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Ontario’s ‘health care election’ that wasn’t

2025-02-10

Hi Healthwatchers,Headlines this week suggest health care will be the deciding factor in Ontario’s snap election, but that may not actually be the case.In truth, I think it’s likely not.Alberta made more headlines this week (for all the wrong reasons), and down south, well, let’s just say America continues to...

CDC enforces sweeping censorship under Trump

2025-02-03

Tariff news is very noisy this week, and with good reason. But what's it drowning out?For starters, the Trump regime banned CDC scientists from publishing any research containing "woke" terminology — to any journal.The publication ban is separate from and on top of the wider communications ban on all federal...

Hell of a time to be flying blind.

2025-01-27

Hi Healthwatchers,This week’s big story is the U.S. All of its major health and scientific bodies have ground to an unprecedented halt.VA hospitals can’t hire, federal research projects are stalled (or ruined), and critical information is vanishing from federal websites. Here’s what’s up.

Time is running out for the Liberals’ pharmacare plan

2025-01-20

Hi Healthwatchers, it’s a new day in America.As political shocks are felt to the south, it’s no secret that we’re experiencing some tremors of our own here at home. Pharmacare is something I’ve spent a good deal of time thinking and writing about. The Liberals’ pharmacare bill passed last fall...

Canada Health Act tweaks redefine primary care

2025-01-13

Hi Healthwatchers, I’m back.And what a week it’s been. Between the LA wildfires, “51st state,” and the Trudeau resignation announcement, it was easy for some pretty important health stories to get drowned out in all of that noise.The biggest of the bunch is the long-anticipated release of the Canada Health...

Bird Flu.

2024-12-22

Hi Healthwatchers 👩‍⚕️👨🏾‍⚕️👨‍⚕️👩🏻‍⚕️H5N1 made more headlines than usual this week, and with good reason. The U.S. response is looking, let’s say, less than pandemic-proof. Experts say we’re flirting with disaster. I’m saying this too, but experts are also saying it.Elsewhere, Alberta turned its back on an easy fix for surgery...

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