What's actually happening with U.S. vaccine policy?
  • May 27, 2025

What's actually happening with U.S. vaccine policy?

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
Common anti-inflammatory drugs may leave body open to viral attacks, study suggests
  • May 27, 2025

Common anti-inflammatory drugs may leave body open to viral attacks, study suggests

  • CTV News
Anti-anxiety pill travels 52,000 kilometres to get to Canadian shelves, study shows
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  • May 27, 2025

Anti-anxiety pill travels 52,000 kilometres to get to Canadian shelves, study shows

  • The Globe and Mail
Provinces should cover weight-loss drugs for people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, says drug agency
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  • May 23, 2025

Provinces should cover weight-loss drugs for people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, says drug agency

  • Globe and Mail
Drugs like Ozempic may lower cancer risk if you have diabetes: study
  • May 23, 2025

Drugs like Ozempic may lower cancer risk if you have diabetes: study

  • Global News
AI Is rewiring drug discovery. Regulators must keep up
  • May 23, 2025

AI Is rewiring drug discovery. Regulators must keep up

The future of drug discovery will not be driven by Petri dishes and pipettes alone — it will be driven by code

  • Nick Kadysh
Moderna pulls application for U.S. approval of COVID-flu shot
  • May 22, 2025

Moderna pulls application for U.S. approval of COVID-flu shot

  • Reuters
FDA pushes Pfizer and Moderna to expand warnings of heart risks on COVID shots
  • May 22, 2025

FDA pushes Pfizer and Moderna to expand warnings of heart risks on COVID shots

  • Axios
Tariffs and healthcare in Canada: rising drug prices, limited access and risks to medical research
  • May 22, 2025

Tariffs and healthcare in Canada: rising drug prices, limited access and risks to medical research

  • Healthing
Pfizer signs giant cancer drug deal with Chinese biotech
  • May 22, 2025

Pfizer signs giant cancer drug deal with Chinese biotech

  • Axios
New funding fuels national effort to make medications safer for children
  • May 22, 2025

New funding fuels national effort to make medications safer for children

  • University of Western Ontario
18-year-old 'cured' in Quebec after becoming first patient ever treated with new gene-editing tech (Translation)
  • May 22, 2025

18-year-old 'cured' in Quebec after becoming first patient ever treated with new gene-editing tech (Translation)

  • La Presse
How do we know mRNA vaccines are safe and effective? An explainer
  • May 22, 2025

How do we know mRNA vaccines are safe and effective? An explainer

  • STAT
‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England
  • May 22, 2025

‘World-first’ gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England

  • The Guardian
Biotech company Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe for $256M
  • May 20, 2025

Biotech company Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe for $256M

  • ars technica
How shoddy science is fueling a charge to restrict abortion pill access
  • May 20, 2025

How shoddy science is fueling a charge to restrict abortion pill access

  • NBC News
Trump wants to ‘equalize’ and lower drug prices. Could Canada be impacted?
  • May 18, 2025

Trump wants to ‘equalize’ and lower drug prices. Could Canada be impacted?

  • Global News
FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions
  • May 18, 2025

FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions

  • Associated Press
Cambridge pay-for-plasma centre expected to open in the 'next couple of months'
  • May 17, 2025

Cambridge pay-for-plasma centre expected to open in the 'next couple of months'

  • CambridgeToday
Novo Nordisk CEO to step down
  • May 17, 2025

Novo Nordisk CEO to step down

  • Axios
Ontario to expand McMaster nuclear reactor operations, boosting global cancer treatment capacity
  • May 17, 2025

Ontario to expand McMaster nuclear reactor operations, boosting global cancer treatment capacity

  • McMaster University
FDA OKs first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease
  • May 17, 2025

FDA OKs first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease

  • Associated Press
From birth to gene-edited in 6 months: Custom therapy breaks speed limits
  • May 16, 2025

From birth to gene-edited in 6 months: Custom therapy breaks speed limits

  • ars technica
Ontario government aims to fast-track cancer drugs in new pilot project
  • May 14, 2025

Ontario government aims to fast-track cancer drugs in new pilot project

  • Toronto Star
Trump administration's universal flu vaccine project puzzles scientists
  • May 14, 2025

Trump administration's universal flu vaccine project puzzles scientists

  • npr
U.S. pharmacists stockpile most common drugs on chance of targeted Trump tariffs
  • May 14, 2025

U.S. pharmacists stockpile most common drugs on chance of targeted Trump tariffs

  • npr
Your private health care records may be sold as privatization increases in Ontario
  • May 13, 2025

Your private health care records may be sold as privatization increases in Ontario

  • Toronto Star
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  • Danyaal Raza
Trump claims new order will lower U.S. drug prices and increase them everywhere else
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  • May 13, 2025

Trump claims new order will lower U.S. drug prices and increase them everywhere else

  • Globe and Mail
‘Inverse vaccines’: the promise of a ‘holy grail’ treatment for autoimmune diseases
  • May 13, 2025

‘Inverse vaccines’: the promise of a ‘holy grail’ treatment for autoimmune diseases

  • The Guardian
Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in first head-to-head trial of blockbuster drugs
  • May 13, 2025

Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in first head-to-head trial of blockbuster drugs

  • Canadian Press
Health authorities warn against potential serious risks of hair-loss drug
  • May 11, 2025

Health authorities warn against potential serious risks of hair-loss drug

  • CBC
Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over the next 5 years
  • May 11, 2025

Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over the next 5 years

  • Canadian Press
Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death
  • May 11, 2025

Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death

  • Canadian Press
Millions of Canadians’ health data for sale to pharmaceutical industry, study shows
  • May 10, 2025

Millions of Canadians’ health data for sale to pharmaceutical industry, study shows

  • CBC
The Price of Remission
  • May 10, 2025

The Price of Remission

  • ProPublica
COVID boosters might not be updated for next season: FDA commissioner
  • May 08, 2025

COVID boosters might not be updated for next season: FDA commissioner

  • HealthDay
Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot
  • May 08, 2025

Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot

  • Associated Press
Trump’s looming pharma tariffs spark record drug imports, ballooning U.S. trade deficit
  • May 07, 2025

Trump’s looming pharma tariffs spark record drug imports, ballooning U.S. trade deficit

  • Axios
Health-data companies selling access to patient records, study says
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  • May 06, 2025

Health-data companies selling access to patient records, study says

  • Globe and Mail
Trump team’s $500 million bet on old vaccine technology puzzles scientists
  • May 06, 2025

Trump team’s $500 million bet on old vaccine technology puzzles scientists

  • KFF Health News
How Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten Canadians’ access to prescription drugs
  • May 05, 2025

How Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten Canadians’ access to prescription drugs

  • Joel Lexchin
JAMP-Pregabalin recalled across Canada amid potentially fatal risks
  • May 05, 2025

JAMP-Pregabalin recalled across Canada amid potentially fatal risks

  • Toronto Star

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