A silent virus might be causing major diseases
  • Jun 13, 2025

A silent virus might be causing major diseases

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
B.C. privacy watchdog weighs in on health AI boom
  • Jun 13, 2025

B.C. privacy watchdog weighs in on health AI boom

  • CTV News
Shining a Light on the World of Tiny Proteins
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  • Jun 13, 2025

Shining a Light on the World of Tiny Proteins

  • The New York Times
People Can Be Identified by Breathing Patterns Alone, Scientists Find
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  • Jun 13, 2025

People Can Be Identified by Breathing Patterns Alone, Scientists Find

  • The New York Times
How AI is transforming front-line health care in B.C.
  • Jun 12, 2025

How AI is transforming front-line health care in B.C.

  • CTV News
Doctors Report the First Pregnancy Using a New AI Procedure
  • Jun 12, 2025

Doctors Report the First Pregnancy Using a New AI Procedure

  • Time
F.D.A. to Use A.I. in Drug Approvals to ‘Radically Increase Efficiency’
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  • Jun 10, 2025

F.D.A. to Use A.I. in Drug Approvals to ‘Radically Increase Efficiency’

  • The New York Times
Toronto company launches AI agents in U.S. hospitals to appeal insurance denials, chase payments
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  • Jun 10, 2025

Toronto company launches AI agents in U.S. hospitals to appeal insurance denials, chase payments

  • The Globe and Mail
Health officials hope innovators can help solve pressing issues
  • Jun 10, 2025

Health officials hope innovators can help solve pressing issues

  • Ottawa Citizen
Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy Concerns
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  • Jun 07, 2025

Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy Concerns

  • The New York Times
The Ethical Minefield of Testing Infants for Incurable Diseases
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  • Jun 07, 2025

The Ethical Minefield of Testing Infants for Incurable Diseases

  • The New York Times
TikTok blocks #SkinnyTok due to extreme weight loss, disordered eating content
  • Jun 05, 2025

TikTok blocks #SkinnyTok due to extreme weight loss, disordered eating content

  • CBC News
FDA rushed out agency-wide AI tool—it’s not going well
  • Jun 05, 2025

FDA rushed out agency-wide AI tool—it’s not going well

  • ars technica
MPP wants public health units to warn parents about social media
  • Jun 04, 2025

MPP wants public health units to warn parents about social media

  • Toronto Star
'Happy to be pain free': How a robot named Gina gave a B.C. woman her life back
  • Jun 03, 2025

'Happy to be pain free': How a robot named Gina gave a B.C. woman her life back

  • Vancouver Sun
Artificial blood that could work for all blood types in trials
  • Jun 02, 2025

Artificial blood that could work for all blood types in trials

  • Newsweek
New platform connects patients with private surgeons across Canada
  • Jun 02, 2025

New platform connects patients with private surgeons across Canada

  • National Post
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  • Michael Higgins
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
Canadian researchers develop test they say can help diagnose life-threatening sepsis
  • May 27, 2025

Canadian researchers develop test they say can help diagnose life-threatening sepsis

  • The Canadian Press
Canadian team's sepsis-testing device shows promise in fight against one of the world's most common killers
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  • May 27, 2025

Canadian team's sepsis-testing device shows promise in fight against one of the world's most common killers

  • The Globe and Mail
Your Blood Predicts Alzheimer's Disease
  • May 24, 2025

Your Blood Predicts Alzheimer's Disease

  • McGill
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  • Jonathan Jarry
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
Placenta bandages have far more health benefits than risky placenta pills
  • May 23, 2025

Placenta bandages have far more health benefits than risky placenta pills

  • The Conversation
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  • Marley Dewey
First FDA-cleared Alzheimer's blood test could make diagnoses faster, more accurate
  • May 22, 2025

First FDA-cleared Alzheimer's blood test could make diagnoses faster, more accurate

  • npr
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
Surgeons Perform First Human Bladder Transplant
  • May 20, 2025

Surgeons Perform First Human Bladder Transplant

  • The New York Times
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
Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions
  • May 16, 2025

Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions

  • Canadian Press
AI paper mills are swamping science with garbage studies
  • May 15, 2025

AI paper mills are swamping science with garbage studies

  • the register
Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon
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  • May 15, 2025

Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon

  • The New York Times
Too many nurses have back pain – this device could change that
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  • May 14, 2025

Too many nurses have back pain – this device could change that

  • Globe and Mail
Sask Polytech integrating virtual reality into nursing education
  • May 14, 2025

Sask Polytech integrating virtual reality into nursing education

  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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
MedicAlert introducing technology that will allow 911 dispatchers to access records
  • May 13, 2025

MedicAlert introducing technology that will allow 911 dispatchers to access records

  • Canadian Press
‘A very exciting day’: Made-in-Canada design might revolutionize the way ALS is treated
  • May 11, 2025

‘A very exciting day’: Made-in-Canada design might revolutionize the way ALS is treated

  • CTV News
'It was fantastic': A Parkinson’s patient finds a treatment he thinks can change his life
  • May 11, 2025

'It was fantastic': A Parkinson’s patient finds a treatment he thinks can change his life

  • CBC
Let’s take the pledge to give our kids a smartphone-free childhood
  • May 03, 2025

Let’s take the pledge to give our kids a smartphone-free childhood

  • Ottawa Citizen
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  • Robyn Aaron, Alex Munter
Liberals vow to fight healthcare privatization — is that in their platform?
  • Apr 28, 2025

Liberals vow to fight healthcare privatization — is that in their platform?

  • Canada Healthwatch
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  • Nick Tsergas
Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope
  • Apr 27, 2025

Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

  • Associated Press
A golden era for personalized medicine is approaching, but are we ready?
  • Apr 26, 2025

A golden era for personalized medicine is approaching, but are we ready?

  • Brighter World
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  • Nazia Pathan
The New Science of Aging Can Predict Your Future
  • Apr 26, 2025

The New Science of Aging Can Predict Your Future

  • The New York Times
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  • Eric Topol
Four promising breakthroughs that could bolster Canada’s health sector
  • Apr 25, 2025

Four promising breakthroughs that could bolster Canada’s health sector

  • Toronto Star

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