'Engineered for addiction': WHO slams soaring nicotine pouch sales
  • May 19, 2026

'Engineered for addiction': WHO slams soaring nicotine pouch sales

  • Canadian Affairs
Early antiviral use may lower risk of long COVID in mildly ill patients, aid recovery from infection
  • May 19, 2026

Early antiviral use may lower risk of long COVID in mildly ill patients, aid recovery from infection

  • CIDRAP
Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment
  • May 19, 2026

Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment

  • CIDRAP
Mpox infections may outnumber diagnosed cases 33 to 1, study suggests
  • May 19, 2026

Mpox infections may outnumber diagnosed cases 33 to 1, study suggests

  • CIDRAP
The common, treatable and often undetected cause of dementia
  • May 19, 2026

The common, treatable and often undetected cause of dementia

  • Canadian Affairs
Federal government advising Canadians not to travel to east DRC area hit by Ebola outbreak, evaluating FIFA risk
  • May 19, 2026

Federal government advising Canadians not to travel to east DRC area hit by Ebola outbreak, evaluating FIFA risk

  • CTV News
Why this Ebola outbreak will be so difficult to contain
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  • May 19, 2026

Why this Ebola outbreak will be so difficult to contain

  • The Washington Post
U.S. to screen travelers at airports amid Ebola outbreak
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  • May 19, 2026

U.S. to screen travelers at airports amid Ebola outbreak

  • The Washington Post
No immediate plans for Ebola travel ban, Ottawa says, as deaths rise in eastern Congo
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  • May 19, 2026

No immediate plans for Ebola travel ban, Ottawa says, as deaths rise in eastern Congo

  • The Globe and Mail
The Ebola outbreak started weeks ago, officials believe. Here's a timeline of what we know
  • May 19, 2026

The Ebola outbreak started weeks ago, officials believe. Here's a timeline of what we know

  • Associated Press
This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began — and the U.S. response
  • May 19, 2026

This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began — and the U.S. response

  • npr
A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease
  • May 18, 2026

A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease
Americans may have been exposed in Congo Ebola outbreak
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  • May 18, 2026

Americans may have been exposed in Congo Ebola outbreak

  • The Washington Post
Canadian cruise passenger isolating in B.C. tests 'presumptive positive' for hantavirus
  • May 17, 2026

Canadian cruise passenger isolating in B.C. tests 'presumptive positive' for hantavirus

  • CBC News
Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation
  • May 17, 2026

Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation

  • Futurism
Doctors' AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients
  • May 17, 2026

Doctors' AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients

  • Futurism
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda 'emergency' of international concern
  • May 17, 2026

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda 'emergency' of international concern

  • The Guardian
  • May 15, 2026

Uganda confirms outbreak of Ebola virus disease - health ministry

  • Reuters
Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • May 15, 2026

Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • The Guardian
Prostate cancer screening can save lives but 'absolute benefit is small', study says
  • May 15, 2026

Prostate cancer screening can save lives but 'absolute benefit is small', study says

  • The Guardian
26 more people in Canada tied to hantavirus outbreak identified but considered 'low-risk'
  • May 14, 2026

26 more people in Canada tied to hantavirus outbreak identified but considered 'low-risk'

  • Toronto Star
French hantavirus patient critically ill, on 'final stage of supportive care'
  • May 13, 2026

French hantavirus patient critically ill, on 'final stage of supportive care'

  • Global News
NHS GPs and hospitals to be forced to share patient data as Palantir is granted "unlimited access" to identifiable information
  • May 13, 2026

NHS GPs and hospitals to be forced to share patient data as Palantir is granted "unlimited access" to identifiable information

  • BMJ
AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?
  • May 13, 2026

AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?

  • Nature
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  • Ewen Callaway
French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11
  • May 13, 2026

French hantavirus patient is critically ill as outbreak grows to 11

  • npr
Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven't learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19
  • May 11, 2026

Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven't learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19

  • Healthy Debate
French woman was told by doctors hantavirus symptoms were just anxiety
  • May 11, 2026

French woman was told by doctors hantavirus symptoms were just anxiety
Many older adults who died of COVID weren't close to death before infection: study
  • May 11, 2026

Many older adults who died of COVID weren't close to death before infection: study

  • CIDRAP
'A very unique observation': Study links endometriosis to slightly higher birth-defect risk
  • May 11, 2026

'A very unique observation': Study links endometriosis to slightly higher birth-defect risk

  • CTV News
Even a small increase in ultraprocessed foods can harm cognitive function, study suggests
  •  —
  • May 11, 2026

Even a small increase in ultraprocessed foods can harm cognitive function, study suggests

  • The Globe and Mail
'A magnet for talent': Scientists from around the world recruited by Toronto hospital network for medical research
  • May 11, 2026

'A magnet for talent': Scientists from around the world recruited by Toronto hospital network for medical research

  • CTV News
New suspected hantavirus cases found as experts issue containment guidance
  • May 09, 2026

New suspected hantavirus cases found as experts issue containment guidance

  • Global News
Human-to-human transmission of killer hantavirus suspected in cruise ship outbreak. Here's what that means
  • May 05, 2026

Human-to-human transmission of killer hantavirus suspected in cruise ship outbreak. Here's what that means

  • CBC News
Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S. — or not come to begin with
  • May 05, 2026

Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S. — or not come to begin with

  • STAT
Canada’s healthcare system must prepare for oil shocks and shortages
  • May 05, 2026

Canada’s healthcare system must prepare for oil shocks and shortages

  • CHW Perspective
  •  — 
  • Dougald Lamont
Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
  • May 03, 2026

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

  • The Guardian
Joe Rogan said Canadians are getting MAID for depression. A U.K. legislator called our system 'dystopian.' Here's why MAID is causing renewed controversy
  • May 03, 2026

Joe Rogan said Canadians are getting MAID for depression. A U.K. legislator called our system 'dystopian.' Here's why MAID is causing renewed controversy

  • Toronto Star
AI statistically ties with doctors in trial of emergency triage diagnoses
  • May 01, 2026

AI statistically ties with doctors in trial of emergency triage diagnoses

  • The Guardian
More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website
  • May 01, 2026

More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website

  • The Guardian
In real-world test, an AI model did better than doctors at diagnosing patients
  • May 01, 2026

In real-world test, an AI model did better than doctors at diagnosing patients

  • npr
A non-controversial public health policy? The UK's gradual ban on smoking has been a PR success
  • Apr 29, 2026

A non-controversial public health policy? The UK's gradual ban on smoking has been a PR success

  • The Guardian
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  • Devi Sridhar
A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons
  • Apr 29, 2026

A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons

  • The New York Times

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