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B.C. may have rescinded COVID restrictions, but questions remain

B.C. may have rescinded COVID restrictions, but questions remain

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Vaughn Palmer
Healthcare collapse is here. If the right people act, we can still reverse it.

Healthcare collapse is here. If the right people act, we can still reverse it.

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Dr. Alika Lafontaine
Dementia patients in Canada require care beyond medication

Dementia patients in Canada require care beyond medication

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Mariana Ribeiro
Would the B.C. Conservatives cut health spending by $4 billion?

Would the B.C. Conservatives cut health spending by $4 billion?

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Vaughn Palmer
COVID outbreak among Olympic athletes serves as a pandemic reminder
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COVID outbreak among Olympic athletes serves as a pandemic reminder

  • Forbes
  • Dave Wessner
Government health-care rationing in Ontario continues, for no good reason

Government health-care rationing in Ontario continues, for no good reason

  • National Post
  • Randall Denley
How on Earth Is There a Syphilis Epidemic in 2024?
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How on Earth Is There a Syphilis Epidemic in 2024?

  • The New York Times
  • Ina Park
Private equity and healthcare: Should Canadians be concerned?

Private equity and healthcare: Should Canadians be concerned?

  • healthydebate
  • Danyaal Raza & Karen S. Palmer
Recognizing the Role of the Research Coordinator

Recognizing the Role of the Research Coordinator

  • Undark
  • LANCE ROLLER II
We’re on the road to getting our health data, but what comes after?

We’re on the road to getting our health data, but what comes after?

  • Globe and Mail
Claims about ‘safer supply’ diversion aren’t disinformation

Claims about ‘safer supply’ diversion aren’t disinformation

  • Canadian Affairs
  • Sabrina Maddeaux
Has the next pandemic already started?

Has the next pandemic already started?

  • Al Jazeera
  • Ayoade Alakija
Weight loss drugs a minefield for pharmacare in Canada

Weight loss drugs a minefield for pharmacare in Canada

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Steven Lewis
Alberta's drop in opioid deaths proves recovery model naysayers wrong

Alberta's drop in opioid deaths proves recovery model naysayers wrong

  • National Post
  • Rahim Mohamed
B.C. Conservatives promise 'patients-first' makeover of healthcare system

B.C. Conservatives promise 'patients-first' makeover of healthcare system

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Vaughn Palmer
Politicians will trust the science — until the public says otherwise
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Politicians will trust the science — until the public says otherwise

  • Globe and Mail
  • Gary Mason
British Columbians with cancer face loss in income, but shouldn’t have to lose their jobs as well

British Columbians with cancer face loss in income, but shouldn’t have to lose their jobs as well

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Andrea Seale
Canadians needing new cancer drugs wait too long for government bureaucracy

Canadians needing new cancer drugs wait too long for government bureaucracy

  • Saltwire
  • Nigel Rawson & David Stewart
An H5N1 pandemic is inevitable — here’s why.

An H5N1 pandemic is inevitable — here’s why.

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Marcel Dufour
National guidelines ignore urgency of perinatal depression

National guidelines ignore urgency of perinatal depression

  • Healthing
The Canada Health Act at 40: Spring forward or fall back?

The Canada Health Act at 40: Spring forward or fall back?

  • Policy Options
  • Greg Marchildon, Bill Tholl
The Trudeau government’s universal pharmacare is a flawed plan that will have serious unintended consequences

The Trudeau government’s universal pharmacare is a flawed plan that will have serious unintended consequences

  • The Hub
  • Kristina Acri
Health Care Reform: Transforming Rationed Care

Health Care Reform: Transforming Rationed Care

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Dr. Merrilee Fullerton
Ontario can’t make COVID disappear by pretending it doesn’t exist

Ontario can’t make COVID disappear by pretending it doesn’t exist

  • Toronto Star
  • Iris Gorfinkel, MD
Calling supervised consumption sites ‘drug dens’ is inflammatory, unhelpful rhetoric
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Calling supervised consumption sites ‘drug dens’ is inflammatory, unhelpful rhetoric

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
N.L. deserves a full-time health minister
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N.L. deserves a full-time health minister

  • Saltwire
  • PAM FRAMPTON
Functional neurological disorder is not an appropriate diagnosis for people with long Covid

Functional neurological disorder is not an appropriate diagnosis for people with long Covid

  • STAT
  • David Tuller, Mady Hornig, and David Putrino
NDP disagrees with Dr. Bonnie Henry, likely hopes she'll find a new job

NDP disagrees with Dr. Bonnie Henry, likely hopes she'll find a new job

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Vaughn Palmer
Patients need access to their medical records—now

Patients need access to their medical records—now

  • BMJ
  • Angela Coulter, et al.
Once the darling of the left, Bonnie Henry is now too extreme for the NDP

Once the darling of the left, Bonnie Henry is now too extreme for the NDP

  • National Post
  • Geoff Russ
Why Alberta is opting out of the federal dental care plan

Why Alberta is opting out of the federal dental care plan

  • Edmonton Journal
  • Adriana LaGrange
Saving and Sustaining Patient Networks

Saving and Sustaining Patient Networks

  • Calgary Herald
  • Sophia Khan
Preparing schools for the H5N1 bird flu they’re likely to face

Preparing schools for the H5N1 bird flu they’re likely to face

  • STAT
David Eby promised healthcare fixes by the fall election, now he's banking on illusions

David Eby promised healthcare fixes by the fall election, now he's banking on illusions

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Vaughn Palmer
Why is Vincent Lam distorting drug deaths?

Why is Vincent Lam distorting drug deaths?

  • Drug Data Decoded
  • Euan Thomson
No, the CPSNS can't just ride roughshod over doctors' conscience rights

No, the CPSNS can't just ride roughshod over doctors' conscience rights

  • Saltwire
  • Rebecca Vachon
The single-minded pursuit of single-payer pharmacare puts costly ideology over practical common sense

The single-minded pursuit of single-payer pharmacare puts costly ideology over practical common sense

  • The Hub
  • Taylor Jackson
With long COVID, I’ve learned to take the lead on treatments and be kind to myself

With long COVID, I’ve learned to take the lead on treatments and be kind to myself

  • Globe and Mail
The dangers of switching to profit-based healthcare

The dangers of switching to profit-based healthcare

  • Saltwire
  • Brian Hodder
Canada’s nursing unions push premiers on a bold vision for the future of public healthcare

Canada’s nursing unions push premiers on a bold vision for the future of public healthcare

  • ipolitics
  • Linda Silas
‘People should be afraid’: Conservatives have been targeting experts. Is it just the beginning?
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‘People should be afraid’: Conservatives have been targeting experts. Is it just the beginning?

  • Toronto Star
Crisis-level ratings of the health system are a flashing danger sign

Crisis-level ratings of the health system are a flashing danger sign

  • Policy Options
  • Ally Hays-Alberstat, Olivier Jacques

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