U.S. ‘whistleblower’ site targets Canadian doctors providing gender-affirming care

U.S. ‘whistleblower’ site targets Canadian doctors providing gender-affirming care

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Nick Tsergas
Ontario to boost rural, northern primary and emergency care in agreement with OMA

Ontario to boost rural, northern primary and emergency care in agreement with OMA

  • Canadian Press
RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People

RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People

  • The New Republic
More doctors, easier licensing: Health ideas from Canada’s parties you may have missed

More doctors, easier licensing: Health ideas from Canada’s parties you may have missed

  • Global News
Worst measles outbreak in a quarter-century as Alberta cases erupt

Worst measles outbreak in a quarter-century as Alberta cases erupt

  • Edmonton Journal

CMA Central

Record number of residents choose family medicine in Quebec

Record number of residents choose family medicine in Quebec

  • CTV News
B.C. to change law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes

B.C. to change law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes

  • Canadian Press
Surge in U.S. doctors, nurses looking to move to Canada

Surge in U.S. doctors, nurses looking to move to Canada

  • Global News
Countering false information in health care

Countering false information in health care

  • Canadian Medical Association

Opinions

As a family doctor, I know the crisis in primary care will cost us more than any tariff. We need a prime minister who’s willing to face it

As a family doctor, I know the crisis in primary care will cost us more than any tariff. We need a prime minister who’s willing to face it

  • Toronto Star
  • Danyaal Raza
Personal beliefs do not supersede the public good – and vaccination is a public good
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Personal beliefs do not supersede the public good – and vaccination is a public good

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard

News

AHS issues warning for potential measles exposure at 3 Edmonton area medical clinics

AHS issues warning for potential measles exposure at 3 Edmonton area medical clinics

  • CityNews
Off the wait-list, but still waiting: Nova Scotians say care access hasn’t improved despite shrinking wait-lists

Off the wait-list, but still waiting: Nova Scotians say care access hasn’t improved despite shrinking wait-lists

  • Canadian Press
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

  • Reuters
New agreement geared toward universal mRNA avian flu vaccine

New agreement geared toward universal mRNA avian flu vaccine

  • CIDRAP

Opinions (continued)

Measles and Predators

Measles and Predators

  • The Resistance
  • Charlie Angus
The health-care crisis no candidate is talking about—and the fix we need

The health-care crisis no candidate is talking about—and the fix we need

  • Canadian Affairs
  • Vera Kohut
A Team Canada approach to health care

A Team Canada approach to health care

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Steven Lewis
I'm a nursing student. Do I face a career fraught with violence?

I'm a nursing student. Do I face a career fraught with violence?

  • National Post
  • Sierra Robins
Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is
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Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is

  • Globe and Mail
  • Lewis Kay
Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health

Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health

The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.

  • Mark Ungrin

Podcasts

The 'Medical Freedom' Movement

The 'Medical Freedom' Movement

  •  Sawbones
Operation Profit reveals ongoing privatization of Alberta public healthcare

Operation Profit reveals ongoing privatization of Alberta public healthcare

  •  Redeye
What do I need to know about the federal government's role in health care?

What do I need to know about the federal government's role in health care?

  •  The Dose
The case for prioritizing rest in the age of burnout

The case for prioritizing rest in the age of burnout

  •  The Decibel
Canada’s fragmented medical records system

Canada’s fragmented medical records system

  •  The Decibel

News (continued)

RFK's plan to phase out synthetic food dyes could face industry pushback

RFK's plan to phase out synthetic food dyes could face industry pushback

  • npr
Analysis suggests COVID-19 diminishes sperm quality

Analysis suggests COVID-19 diminishes sperm quality

  • CIDRAP
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them

  • NBC News
U.S. scientists eye Canada as career interest jumps 41% — while Canadian interest in U.S. jobs falls

U.S. scientists eye Canada as career interest jumps 41% — while Canadian interest in U.S. jobs falls

  • Nature
Roche to invest US$50-billion in U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs, create 12,000 jobs
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Roche to invest US$50-billion in U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs, create 12,000 jobs

  • Globe and Mail
Colwood's city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says

Colwood's city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says

  • Canadian Press
Quebec says its measles outbreak has ended

Quebec says its measles outbreak has ended

  • CBC
AHS issues warning for measles exposure in Alberta's south health zone

AHS issues warning for measles exposure in Alberta's south health zone

  • Calgary Herald
Desperate to walk again, this 25-year-old Ontario woman is ready to pay $40K for U.S. spinal assessment

Desperate to walk again, this 25-year-old Ontario woman is ready to pay $40K for U.S. spinal assessment

  • CBC
Vietnam reports H5N1 avian flu case with encephalitis

Vietnam reports H5N1 avian flu case with encephalitis

  • CIDRAP
Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it

  • Associated Press
NWT doctors back call for separate nurses’ bargaining unit

NWT doctors back call for separate nurses’ bargaining unit

  • Cabin Radio
Record number of residents choose family medicine in Quebec

Record number of residents choose family medicine in Quebec

  • CTV News
Carney urges Canadian doctors in the U.S. to come home

Carney urges Canadian doctors in the U.S. to come home

  • now.
Paxlovid may cut risk of stroke for at least 3 months after COVID diagnosis

Paxlovid may cut risk of stroke for at least 3 months after COVID diagnosis

  • CIDRAP
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'

With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'

  • npr
Canadians going to vote face sticker shock for health care at private clinics

Canadians going to vote face sticker shock for health care at private clinics

  • CBC
Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence

Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence

  • Canadian Press
‘Overwhelming’: Saskatoon firefighters have gone to 901 drug poisoning calls since January

‘Overwhelming’: Saskatoon firefighters have gone to 901 drug poisoning calls since January

  • Global News
Hospital expansion projects postponed across Quebec (Translation)

Hospital expansion projects postponed across Quebec (Translation)

  • La Presse
Reproductive health advocates praise Liberal pledges but say more details are needed

Reproductive health advocates praise Liberal pledges but say more details are needed

  • CBC
Neuroscientists are racing to turn brain waves into speech

Neuroscientists are racing to turn brain waves into speech

  • ars technica
Poilievre proposes letting judges order drug treatment for addiction

Poilievre proposes letting judges order drug treatment for addiction

  • Toronto Star
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
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Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards

  • The Washington Post
Is polio poised for a comeback?

Is polio poised for a comeback?

  • npr
Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time

Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time

  • The Guardian
Quebec says no to special recruitment measures to attract U.S. doctors, researchers

Quebec says no to special recruitment measures to attract U.S. doctors, researchers

  • Canadian Press
Nearly a decade after Ottawa pledged safe drinking water for all First Nations, promise remains unfulfilled
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Nearly a decade after Ottawa pledged safe drinking water for all First Nations, promise remains unfulfilled

  • Globe and Mail
Study says cannabis-related hospital visits for older adults increases dementia odds

Study says cannabis-related hospital visits for older adults increases dementia odds

  • CTV News
Recruiters look to draw U.S. family doctors to Hamilton area to address shortage

Recruiters look to draw U.S. family doctors to Hamilton area to address shortage

  • CBC
AHS pilots language menu to improve health care access

AHS pilots language menu to improve health care access

  • rdnewsNOW
'Be careful out there': spring migration raises bird flu concerns

'Be careful out there': spring migration raises bird flu concerns

  • Timmins Press
Health Canada recalls Life Brand Melatonin, Riva Acetaminophen for dosage concerns

Health Canada recalls Life Brand Melatonin, Riva Acetaminophen for dosage concerns

  • Canadian Press
'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites

'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites

  • npr
Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer

Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer

  • Associated Press
The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety

The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety

  • Rolling Stone
Medical cannabis shows potential to fight cancer, largest-ever study finds

Medical cannabis shows potential to fight cancer, largest-ever study finds

  • The Guardian
Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds

Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds

  • The Guardian
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