'Engineered for addiction': WHO slams soaring nicotine pouch sales
  • May 19, 2026

'Engineered for addiction': WHO slams soaring nicotine pouch sales

  • Canadian Affairs
Early antiviral use may lower risk of long COVID in mildly ill patients, aid recovery from infection
  • May 19, 2026

Early antiviral use may lower risk of long COVID in mildly ill patients, aid recovery from infection

  • CIDRAP
Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment
  • May 19, 2026

Virus in the vents: Study traces COVID spread in high-rise apartment

  • CIDRAP
Mpox infections may outnumber diagnosed cases 33 to 1, study suggests
  • May 19, 2026

Mpox infections may outnumber diagnosed cases 33 to 1, study suggests

  • CIDRAP
The common, treatable and often undetected cause of dementia
  • May 19, 2026

The common, treatable and often undetected cause of dementia

  • Canadian Affairs
With no approved vaccine for Ebola outbreak, experts weigh testing a long shot
  • May 19, 2026

With no approved vaccine for Ebola outbreak, experts weigh testing a long shot

  • STAT
Why this Ebola outbreak will be so difficult to contain
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  • May 19, 2026

Why this Ebola outbreak will be so difficult to contain

  • The Washington Post
U.S. to screen travelers at airports amid Ebola outbreak
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  • May 19, 2026

U.S. to screen travelers at airports amid Ebola outbreak

  • The Washington Post
U.S. doctor tests positive for Ebola, CDC says
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  • May 19, 2026

U.S. doctor tests positive for Ebola, CDC says

  • The Globe and Mail
One in five pregnant people in Ontario not screened properly for syphilis, study shows
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  • May 19, 2026

One in five pregnant people in Ontario not screened properly for syphilis, study shows

  • The Globe and Mail
This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began โ€” and the U.S. response
  • May 19, 2026

This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began โ€” and the U.S. response

  • npr
Trump touts a major TrumpRx expansion, adding more than 600 generic drugs
  • May 19, 2026

Trump touts a major TrumpRx expansion, adding more than 600 generic drugs

  • Associated Press
A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease
  • May 18, 2026

A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease
Americans may have been exposed in Congo Ebola outbreak
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  • May 18, 2026

Americans may have been exposed in Congo Ebola outbreak

  • The Washington Post
Trump's abortion 'gag rule' has Canadian aid sector asking Ottawa to show leadership
  • May 17, 2026

Trump's abortion 'gag rule' has Canadian aid sector asking Ottawa to show leadership

  • Canadian Press
Canadian cruise passenger isolating in B.C. tests 'presumptive positive' for hantavirus
  • May 17, 2026

Canadian cruise passenger isolating in B.C. tests 'presumptive positive' for hantavirus

  • CBC News
Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation
  • May 17, 2026

Dentists Are Using AI to Scare Patients Into Unnecessary Dental Work, According to an Explosive Investigation

  • Futurism
Doctors' AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients
  • May 17, 2026

Doctors' AI Systems Are Hallucinating Nonexistent Medical Issues During Appointments With Patients

  • Futurism
U.S. Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth
  • May 15, 2026

U.S. Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

  • npr
Prostate cancer screening can save lives but 'absolute benefit is small', study says
  • May 15, 2026

Prostate cancer screening can save lives but 'absolute benefit is small', study says

  • The Guardian
AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?
  • May 13, 2026

AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?

  • Nature
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  • Ewen Callaway
Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven't learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19
  • May 11, 2026

Hantavirus outbreak shows we haven't learned the lesson of SARS-1 or COVID-19

  • Healthy Debate
Many older adults who died of COVID weren't close to death before infection: study
  • May 11, 2026

Many older adults who died of COVID weren't close to death before infection: study

  • CIDRAP
'A very unique observation': Study links endometriosis to slightly higher birth-defect risk
  • May 11, 2026

'A very unique observation': Study links endometriosis to slightly higher birth-defect risk

  • CTV News
Even a small increase in ultraprocessed foods can harm cognitive function, study suggests
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  • May 11, 2026

Even a small increase in ultraprocessed foods can harm cognitive function, study suggests

  • The Globe and Mail
'A magnet for talent': Scientists from around the world recruited by Toronto hospital network for medical research
  • May 11, 2026

'A magnet for talent': Scientists from around the world recruited by Toronto hospital network for medical research

  • CTV News
FDA halts publication of studies on covid, shingles vaccines
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  • May 11, 2026

FDA halts publication of studies on covid, shingles vaccines

  • The Washington Post
Innovation will provide solutions to Long COVID โ€” the new chronic disease of our time
  • May 05, 2026

Innovation will provide solutions to Long COVID โ€” the new chronic disease of our time

  • Fox News
  •  — 
  • Former CDC Director Robert Redfield
Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S. โ€” or not come to begin with
  • May 05, 2026

Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S. โ€” or not come to begin with

  • STAT
U.S. Supreme Court asked to pause ruling blocking telehealth and mail access to abortion pills
  • May 03, 2026

U.S. Supreme Court asked to pause ruling blocking telehealth and mail access to abortion pills

  • NBC News
AI statistically ties with doctors in trial of emergency triage diagnoses
  • May 01, 2026

AI statistically ties with doctors in trial of emergency triage diagnoses

  • The Guardian
Active-duty US soldiers to receive MDMA therapy for PTSD next year
  • May 01, 2026

Active-duty US soldiers to receive MDMA therapy for PTSD next year

  • The Guardian
U.S. appeals court blocks access to abortion pills via telehealth and mail nationwide
  • May 01, 2026

U.S. appeals court blocks access to abortion pills via telehealth and mail nationwide

  • NBC News
RFK Jr. talked about 'reparenting' kids on wellness farms. We visit one that inspired him
  • May 01, 2026

RFK Jr. talked about 'reparenting' kids on wellness farms. We visit one that inspired him

  • npr
In real-world test, an AI model did better than doctors at diagnosing patients
  • May 01, 2026

In real-world test, an AI model did better than doctors at diagnosing patients

  • npr
A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons
  • Apr 29, 2026

A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons

  • The New York Times
US Supreme Court grapples with multibillion-dollar wave of lawsuits over Roundup cancer claims
  • Apr 28, 2026

US Supreme Court grapples with multibillion-dollar wave of lawsuits over Roundup cancer claims

  • Toronto Star
Your Doctor Is Using A.I. to Take Notes. What Could Go Wrong?
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  • Apr 28, 2026

Your Doctor Is Using A.I. to Take Notes. What Could Go Wrong?

  • The New York Times
Meet some of the American health-care workers who have moved to B.C.
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  • Apr 27, 2026

Meet some of the American health-care workers who have moved to B.C.

  • Vancouver Sun
U.S. doctors moving to Vancouver Island echo war resisters of past
  • Apr 27, 2026

U.S. doctors moving to Vancouver Island echo war resisters of past
Nanaimo healthcare-recruitment event draws hundreds of Americans and workers
  • Apr 27, 2026

Nanaimo healthcare-recruitment event draws hundreds of Americans and workers
Plant-rich diets linked to lower risk of Alzheimer's, but quality matters
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  • Apr 27, 2026

Plant-rich diets linked to lower risk of Alzheimer's, but quality matters

  • The Globe and Mail

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