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Do you need a spring COVID-19 vaccine? Research backs extra round for high-risk groups

News/Health | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Various Canadian provinces are rolling out spring COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, allowing higher-risk individuals to get an extra dose. read more

Yes, seasonal allergies are arriving earlier

| Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:37:00 EDT

Allergy causing pollen has been arriving earlier in many parts of Canada in recent years. Researchers say climate change is having an effect on allergy seasons, making them weeks longer and contributing to higher concentrations of pollen in the air. read more

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Ontario regulator exploring legal options to address allegations of corporate pressure at pharmacies

News/Canada | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:31:06 EDT

The Ontario College of Pharmacists says it's working with a legal team to explore its options after thousands of pharmacy employees came forward to share "deeply troubling" stories about corporate pressure to perform billable services — sometimes at the expense of patient care. read more

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Manitoba reviewing contract after staffing agency fails to bring over any doctors after 8 months

News/Canada/Manitoba | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:16:15 EDT

Manitoba's health minister is examining why a staffing agency has little to show for itself after signing a contract to bring 150 family doctors to the province. read more

Gary Siu of Garlane Pharmacy in East Vancouver helping a customer at checkout.

Pharmacies still paying patients kickbacks, DTES sources say

News/Canada/British Columbia | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:00:00 EDT

Doctors and community members in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say some people are getting paid more than $100 a month for their prescriptions even though the practice of pharmacies giving out incentives has been prohibited for years. read more

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Can't find a family doctor? It might be because they're busy doing other specialties, report finds

News/Health | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

If you're one of the estimated more than six million Canadians who can't find a family doctor, it might be because they're focusing on providing other services, the results of a new report suggest. read more

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Ontario nursing unions want staffing agencies phased out after fake nurse worked for 7 months

News/Canada/Hamilton | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Ontario nursing associations say the province needs to phase out health-care staffing agencies after a woman worked in long-term care homes in Hamilton and Toronto without any credentials for seven months. read more

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Start colon cancer screening at age 30, not 50, says this musician with cancer

Radio/White Coat/ Black Art | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

A Hamilton, Ont., musician and actor who is fighting fourth-stage colon cancer is calling on his provincial government to lower the minimum age for colonoscopy screening from 50 to 30. read more

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Billions in new funding for health care in Ontario budget

News/Canada/Toronto | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:44:30 EDT

Ontario is set to inject billions of new dollars into health care, the budget for the upcoming fiscal year shows. read more

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A brain injury wrecked my inner calendar but hasn't stopped me from having the time of my life

News/Canada/Edmonton | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Notebooks and naps help keep Sheila Willis on track most of the time. But when things go awry, she can only hope people will be understanding of her situation. read more

Researchers work on a COVID-19 vaccine at Saskatoon’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) lab.

In wake of Winnipeg lab scandal, scientists say Canada benefits from new, high-security pathogen lab

News/Canada/Manitoba | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Canada will soon have a second laboratory capable of working with the most dangerous pathogens in the world, home to Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research. It will be the only non-government Level 4 facility in the country, part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization. read more

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Psychologists seek changes to pilot project aimed at trimming backlog of ADHD, autism testing

News/Canada/Nova Scotia | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 05:00:00 EDT

A number of Nova Scotia psychologists and psychiatrists are sounding the alarm over a provincial program meant to help address the growing waitlist for autism and ADHD testing, saying the pilot could drive badly-needed public health professionals into the private sector. read more

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Stretching is great for your health. Here's how to do more of it

Radio/White Coat/ Black Art | Mon, 25 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Evidence shows there are health benefits to stretching as its own physical activity — not just before or after a workout. read more

Three nurses, masked and wearing blue scrubs, walk in different directions through a hospital corridor.

Agency staff cost Ontario hospitals, LTC homes nearly $1B in 2023

News/Canada/Toronto | Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:36:09 EDT

A November 2023 staffing agency update obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom of information request shows that agency use increased from 2021-22 to 2022-23 by every metric — in hospitals and long-term care, in hours worked and in total costs. read more

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Maker of B.C. overdose prevention device says it helped save 15 lives in 1 year

News/Canada/British Columbia | Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:00:00 EDT

The company behind a first-of-its-kind overdose prevention device says 15 people in British Columbia are alive today after LifeguardLite called for help when they couldn't. read more

A middle-aged woman wearing a purple T-shirt that says, 'I survived a brain injury. What's your super power.'

With inconsistent support for brain injuries in Canada, peer groups are a lifeline

News/Canada/Saskatchewan | Sun, 24 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Brain injuries are misunderstood and isolating. They can have little to no external signs but completely upend someone’s inner workings and daily life. In the absence of robust, consistent supports across Canada, survivors turn to one another. read more

A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella virus (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019.

What to know about the measles vaccine — from who should get one, to how long immunity lasts

News/Health | Sat, 23 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

As measles cases keep rising at home and abroad, Canadian health officials are on high alert. There are now warnings about global travel and calls for people to ensure their families are up-to-date on the measles vaccine. read more

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Physicians sound alarm over unfilled Ontario residency spots

News/Canada/Toronto | Sun, 24 Mar 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Physicians are sounding the alarm after more than 100 spaces reserved for training new family doctors in Ontario went unfilled this year. read more

Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales, and Prince Louis meet well-wishers after attending the Christmas day service in 2023.

What we know about Princess Catherine's cancer diagnosis

News/Health | Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:30:04 EDT

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has revealed that she is receiving a preventative course of chemotherapy for an unspecified type of cancer. Here is what we know about the treatment and her diagnosis. read more

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Nursing shortage, overcrowded homes in Pimicikamak Cree Nation make tuberculosis cases difficult to monitor

News/Canada/Manitoba | Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:00:00 EDT

The chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation says overcrowding and poor access to health-care services in his community can make tuberculosis cases harder to monitor and contain. read more

‘Running into roadblocks’: Canadian family fights to get care for daughter with epilepsy

‘Running into roadblocks’: Canadian family fights to get care for daughter with epilepsy

Canada/Health/Epilepsy | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:00:28 +0000

A New Brunswick family is struggling to get health care for their young daughter with epilepsy. They're now raising money to get treatment outside the province. read more

Ottawa signs $3.7B health deal with Quebec, final province to sign onto health accord

Ottawa signs $3.7B health deal with Quebec, final province to sign onto health accord

Health/Health Transfers/Quebec health | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:09:34 +0000

Ottawa has signed a new $3.7-billion health pact with Quebec that has the province committing to countrywide health-data collection efforts and benchmarks to measure improvements. read more

‘The craving is just not there’: How Ozempic is affecting snacking culture

‘The craving is just not there’: How Ozempic is affecting snacking culture

Canada/Consumer/Health | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:06:54 +0000

A survey published Tuesday by Dalhousie University, Halifax, estimates that between 900,000 and 1.4 million Canadians use GLP-1 receptor agonists. read more

Code critical: N.S. woman commutes 5 hours to see her family doctor to avoid a waitlist

Code critical: N.S. woman commutes 5 hours to see her family doctor to avoid a waitlist

Health/Code Critical NS/Health Care | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:00:38 +0000

A Nova Scotia woman says she would rather keep her family doctor five hours away than risk being put on the waitlist, which now sits at 156,000 people. read more

More Canadians see measles as dangerous compared to COVID, flu: poll

More Canadians see measles as dangerous compared to COVID, flu: poll

Canada/Health/COVID-19 | Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:00:06 +0000

As measles cases continue to rise across the country, an Ipsos poll shows that most Canadians see the disease as dangerous. Fewer said the same for COVID-19 and the flu. read more

U.S. Supreme Court hearing case about abortion pill access

U.S. Supreme Court hearing case about abortion pill access

Health/Politics/U.S. News | Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:44:07 +0000

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago read more

Edmonton doctor working with NASA to study cancer samples in space

Edmonton doctor working with NASA to study cancer samples in space

Canada/Health/Science | Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:35:10 +0000

Dr. Matthew Strickland and his team will study the affects of microgravity on cancer by studying how patient-derived cancer organoids behave in space. read more

Working hours of male doctors have dropped sharply, data shows. Why?

Working hours of male doctors have dropped sharply, data shows. Why?

Canada/Health/COVID-19 | Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:13:47 +0000

The working hours of male physicians in Canada have sharply declined over the past 30 years, a new study says, amid increased burnout and health-care staffing challenges. read more

Budget 2024 should include funding for disability benefit, Liberal MPs urge

Budget 2024 should include funding for disability benefit, Liberal MPs urge

Canada/Health/Money | Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:38:17 +0000

MP Ryan Turnbull says the benefit, which is designed to help keep people with disabilities out of poverty, is a 'legacy social policy' for the government. read more

Elon Musk’s X to pay legal bills for Brampton, Ont., doctor chastised over COVID-19 tweets

Elon Musk’s X to pay legal bills for Brampton, Ont., doctor chastised over COVID-19 tweets

Canada/Health/Brampton | Sun, 24 Mar 2024 17:24:25 +0000

Elon Musk's X says it's funding legal bills for a Canadian doctor previously chastised by regulators for her tweets about COVID-19. read more

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