Doctors don’t know what patients pay for their prescriptions and it’s harming patient care

Doctors don’t know what patients pay for their prescriptions and it’s harming patient care

  • Toronto Star
  • Iris Gorfinkel and Joel Lexchin
The Case for Social Prescribing

The Case for Social Prescribing

  • MacLean's
  • Kate Mulligan
Immunization keeps children safe

Immunization keeps children safe

  • The Whig
  • Geoffrey P. Johnston
Is the red dye ban a case of virtue signalling?

Is the red dye ban a case of virtue signalling?

  • Healthy Debate
  • Sabina Vohra-Miller
Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails

Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails

  • KATHLEEN BARNARD, LOUISE BINDER
A misplaced missive on health care
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A misplaced missive on health care

  • Globe and Mail
  • The Editorial Board
Defending the heart of health care

Defending the heart of health care

  • Welland Tribune
  • Robert Hicks
Canada's dying Liberal government may have just saved medicare

Canada's dying Liberal government may have just saved medicare

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Steven Lewis
To address bird flu, reform chicken farming

To address bird flu, reform chicken farming

  • The Tyee
  • Eleanor Boyle
Instead of leaving the WHO, the U.S. should improve it
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Instead of leaving the WHO, the U.S. should improve it

  • Globe and Mail
  • PETER SINGER
AI threatens to further erode physician autonomy

AI threatens to further erode physician autonomy

  • Forbes
  • Spencer Dorn
2024 was the year of building consensus — let’s resolve to make 2025 the year of action

2024 was the year of building consensus — let’s resolve to make 2025 the year of action

  • Patient Voice
  • Lisa Machado
Wildfires increase infection risks by weakening immune defenses and spreading microbes in smoke

Wildfires increase infection risks by weakening immune defenses and spreading microbes in smoke

Over the past several days, the world has watched in shock as wildfires have devastated large parts of Los Angeles.

  • Christine Carson & Leda Kobziar
Santé Québec faces the impossible: $1.5 billion in cuts (Translated)

Santé Québec faces the impossible: $1.5 billion in cuts (Translated)

  • La Presse
  • Francis Vailles
Antipsychotic use is rising in long-term care. We can do something about it — we have before

Antipsychotic use is rising in long-term care. We can do something about it — we have before

  • Sid Feldman & Julie Weir
Does the Canada Health Act require reinterpretation, or a more fundamental rethink?

Does the Canada Health Act require reinterpretation, or a more fundamental rethink?

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
In Canada, 14,000 lives are lost annually to hospital-acquired infections

In Canada, 14,000 lives are lost annually to hospital-acquired infections

  • Calgary Herald
  • Brian Bonney
Wildfire smoke in homes creates health risks that linger for months — tips for cleaning and staying safe

Wildfire smoke in homes creates health risks that linger for months — tips for cleaning and staying safe

  • Colleen E. Reid
Ontario’s health care needs courageous leadership, not political appeasement

Ontario’s health care needs courageous leadership, not political appeasement

  • Healthy Debate
  • Alykhan Abdulla
Social media is damaging relationships in health care

Social media is damaging relationships in health care

  • Healthy Debate
  • Lara Fowler
The Terrifying Realization That an Unresponsive Patient Is ‘Still in There’

The Terrifying Realization That an Unresponsive Patient Is ‘Still in There’

  • The New York Times
Why are kids sick all the time? Experts weigh in

Why are kids sick all the time? Experts weigh in

For many families, this has been a challenging fall.

  • Lyne Filiatrault, Arijit Chakravarty & T. Ryan Gregory
Millions lack care in Ontario. Nurse Practitioners can help

Millions lack care in Ontario. Nurse Practitioners can help

  • Michelle Acorn, NP
Provinces must come together now to make pharmacare a reality for all Canadians

Provinces must come together now to make pharmacare a reality for all Canadians

With a federal election looming, we need swift action to make pharmacare a reality for Canadians across the country.

  • Doug Roth
Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment (to the U.S.)
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Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment (to the U.S.)

  • The Atlantic
  • Katherine J. Wu
Quebec should make breast cancer screening accessible from age 40

Quebec should make breast cancer screening accessible from age 40

  • Policy Options
  • Tiffanie Perrault, Erin Strumpf
I’m the Governor of Hawaii. I’ve Seen What Vaccine Skepticism Can Do.

I’m the Governor of Hawaii. I’ve Seen What Vaccine Skepticism Can Do.

  • The New York Times
  • Josh Green
Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy
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Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

  • Hill Times
Trudeau’s resignation leaves health care programs unfinished

Trudeau’s resignation leaves health care programs unfinished

  • Canadian Health Coalition
  • Steven Staples
Barriers to Paxlovid are exacerbating our health inequities

Barriers to Paxlovid are exacerbating our health inequities

  • Sabina Vohra-Miller
America Needs a Norovirus Vaccine, Now
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America Needs a Norovirus Vaccine, Now

  • The New York Times
MAiD’s vanishing slippery slope

MAiD’s vanishing slippery slope

  • Healthy Debate
  • Dennis E. Curry
Will Trump face the next pandemic? Biden should act now.
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Will Trump face the next pandemic? Biden should act now.

  • The Washington Post
  • Leana S. Wen
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?

Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?

  • Vox
  • David Zipper
Eliminating paperwork for doctors is key point of Colwood's city-run health clinic

Eliminating paperwork for doctors is key point of Colwood's city-run health clinic

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Vaughn Palmer
Alberta Health takes wrong turn on waiting list deaths

Alberta Health takes wrong turn on waiting list deaths

  • Calgary Herald
  • Colin Craig
B.C.'s Health Minister faces critical decisions in our care crisis

B.C.'s Health Minister faces critical decisions in our care crisis

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Maryam Zeineddin
Biden's USDA let H5N1 spread. Now bird flu is a loaded gun, in Trump's hands

Biden's USDA let H5N1 spread. Now bird flu is a loaded gun, in Trump's hands

  • The Gauntlet
  • Julia Doubleday
GLP-1 Drugs For Weight Loss Aren’t Cost-Saving Yet

GLP-1 Drugs For Weight Loss Aren’t Cost-Saving Yet

  • Forbes
  • Joshua Cohen
COVID-19 Turns Five Today. The Next Pandemic Is Lurking

COVID-19 Turns Five Today. The Next Pandemic Is Lurking

  • The Tyee
  • Crawford Kilian
I’m an Emergency Physician Keeping an Eye on Bird Flu. It’s Getting Dicey.

I’m an Emergency Physician Keeping an Eye on Bird Flu. It’s Getting Dicey.

  • slate
  • Jeremy Faust
Canada’s health system has an accountability problem

Canada’s health system has an accountability problem

  • Hill Times
  • Joss Reimer

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