Should provinces crack down on illegal healthcare fees?
  • May 05, 2025

Should provinces crack down on illegal healthcare fees?

  • Canada Healthwatch
How Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten Canadians’ access to prescription drugs
  • May 05, 2025

How Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten Canadians’ access to prescription drugs

  • Joel Lexchin
Competition Bureau probes drug makers’ rebate payments to Express Scripts Canada
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  • May 05, 2025

Competition Bureau probes drug makers’ rebate payments to Express Scripts Canada

  • Globe and Mail
Canada’s complicated drug-approval system needs overhaul, former regulator says
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  • Apr 29, 2025

Canada’s complicated drug-approval system needs overhaul, former regulator says

  • Globe and Mail
FDA scrutiny of Novavax sparks uncertainty about other vaccines
  • Apr 29, 2025

FDA scrutiny of Novavax sparks uncertainty about other vaccines

  • Associated Press
Liberals vow to fight healthcare privatization — is that in their platform?
  • Apr 28, 2025

Liberals vow to fight healthcare privatization — is that in their platform?

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
RFK Jr.’s FDA forces costly new vaccine trial on Novavax, threatening the company's survival
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  • Apr 27, 2025

RFK Jr.’s FDA forces costly new vaccine trial on Novavax, threatening the company's survival

  • Wall Street Journal
Four promising breakthroughs that could bolster Canada’s health sector
  • Apr 25, 2025

Four promising breakthroughs that could bolster Canada’s health sector

  • Toronto Star
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
  • Apr 25, 2025

USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

  • Associated Press
UPS to buy Andlauer Healthcare Group in deal worth about $2.2-billion
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  • Apr 25, 2025

UPS to buy Andlauer Healthcare Group in deal worth about $2.2-billion

  • Globe and Mail
Protect 'valuable' Canadian health data from Trump's AI aspirations, experts urge
  • Apr 24, 2025

Protect 'valuable' Canadian health data from Trump's AI aspirations, experts urge

  • Canadian Press
Liberals would use Canada Health Act to push back on privatization, says health minister
  • Apr 24, 2025

Liberals would use Canada Health Act to push back on privatization, says health minister

  • BradfordToday.ca
New AI tool could reduce risks and hospital time for heart attack patients
  • Apr 24, 2025

New AI tool could reduce risks and hospital time for heart attack patients

  • Ottawa Citizen
Key FDA drug data goes missing amid DOGE cuts
  • Apr 24, 2025

Key FDA drug data goes missing amid DOGE cuts

  • Axios
Vaccine developers mobilize amid "great unraveling" of their work
  • Apr 24, 2025

Vaccine developers mobilize amid "great unraveling" of their work

  • Axios
How high-tech mental-health gadgets are helping millions feel better
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  • Apr 24, 2025

How high-tech mental-health gadgets are helping millions feel better

  • Globe and Mail
Pharmacy monopolies are coming for Ontario. Quebec banned them — will we?
  • Apr 23, 2025

Pharmacy monopolies are coming for Ontario. Quebec banned them — will we?

  • Michael Nashat
U.S. ‘whistleblower’ site targets Canadian doctors providing gender-affirming care
  • Apr 22, 2025

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

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
RFK's plan to phase out synthetic food dyes could face industry pushback
  • Apr 22, 2025

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

  • npr
Roche to invest US$50-billion in U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs, create 12,000 jobs
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  • Apr 22, 2025

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

  • Globe and Mail
Canadians going to vote face sticker shock for health care at private clinics
  • Apr 21, 2025

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

  • CBC
The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety
  • Apr 18, 2025

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

  • Rolling Stone
BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs
  • Apr 18, 2025

BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs

  • Canadian Press
People say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to evaluate the claims
  • Apr 18, 2025

People say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to evaluate the claims

  • Associated Press
Eli Lilly stock soars on encouraging results for daily weight-loss pill
  • Apr 18, 2025

Eli Lilly stock soars on encouraging results for daily weight-loss pill

  • Axios
Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for burning coal
  • Apr 18, 2025

Trump's EPA eyes looser rules for burning coal

  • Associated Press
White House, Florida promote Canada drug imports while tariff threat looms
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  • Apr 17, 2025

White House, Florida promote Canada drug imports while tariff threat looms

  • Globe and Mail
A Wellness Company With False Claims, Global Aims and a Toronto Island
  • Apr 16, 2025

A Wellness Company With False Claims, Global Aims and a Toronto Island

  • The New York Times
U.S. puts drug tariffs on the table, threatening entire supply chains
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  • Apr 16, 2025

U.S. puts drug tariffs on the table, threatening entire supply chains

  • Globe and Mail
Pharma tariffs could be a generics problem
  • Apr 16, 2025

Pharma tariffs could be a generics problem

  • Axios
Saving lives with Manitoba-made vaccines
  • Apr 16, 2025

Saving lives with Manitoba-made vaccines

  • University of Manitoba
Shut out of medical school, he blames a controversial admissions test which experts say lacks evidence
  • Apr 14, 2025

Shut out of medical school, he blames a controversial admissions test which experts say lacks evidence

  • CBC
Gene-editing therapy lowers cholesterol without serious side effects in early study
  • Apr 14, 2025

Gene-editing therapy lowers cholesterol without serious side effects in early study

  • STAT
MHCare, tied to allegations involving the Alberta government, says it is being unfairly attacked
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  • Apr 11, 2025

MHCare, tied to allegations involving the Alberta government, says it is being unfairly attacked

  • Globe and Mail
Competition Bureau investigating Express Scripts practices in pharmacy sector
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  • Apr 11, 2025

Competition Bureau investigating Express Scripts practices in pharmacy sector

  • Globe and Mail
Experimental drug aims to be gastric bypass surgery in pill form
  • Apr 11, 2025

Experimental drug aims to be gastric bypass surgery in pill form

  • ars technica
New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say
  • Apr 10, 2025

New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say

  • CIDRAP
FDA plans to phase out animal testing requirements
  • Apr 10, 2025

FDA plans to phase out animal testing requirements

  • Axios
3 pharmacists linked to Thunder Bay pharmacy now face allegations of misconduct, false medication reviews
  • Apr 09, 2025

3 pharmacists linked to Thunder Bay pharmacy now face allegations of misconduct, false medication reviews

  • CBC
Alberta to tie hospital funding to number, type of procedures performed
  • Apr 08, 2025

Alberta to tie hospital funding to number, type of procedures performed

  • CBC
Parents give kids more melatonin than ever, with unknown long-term effects
  • Apr 08, 2025

Parents give kids more melatonin than ever, with unknown long-term effects

  • ars technica
Bleeding Money: Alberta’s Private Healthcare Shift
  • Apr 08, 2025

Bleeding Money: Alberta’s Private Healthcare Shift

  • The Tyee

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