liver technology

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Aatefeh Padidar
Trump's new childhood vaccine order 'not supported' by evidence, experts say
  • Aug 13, 2026

Trump's new childhood vaccine order 'not supported' by evidence, experts say

  • Global News
The Lindsay Clancy trial brings maternal mental health into the spotlight
  • Aug 13, 2026

The Lindsay Clancy trial brings maternal mental health into the spotlight

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Jen Christensen, CNN
Michigan cyclosporiasis cases rise 11% in a week to nearly 14,000
  • Aug 13, 2026

Michigan cyclosporiasis cases rise 11% in a week to nearly 14,000

  • CTV News

CMA Central

Building Canada Strong Requires a Better Health System for All Canadians
  • Aug 11, 2026

Building Canada Strong Requires a Better Health System for All Canadians

  • The Future Economy
Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Cancer Society lead health lobbying in 2026
  • Aug 10, 2026

Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Cancer Society lead health lobbying in 2026

  • The Hill Times
Florida man sues OpenAI after ChatGPT medical advice put his life at risk
  • Aug 04, 2026

Florida man sues OpenAI after ChatGPT medical advice put his life at risk

  • Global News
Ontario invests $55.8M in York medical school to train more family doctors
  • Aug 04, 2026

Ontario invests $55.8M in York medical school to train more family doctors

  • Global News

Opinions

Ontario got $3.2 billion for health care. What did patients get?
  • Aug 13, 2026

Ontario got $3.2 billion for health care. What did patients get?

  • Toronto Star
  •  — 
  • Iris Gorfinkel
Trump’s vaccine order is about feelings, not facts
  • Aug 12, 2026

Trump’s vaccine order is about feelings, not facts

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Robert B Shpiner
When mom was diagnosed with dementia, we had a blueprint for her care written by her
  • Aug 09, 2026

When mom was diagnosed with dementia, we had a blueprint for her care written by her

  • CBC News
Health-data sharing across provinces is the cornerstone of the government’s new AI strategy, but will our privacy really be protected?
  •  —
  • Aug 06, 2026

Health-data sharing across provinces is the cornerstone of the government’s new AI strategy, but will our privacy really be protected?

  • Hill Times
  •  — 
  • DEAN REGIER and BRET NESTOR
Lack of innovation isn’t Canada’s problem—it’s the lack of adoption
  •  —
  • Aug 05, 2026

Lack of innovation isn’t Canada’s problem—it’s the lack of adoption

  • Hill Times
  •  — 
  • CAMERON GROOME and KEN HUGHES
Global health’s next frontier is research, not just aid
  •  —
  • Aug 05, 2026

Global health’s next frontier is research, not just aid

  • Hill Times
  •  — 
  • KAPIL KAPOOR

News

Congo battles fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record as deaths top 2,000
  • Aug 13, 2026

Congo battles fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record as deaths top 2,000

  • CBC News
The drug lenacapavir is a mighty weapon against HIV. Its rollout gets mixed reviews
  • Aug 13, 2026

The drug lenacapavir is a mighty weapon against HIV. Its rollout gets mixed reviews

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Michal Ruprecht
10 kids died last year from e-scooter and e-bike injuries, data shows
  • Aug 13, 2026

10 kids died last year from e-scooter and e-bike injuries, data shows

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press
How Trump's order on vaccines is sowing confusion, doubt and fear
  • Aug 13, 2026

How Trump's order on vaccines is sowing confusion, doubt and fear

  • The Guardian
As Sask. breast cancer survivors head to international festival, here's why dragon boating helps recovery
  • Aug 12, 2026

As Sask. breast cancer survivors head to international festival, here's why dragon boating helps recovery

  • CBC News
Why this American doctor is leaving Utah to serve a remote community in B.C.
  • Aug 12, 2026

Why this American doctor is leaving Utah to serve a remote community in B.C.

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Alanna Kelly
Have trouble sleeping in a new place? Most do because of the first-night effect
  •  —
  • Aug 12, 2026

Have trouble sleeping in a new place? Most do because of the first-night effect

  • Toronto Star
  •  — 
  • Albert Stumm, The Associated Press
A mouse can’t tell us what works’: UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing
  •  —
  • Aug 12, 2026

A mouse can’t tell us what works’: UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Ian Sample
WHO says Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history
  • Aug 12, 2026

WHO says Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Stefanie Dazio And Mark Banchereau, The Associated Press
Federal government invests $24 million for cannabis and brain health research
  • Aug 12, 2026

Federal government invests $24 million for cannabis and brain health research

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press
WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against 'decades of evidence'
  • Aug 12, 2026

WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against 'decades of evidence'

  • CTV News
Acting U.S. FDA chief urges confidence in lettuce as agency updates produce safety guidance
  • Aug 12, 2026

Acting U.S. FDA chief urges confidence in lettuce as agency updates produce safety guidance

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Puyaan Singh and Sneha S K, Reuters

Podcasts

Alberta's "two-tier" challenge to public health care
  • Jul 29, 2026

Alberta's "two-tier" challenge to public health care

  • The Big Story
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
Manitoba opened its first safe consumption site, but residents are divided
  • Aug 12, 2026

Manitoba opened its first safe consumption site, but residents are divided

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Alex Karpa
The hurdles facing Canada's planned pandemic-busting lab
  • Aug 12, 2026

The hurdles facing Canada's planned pandemic-busting lab

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • John MacFarlane
Trump's vaccine overhaul is 'going to impact Canada.' Here's how
  • Aug 12, 2026

Trump's vaccine overhaul is 'going to impact Canada.' Here's how

  • CTV News
Manitoba opens first supervised drug-use site in Winnipeg after prolonged delay
  •  —
  • Aug 11, 2026

Manitoba opens first supervised drug-use site in Winnipeg after prolonged delay

  • The Globe and Mail
30% of Canadian employees say mental health negatively impacting productivity
  • Aug 11, 2026

30% of Canadian employees say mental health negatively impacting productivity

  • Benefits Canada
Taylor Farms recalls jalapeno products amid salmonella outbreak
  • Aug 11, 2026

Taylor Farms recalls jalapeno products amid salmonella outbreak

  • Global News
STI rates rising on P.E.I., with young Islanders most affected
  • Aug 11, 2026

STI rates rising on P.E.I., with young Islanders most affected

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Thinh Nguyen
Second cat has contracted rabies in Quebec’s Montérégie region, health officials say
  • Aug 11, 2026

Second cat has contracted rabies in Quebec’s Montérégie region, health officials say

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • The Canadian Press
Contaminated surgical tools found in Grande Prairie operating room in April, AHS records show
  • Aug 11, 2026

Contaminated surgical tools found in Grande Prairie operating room in April, AHS records show

  • CBC News
Building Canada Strong Requires a Better Health System for All Canadians
  • Aug 11, 2026

Building Canada Strong Requires a Better Health System for All Canadians

  • The Future Economy
Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccines. Here’s what that means
  • Aug 11, 2026

Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccines. Here’s what that means

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Ali Swenson and Collin Binkley, The Associated Press
She was trapped in a 'vicious cycle' of addiction, alcoholism. Her recovery story offers hope to others
  • Aug 11, 2026

She was trapped in a 'vicious cycle' of addiction, alcoholism. Her recovery story offers hope to others

  • CBC News
Trump and RFK Jr. try again to upend vaccines for kids
  • Aug 10, 2026

Trump and RFK Jr. try again to upend vaccines for kids

  • npr
  •  — 
  • Rob Stein
WHO says Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared
  • Aug 10, 2026

WHO says Congo's fast-moving Ebola outbreak started months before it was declared

  • CTV News
  •  — 
  • Constant Same Bagalwa and Mark Banchereau, The Associated Press
What eggs, jalapenos, chickens and chameleons have in common this summer: salmonella
  • Aug 10, 2026

What eggs, jalapenos, chickens and chameleons have in common this summer: salmonella

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  • CTV News
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  • CNN
2 more tuberculosis cases confirmed in Edmonton's inner-city outbreak
  • Aug 10, 2026

2 more tuberculosis cases confirmed in Edmonton's inner-city outbreak

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Wallis Snowdon
Terminally ill woman spent 20 hours in hallway at Health Sciences Centre, daughter says
  • Aug 10, 2026

Terminally ill woman spent 20 hours in hallway at Health Sciences Centre, daughter says

  • CBC News
  •  — 
  • Justin Fiacconi
Trump signs order overriding CDC vaccine schedule and breaking up measles, mumps and rubella shots
  • Aug 10, 2026

Trump signs order overriding CDC vaccine schedule and breaking up measles, mumps and rubella shots

  • The Guardian
Congo's Ebola outbreak started months before official declaration: WHO
  • Aug 10, 2026

Congo's Ebola outbreak started months before official declaration: WHO

  • Global News
Canada’s measles cases are half of U.S. total, despite smaller population
  • Aug 10, 2026

Canada’s measles cases are half of U.S. total, despite smaller population

  • Global News
  •  — 
  • The Canadian Press
Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Cancer Society lead health lobbying in 2026
  • Aug 10, 2026

Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Cancer Society lead health lobbying in 2026

  • The Hill Times
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke
  • Aug 10, 2026

‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke

  • The Guardian
  •  — 
  • Ajit Niranjan
Terminally-ill woman spent 21 hours in hallway at emergency room, daughter says
  • Aug 10, 2026

Terminally-ill woman spent 21 hours in hallway at emergency room, daughter says

  • CBC News
Cancer-diagnosed Albertans may have to partly pay for diagnostic scans, even after government compensation
  •  —
  • Aug 10, 2026

Cancer-diagnosed Albertans may have to partly pay for diagnostic scans, even after government compensation

  • Edmonton Journal
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