Doing more for Manitobans with heart failure would help the health system
  • May 26, 2025

Doing more for Manitobans with heart failure would help the health system

AI Is rewiring drug discovery. Regulators must keep up
  • May 23, 2025

AI Is rewiring drug discovery. Regulators must keep up

The future of drug discovery will not be driven by Petri dishes and pipettes alone — it will be driven by code

An insurance scheme, not a health care system
  • May 16, 2025

An insurance scheme, not a health care system

Measles doesn’t care about your politics
  • May 12, 2025

Measles doesn’t care about your politics

Olivia Dahl died in 1962. Today, children are dying for the same reason: they weren’t vaccinated.

Report reveals ‘alarming trend’ of private staffing agencies in Ontario hospitals
  • May 12, 2025

Report reveals ‘alarming trend’ of private staffing agencies in Ontario hospitals

Prepare for a bird flu pandemic now, virologists urge
  • May 10, 2025

Prepare for a bird flu pandemic now, virologists urge

Leading virologists from 40 countries warn of critical gaps in pandemic preparedness and outline a plan for readying the world.

Ontario coroner’s MAiD reviews expose rush-to-die practices. Expert calls for stronger safeguards
  • May 10, 2025

Ontario coroner’s MAiD reviews expose rush-to-die practices. Expert calls for stronger safeguards

Coroner's reports flag gaps in capacity assessments and caregiver-pressure screening.

Vinay Prasad named FDA vaccine chief as anti-vaxxers consolidate power
  • May 07, 2025

Vinay Prasad named FDA vaccine chief as anti-vaxxers consolidate power

Vinay Prasad has a long history of questioning the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines. Now, he’s the FDA’s top vaccine regulator.

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

What causes RFK Jr.’s strained and shaky voice? A neurologist explains his little-known disorder
  • May 05, 2025

What causes RFK Jr.’s strained and shaky voice? A neurologist explains his little-known disorder

A ballot issue every parent should consider: their children
  • Apr 28, 2025

A ballot issue every parent should consider: their children

Save public healthcare before it’s too late
  • Apr 26, 2025

Save public healthcare before it’s too late

Vote for the health of our children
  • Apr 25, 2025

Vote for the health of our children

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?

Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health
  • Apr 18, 2025

Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health

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

UN disability rights report on Canada deserves a fair hearing
  • Apr 17, 2025

UN disability rights report on Canada deserves a fair hearing

Trade war yet another blow to patient care in Canada
  • Apr 16, 2025

Trade war yet another blow to patient care in Canada

Pharmacare’s future
  • Apr 14, 2025

Pharmacare’s future

Carney’s stance on pharmacare will show whose side he’s on — the public’s or entrenched private interests'

What makes a good public health leader?
  • Apr 13, 2025

What makes a good public health leader?

Decades after it was declared eliminated, I fear the heartbreaking, avoidable consequences of measles
  • Apr 13, 2025

Decades after it was declared eliminated, I fear the heartbreaking, avoidable consequences of measles

It's Canada’s ‘brain gain’ moment — if we don’t flub it
  • Apr 13, 2025

It's Canada’s ‘brain gain’ moment — if we don’t flub it

COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.
  • Apr 04, 2025

COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.

End of substance use and addiction program funding ‘very, very short-sighted’
  • Apr 03, 2025

End of substance use and addiction program funding ‘very, very short-sighted’

Better skin health is good policy, and smart economics
  • Apr 02, 2025

Better skin health is good policy, and smart economics

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