I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up.

I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up.

  • Code Black
When it comes to funding for novel drugs and devices, waiting for a government decision is the most painful part
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When it comes to funding for novel drugs and devices, waiting for a government decision is the most painful part

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
America Has Been Lucky on Bird Flu — So Far
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America Has Been Lucky on Bird Flu — So Far

  • The New York Times
Without integrating our health data, Canada risks being left behind
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Without integrating our health data, Canada risks being left behind

  • Globe and Mail
  • Fahad Razak and Amol Verma
Why health care should be the ballot box issue this election

Why health care should be the ballot box issue this election

  • Joss Reimer
The No. 1 infectious disease killer: 'I am lucky to have been treated in Canada'

The No. 1 infectious disease killer: 'I am lucky to have been treated in Canada'

  • Vancouver Sun
  • William Connors
The chaos in America’s scientific community could be Canada’s gain
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The chaos in America’s scientific community could be Canada’s gain

  • Globe and Mail
Pharmacare is law in Canada, but negotiations with provinces are slowing it down

Pharmacare is law in Canada, but negotiations with provinces are slowing it down

  • Jane Fletcher, Braden Manns, David Campbell & Reed F Beall
National licensure won’t fix Canada’s doctor shortage — it’ll make it worse

National licensure won’t fix Canada’s doctor shortage — it’ll make it worse

  • Dougald Lamont
How Canada Wins: Breaking the stigma of sexual health

How Canada Wins: Breaking the stigma of sexual health

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Brody Langager
More health bureaucracy with Santé Québec? Quelle surprise

More health bureaucracy with Santé Québec? Quelle surprise

  • Montreal Gazette
  • Allison Hanes
How Health Canada can improve transparency in drug inspections

How Health Canada can improve transparency in drug inspections

  • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  • Joel Lexchin
Breaking the bottleneck: Fixing Canada’s medical school crisis

Breaking the bottleneck: Fixing Canada’s medical school crisis

  • The Gateway
  • Sara Sunderji
AI in health care can save money and lives — but only if Canada embraces the technology’s potential

AI in health care can save money and lives — but only if Canada embraces the technology’s potential

  • The Hub
  • Adam McDowell
Surgical wait times chaos threatens medicare in Saskatchewan

Surgical wait times chaos threatens medicare in Saskatchewan

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Steven Lewis
Misinformation isn’t just an online problem, it’s a public health crisis

Misinformation isn’t just an online problem, it’s a public health crisis

  • Calgary Herald
  • Pamela Roach
Protecting the Canada Health Act comes at the expense of patients

Protecting the Canada Health Act comes at the expense of patients

  • Healthy Debate
  • Dr. Alykhan Abdulla
I Was Diagnosed With Autism at 53. I Know Why Rates Are Rising.

I Was Diagnosed With Autism at 53. I Know Why Rates Are Rising.

  • The New York Times
  • Holden Thorp
Attracting Doctors and Nurses to B.C.

Attracting Doctors and Nurses to B.C.

  • Harwinder Sandhu, MLA
With bird flu, the US' factory-farmed chickens have come home to roost

With bird flu, the US' factory-farmed chickens have come home to roost

  • common dreams
  • John Sanbonmatsu
Canada’s first Clade I mpox case a wake-up call for public health

Canada’s first Clade I mpox case a wake-up call for public health

  • Healthy Debate
The measles outbreak: a needless, painful experiment

The measles outbreak: a needless, painful experiment

  • Winnipeg Free Press
  • Gregory Mason
The NP And PA Will See You Now

The NP And PA Will See You Now

  • Forbes
  • Spencer Dorn
Combatting the measles threat means examining the reasons for declining vaccination rates

Combatting the measles threat means examining the reasons for declining vaccination rates

  • The Conversation
  • Catherine Carstairs & Kathryn Hughes
Assessing the state of long-term care

Assessing the state of long-term care

  • Substack
  • Dr. Merrilee Fullerton
We need to talk about medically assisted death (Translation)

We need to talk about medically assisted death (Translation)

  • La Presse
The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse

The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse

  • The Atlantic
No reinforcements: the dire state of rural family medicine in Ontario

No reinforcements: the dire state of rural family medicine in Ontario

  • Kevin Dueck
Dithering on Edmonton hospital projects an infuriating test of patients

Dithering on Edmonton hospital projects an infuriating test of patients

  • Edmonton Journal
  • Keith Gerein
Let's defend the public health system at all costs

Let's defend the public health system at all costs

  • La Presse
  • Nazila Bettache
Canada's doctors should be able to work in any province without re-licensing

Canada's doctors should be able to work in any province without re-licensing

  • Anthony Sanfilippo & Neil Seeman
The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’

The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’

  • The Atlantic
  • Katherine J. Wu
Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment

Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment

  • The Lancet
  • Editorial
America’s scientific community is in panic mode

America’s scientific community is in panic mode

  • Globe and Mail
  • Molly Knight Raskin
Trump’s tariffs would upend Canadian health care. It's an opportunity for meaningful reform

Trump’s tariffs would upend Canadian health care. It's an opportunity for meaningful reform

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Jason M. Sutherland
We need to learn from COVID — before it's too late

We need to learn from COVID — before it's too late

Five years into an ongoing pandemic, we need to know how to face the next one.

  • Lyne Filiatrault, Arijit Chakravarty & T. Ryan Gregory
Trump’s tariffs would upend Canadian health care

Trump’s tariffs would upend Canadian health care

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Jason Sutherland
Canada must step up as the global leader in pandemic preparedness

Canada must step up as the global leader in pandemic preparedness

  • Vancouver Sun
  • Dean A. Regier
Sask. alone in Western Canada in spurning COVID response review

Sask. alone in Western Canada in spurning COVID response review

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Phil Tank
Public-health experts should be more political, not less

Public-health experts should be more political, not less

  • Nature
  • Eric Reinhart
How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world

How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world

  • Blake Murdoch
As Saskatchewan health care struggles, bike lanes can help

As Saskatchewan health care struggles, bike lanes can help

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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