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Cancer kills more firefighters than fire. Changes to health coverage in Sask. are offering more support

Cancer kills more firefighters than fire. Changes to health coverage in Sask. are offering more support

  • CBC
US health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, with some patients facing repossessions

US health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, with some patients facing repossessions

  • CBS News
B.C. mayor gets calls from across Canada about plan to recruit doctors by hiring them as city employees

B.C. mayor gets calls from across Canada about plan to recruit doctors by hiring them as city employees

  • Canadian Press
Pharmacists Association asks Canada Health Infoway to delay upcoming $0.20 transaction fee for e-prescribing service
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Pharmacists Association asks Canada Health Infoway to delay upcoming $0.20 transaction fee for e-prescribing service

  • Canadian Healthcare Network
Provinces need to come together to make pharmacare a reality for all Canadians

Provinces need to come together to make pharmacare a reality for all Canadians

  • Healthing
  • Doug Roth
Ontario proposes requiring health staffing agencies to disclose their rates

Ontario proposes requiring health staffing agencies to disclose their rates

  • Canadian Press
Alberta unveils new doctor pay model rewarding physicians for bringing on patients

Alberta unveils new doctor pay model rewarding physicians for bringing on patients

  • Canadian Press
Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange discusses health-care restructuring, surgery backlog in year-end interview

Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange discusses health-care restructuring, surgery backlog in year-end interview

  • Edmonton Journal
Health Minister Mark Holland on Australia’s social media ban, AI and RFK Jr.

Health Minister Mark Holland on Australia’s social media ban, AI and RFK Jr.

  • Canadian Press
Canadian health plans, pharma firm agree on terms to fund costly prostate cancer treatment

Canadian health plans, pharma firm agree on terms to fund costly prostate cancer treatment

  • CBC
Premiers looking at interim pricing for new medicines, says Alberta premier

Premiers looking at interim pricing for new medicines, says Alberta premier

  • Hill Times Health
Ontario Protecting Firefighters from Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Ontario Protecting Firefighters from Cancer-Causing Chemicals

  • Government of Ontario
'Real target in CEO's assassination was for-profit health care'

'Real target in CEO's assassination was for-profit health care'

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
  • Steven Lewis
Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite one death every nine days

Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal gambling despite one death every nine days

  • ricochet media
Quebec tightens family medicine rules to increase access, rolls out AI triage (Translation)

Quebec tightens family medicine rules to increase access, rolls out AI triage (Translation)

  • La Presse
A Manitoban is losing his ability to move his muscles. A drug might prevent that, but the province won't pay

A Manitoban is losing his ability to move his muscles. A drug might prevent that, but the province won't pay

  • CBC
'It's being abused:' Group that led campaign for MAiD is now calling for safeguards

'It's being abused:' Group that led campaign for MAiD is now calling for safeguards

  • National Post
America’s Public Health Breakdown Is Just Getting Started

America’s Public Health Breakdown Is Just Getting Started

  • The Tyee
  • Crawford Kilian
Finally, the UCP comes up with new pay system to save family doctor practices

Finally, the UCP comes up with new pay system to save family doctor practices

  • Calgary Herald
Birth-control use increased after BC made contraception free: research
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Birth-control use increased after BC made contraception free: research

  • Globe and Mail
Vancouver Island city looks to attract family doctors with municipal job offers and benefits

Vancouver Island city looks to attract family doctors with municipal job offers and benefits

  • Canadian Press
How much power would RFK Jr. have at HHS? A former health secretary weighs in

How much power would RFK Jr. have at HHS? A former health secretary weighs in

  • npr
All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care

All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care

  • Hill Times
  • KAREN S. PALMER, BERNARD HO
Manitoba aims recruitment efforts at U.S. doctors distressed by American politics

Manitoba aims recruitment efforts at U.S. doctors distressed by American politics

  • CBC
Family doctors barely keeping up with Canada’s population, report says

Family doctors barely keeping up with Canada’s population, report says

  • Toronto Star
Alberta rejects $240K proposal to resolve orthopedic surgery disruption affecting over 1,000 patients

Alberta rejects $240K proposal to resolve orthopedic surgery disruption affecting over 1,000 patients

  • CBC
Trump says he's a "big believer" in the polio vaccine but "not a big mandate person"

Trump says he's a "big believer" in the polio vaccine but "not a big mandate person"

  • Axios
Canada sees drop in number of family physicians for the first time in decades

Canada sees drop in number of family physicians for the first time in decades

  • Globe and Mail
It’s more important than ever that health information systems speak to each other better
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It’s more important than ever that health information systems speak to each other better

  • Globe and Mail
  • Andre Picard
What Canadians think about public and private health care

What Canadians think about public and private health care

  • Globe and Mail
Quebec threatens Montreal surgeon with sanctions, criminal charges for procedure she's done for over a decade

Quebec threatens Montreal surgeon with sanctions, criminal charges for procedure she's done for over a decade

  • CTV News
Alberta appoints Indigenous advocate days after news of elder's braids being cut

Alberta appoints Indigenous advocate days after news of elder's braids being cut

  • Edmonton Journal
Alberta Premier Smith willing to use the notwithstanding clause on trans health bill

Alberta Premier Smith willing to use the notwithstanding clause on trans health bill

  • Canadian Press
There's a new bill aimed at improving eye care for rural Canadians

There's a new bill aimed at improving eye care for rural Canadians

  • CBC
Quebec officially extends public health insurance coverage for Ukrainian refugees

Quebec officially extends public health insurance coverage for Ukrainian refugees

  • CBC
Danielle Smith’s Bizarre Bid to Legitimize Homeopathy

Danielle Smith’s Bizarre Bid to Legitimize Homeopathy

  • The Walrus
  • Tim Caulfield
Rapidly aging population driving ER crisis in Quebec

Rapidly aging population driving ER crisis in Quebec

  • Montreal Gazette
  • Aaron Derfel
B.C. must prioritize timely access to cancer drugs

B.C. must prioritize timely access to cancer drugs

  • New Westminster Record
  • Robert Bick & Barry Stein
An algorithm was supposed to fix Canada’s food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak
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An algorithm was supposed to fix Canada’s food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak

  • Globe and Mail
Health Cuts: CAQ Calls Santé Québec to Order (Translation)

Health Cuts: CAQ Calls Santé Québec to Order (Translation)

  • Radio-Canada
B.C. pharmacist who dispensed 28,400 naloxone doses to single person fined, suspended

B.C. pharmacist who dispensed 28,400 naloxone doses to single person fined, suspended

  • CTV News
Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No.

Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No.

  • The New York Times

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