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The 1974 report that changed my life

The 1974 report that changed my life

  • Times Colonist
  • Trevor Hancock
I got COVID and the casual response I received shows we haven’t learned lessons from the pandemic

I got COVID and the casual response I received shows we haven’t learned lessons from the pandemic

  • Toronto Star
  • Andrew Phillips
As a doctor and veterinarian we fear the gaps in Canada’s testing for the presence of bird flu

As a doctor and veterinarian we fear the gaps in Canada’s testing for the presence of bird flu

  • Toronto Star
  • Iris Gorfinkel and Scott Weese
Pharmacare’s design could fragment and politicize Canadian health care

Pharmacare’s design could fragment and politicize Canadian health care

  • Canadian Affairs
  • Cheryl Camillo
The Plural of Anecdote Is Misinformation (Nov, 2020)

The Plural of Anecdote Is Misinformation (Nov, 2020)

  • Psychology Today
  • Jonathan N. Stea
Trapped in bed, I’ve grown accustomed to hunger and despair — a year in LTC
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Trapped in bed, I’ve grown accustomed to hunger and despair — a year in LTC

  • Toronto Star
If AI Harms a Patient, Who Gets Sued?
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If AI Harms a Patient, Who Gets Sued?

  • Forbes
  • Robert Pearl
The world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right

The world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right

  • STAT
  • Jason Shafrin, Louis Garrison, and Melanie D. Whittington
The unlearned lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic
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The unlearned lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Globe and Mail
I'm a Doctor. I Was Unprepared When I Got This Disease.
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I'm a Doctor. I Was Unprepared When I Got This Disease.

  • The New York Times
  • Deborah Heaney
Braid: Feds can learn from UCP's very bad week — reverse tax hike and give doctors a hand

Braid: Feds can learn from UCP's very bad week — reverse tax hike and give doctors a hand

  • Calgary Herald
  • Don Braid
Stitched Together: The working conditions behind our crisis in health care

Stitched Together: The working conditions behind our crisis in health care

  • healthydebate
Social justice or medical expertise: What do patients want more from their doctors?

Social justice or medical expertise: What do patients want more from their doctors?

  • Toronto Star
  • Philip Berger
The Canadian State Is Euthanizing Its Poor and Disabled

The Canadian State Is Euthanizing Its Poor and Disabled

  • Jacobin
  • David Moscrop
Why isn’t there agreement on when women need to start getting mammograms?

Why isn’t there agreement on when women need to start getting mammograms?

  • STAT
A surprising source of peace — what Israel and Palestine can teach Canada about palliative care

A surprising source of peace — what Israel and Palestine can teach Canada about palliative care

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Jeffrey Moat
Health care is more than treatment—it’s time to get serious about disease prevention
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Health care is more than treatment—it’s time to get serious about disease prevention

  • Hill Times
  • Pamela Valentine
If we want to fix health care in Ontario, we need more family doctors. Here’s why we may have reason to hope
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If we want to fix health care in Ontario, we need more family doctors. Here’s why we may have reason to hope

  • Toronto Star
Bird Flu Is Spreading. Did We Learn Nothing From Covid?
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Bird Flu Is Spreading. Did We Learn Nothing From Covid?

  • The New York Times
  • Zeynep Tufekci
With avian flu spreading in American cattle, could another pandemic be around the corner?
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With avian flu spreading in American cattle, could another pandemic be around the corner?

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
We need a rethink of Big Poultry to stop avian flu

We need a rethink of Big Poultry to stop avian flu

  • National Observer
  • Eleanor Boyle
By the numbers: the future of Canadian healthcare

By the numbers: the future of Canadian healthcare

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Simon Hagens
There’s never a good time to drink raw milk. But now’s a really bad time as bird flu infects cows

There’s never a good time to drink raw milk. But now’s a really bad time as bird flu infects cows

  • STAT
  • Helen Branswell
It’s a mistake to confuse capital gains tax breaks with doctors’ pay
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It’s a mistake to confuse capital gains tax breaks with doctors’ pay

  • Globe and Mail
  • Campbell Clark
Mental health and illnesses are a population health issue
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Mental health and illnesses are a population health issue

  • Hill Times
  • Louise Bradley
Oh, Canada: U.S. Patients Don't Want Your Health Policies

Oh, Canada: U.S. Patients Don't Want Your Health Policies

  • Forbes
  • Sally Pipes
“Health Care for All” Policies Will HURT Physicians and Patients

“Health Care for All” Policies Will HURT Physicians and Patients

  • Just An Old Country Doctor
How AI-Driven Diagnostics Can Save Lives When Humans Can’t

How AI-Driven Diagnostics Can Save Lives When Humans Can’t

  • Forbes
  • Shashank Agarwal
Start mass-testing dairy workers for bird flu

Start mass-testing dairy workers for bird flu

  • Bloomberg
  • Faye Flam
Canadians deserve a transparent report into the COVID-19 pandemic

Canadians deserve a transparent report into the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Globe and Mail
Doctors’ furor over wealth tax a symptom of low RRSP limit

Doctors’ furor over wealth tax a symptom of low RRSP limit

  • Canadian Affairs
  • Chetan Raina
Reality, not religion, is the reason people need MAiD-free health care

Reality, not religion, is the reason people need MAiD-free health care

  • Policy Options
  • Gabrielle Peters
Bashing accelerated approval isn’t supported by the data

Bashing accelerated approval isn’t supported by the data

  • STAT
  • Peter J. Pitts and Timothy R. Franson
Busted! Globe outs Danielle Smith’s unpublicized pandemic data ‘task force’ headed by physician who attacked COVID restrictions

Busted! Globe outs Danielle Smith’s unpublicized pandemic data ‘task force’ headed by physician who attacked COVID restrictions

  • AlbertaPolitics.ca
  • David Climenhaga
This may be our last chance to halt bird flu in humans and we are blowing it
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This may be our last chance to halt bird flu in humans and we are blowing it

  • The New York Times
  • Zeynep Tufekci
Federal budget a missed opportunity to secure pharmacare’s future

Federal budget a missed opportunity to secure pharmacare’s future

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Nikolas Barry-Shaw
Federal budget makes important strides on health research — let’s make sure we get this right

Federal budget makes important strides on health research — let’s make sure we get this right

The Bank of Cana­da recent­ly called Canada’s eco­nom­ic pro­duc­tiv­i­ty an emer­gency-lev­el problem.

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Cate Murray
Budget Takeaways: Incorporated professionals (aka physicians) got hit hard

Budget Takeaways: Incorporated professionals (aka physicians) got hit hard

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Mark McGrath
Why measles vaccination needs to be a top priority
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Why measles vaccination needs to be a top priority

  • Globe and Mail
  • JESSICA HOPKINS
Plastics are a hazard to human health and the world needs to act — now

Plastics are a hazard to human health and the world needs to act — now

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Sharon Dodd
The Bird Flu Outbreak Is Alarming. And the CDC Is Stumbling.

The Bird Flu Outbreak Is Alarming. And the CDC Is Stumbling.

  • Bloomberg
  • Lisa Jarvis
Wovu AI unveils groundbreaking software that diagnoses ear disorders

Wovu AI unveils groundbreaking software that diagnoses ear disorders

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Alex Rodrigues

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