Alberta Government scramble to stop leaks about dodgy healthcare contracts takes on a distinct Watergate vibe

Alberta Government scramble to stop leaks about dodgy healthcare contracts takes on a distinct Watergate vibe

  • AlbertaPolitics.ca
  • David Climenhaga
How we score on health is how we score as a country
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How we score on health is how we score as a country

  • Globe and Mail
  • Geoff Girvitz
Ontario's health system wasn’t built for chronic disease — but it's not too late

Ontario's health system wasn’t built for chronic disease — but it's not too late

  • Healthing
  • Jason Field
Pharmacare’s future

Pharmacare’s future

Carney’s stance on pharmacare will show whose side he’s on — the public’s or entrenched private interests'

  • Danyaal Raza
RFK Jr. is wrecking public health — but we can (and will) survive this

RFK Jr. is wrecking public health — but we can (and will) survive this

  • Salon
  • Troy Farah
What makes a good public health leader?

What makes a good public health leader?

  • Lyne Filiatrault, Arijit Chakravarty & David Fisman
Why do we tolerate neurotoxic lead in our kids' drinking water?

Why do we tolerate neurotoxic lead in our kids' drinking water?

  • U of T — Investigative Journalism Bureau
Decades after it was declared eliminated, I fear the heartbreaking, avoidable consequences of measles

Decades after it was declared eliminated, I fear the heartbreaking, avoidable consequences of measles

  • Indu Subramanian
After my surgery, I got a glimpse into the vast, hidden world of personal caregivers

After my surgery, I got a glimpse into the vast, hidden world of personal caregivers

  • Globe and Mail
  • Susan Pinker
My baby girl almost died. That's why national pharmacare will decide my vote

My baby girl almost died. That's why national pharmacare will decide my vote

  • CBC
  • Scott MacMillan
With skyrocketing cost of living, now is the time for Ontario to opt into pharmacare

With skyrocketing cost of living, now is the time for Ontario to opt into pharmacare

  • Healthy Debate
No physician should be punished for advocating for life-saving services during the toxic drug crisis

No physician should be punished for advocating for life-saving services during the toxic drug crisis

  • Healthy Debate
  • Elaine Hu
Rushing to death in Canada’s MAiD regime

Rushing to death in Canada’s MAiD regime

  • MacDonald-Laurier Institute
  • Ramona Coelho
The federal election is a chance to reform health care, if we would be so bold
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The federal election is a chance to reform health care, if we would be so bold

  • Globe and Mail
Why Are So Many Young Adults Getting Cancer?

Why Are So Many Young Adults Getting Cancer?

  • The New York Times
COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.

COVID didn’t end. Its story just stopped being told.

  • Flannery Dean
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Make Canada a Health Care Superpower

An Unprecedented Opportunity to Make Canada a Health Care Superpower

  • Policy
  • Dylan Marando
Attack on AHS reveals the failings of surgery privatization

Attack on AHS reveals the failings of surgery privatization

  • Edmonton Journal
  • Andrew Longhurst
A “moonshot” at regulating psychoactive substances for public-health benefits

A “moonshot” at regulating psychoactive substances for public-health benefits

  • Policy Options
  • Natalie Brender
Five years later, B.C. among most supportive of COVID measures. Skepticism persists among Albertans, younger men

Five years later, B.C. among most supportive of COVID measures. Skepticism persists among Albertans, younger men

  • New Westminster Record
  • Mario Canseco
Controversial businessman Sam Mraiche denies wrong-doing in AHS procurement

Controversial businessman Sam Mraiche denies wrong-doing in AHS procurement

  • Edmonton Journal
  • David Staples
NDP appoints health authority insider to root out waste in ... the provincial health authorities

NDP appoints health authority insider to root out waste in ... the provincial health authorities

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Vaughn Palmer
What Kind of Government Cuts Popsicles for Kids in Cancer Treatment?

What Kind of Government Cuts Popsicles for Kids in Cancer Treatment?

  • The Tyee
  • David Climenhaga
This baby was carefully selected, as an embryo.

This baby was carefully selected, as an embryo.

  • The New York Times
  • Anna Louie Sussman
Better skin health is good policy, and smart economics

Better skin health is good policy, and smart economics

  • Mariam Botros
It's my dream to become a nurse, but the unpaid work nearly broke me

It's my dream to become a nurse, but the unpaid work nearly broke me

  • CBC
  • Eyasu Yakob
Two nights in hospital showed me we need to do better for our health-care system

Two nights in hospital showed me we need to do better for our health-care system

  • Ottawa Citizen
  • Keith Egli
Education has an important role to play in overcoming vaccine hesitancy

Education has an important role to play in overcoming vaccine hesitancy

  • Policy Options
  • Dat Nguyen
Overdose deaths are falling across North America. But why?
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Overdose deaths are falling across North America. But why?

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
BC's cost-savings plan for health care starts with $400K salary

BC's cost-savings plan for health care starts with $400K salary

  • New Westminster Record
  • rob shaw
Canada’s health care crisis demands a digital solution

Canada’s health care crisis demands a digital solution

  • Policy Options
  • Jimmy Yang, Abi Sriharan
Ontario must address the autism crisis. 60,000 children are waiting for care

Ontario must address the autism crisis. 60,000 children are waiting for care

  • Healthy Debate
  • Maurice Feldman
Alberta caves on popsicle ban for cancer kids, but admits nothing

Alberta caves on popsicle ban for cancer kids, but admits nothing

  • Calgary Herald
  • Don Braid
A patient story

A patient story

  • Days of Past Futures
  • Pat Rich
Welcome to the Pre-School Plague Years
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Welcome to the Pre-School Plague Years

  • The New Yorker
  • Kathryn Schulz
23andMe was a disaster waiting to happen. What did anyone expect?
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23andMe was a disaster waiting to happen. What did anyone expect?

  • Globe and Mail
  • Gus Carlson
What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain

What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain

  • The Atlantic
  • Shayla Love
Why I left my job leading public health messaging for the CDC
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Why I left my job leading public health messaging for the CDC

  • The Washington Post
  • Kevin Griffis
AI in health care: Building patient trust

AI in health care: Building patient trust

  • Days of Past Futures
  • Pat Rich
23andMe’s bankruptcy may be a way bigger problem than you think
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23andMe’s bankruptcy may be a way bigger problem than you think

  • Globe and Mail
  • Vass Bednar
We are not talking enough about the epidemic of Indigenous deaths during police interactions
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We are not talking enough about the epidemic of Indigenous deaths during police interactions

  • Globe and Mail
  • Tanya Talaga
Portrait of a Crisis: Living and dying through B.C.'s overdose emergency
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Portrait of a Crisis: Living and dying through B.C.'s overdose emergency

  • Globe and Mail
  • jackie dives

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