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Freeland says provinces should use capital-gains windfall to give doctors a raise www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

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Millions fewer people may need statins, a new study suggests. But guidelines have yet to agree www.statnews.com/2024/06/10/c...

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She's living with a needle left in her spine, yet no one will tell her which doctor did it www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Paxlovid tied to 34% lower risk of hospitalization in adolescent COVID patients www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/pax...

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Alberta records its highest number of stillbirths since at least 2005 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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One rejection of MDMA therapy doesn’t mean it’s entirely useless in a mental health context www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @picardonhealth.bsky.social

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What we’re still getting wrong about the origins of COVID-19 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @justinling.bsky.social @justinling.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy

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Potentially deadly strep infections on the rise in N.W.T., chief public health officer says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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2-year-old Australian girl struck with H5N1: WHO medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06...

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Texas bird flu strain kills ferrets used to mimic disease in humans, US CDC says www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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This is your male brain on trauma calgaryherald.com/health/men/k...

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Convenient access to alcohol is going to cost us:
Added convenience comes at a steep cost to healthcare and taxpayers.

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Convenient access to alcohol is going to cost us

Added convenience comes at a steep cost to healthcare and taxpayers.

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Toxic lead showing up in Ontario school and daycare drinking water as evidence of serious health dangers grows ijb.utoronto.ca/news/toxic-l...

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Toxic lead showing up in Ontario school and daycare drinking water as evidence of serious health dangers grows - Investigative Journalism Bureau

By Declan Keogh, Norma Hilton, Scott Martin and Robert Cribb In the past four years, nearly half the province’s public schools have had at least one test for toxic lead in drinking water exceed the fe...

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Whooping cough cases double in the U.S., a potential legacy of the pandemic www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

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Finland to receive first EU procured bird flu shots www.politico.eu/article/finl...

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B.C. health authority offers doctors up to $4,100 to work hard-to-fill ER shifts bc.ctvnews.ca/health-autho...

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How Long Concussion could offer new insights into Long Covid www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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Pharmacists say they could help ease healthcare strain globalnews.ca/news/1055341...

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Smoke exposure from California’s wildfires linked to 52,000 early deaths www.statnews.com/2024/06/07/s...

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Ottawa Public Health strained as it tackles infectious diseases, report says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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FDA expands approval for GSK’s RSV vaccine to cover younger at-risk adults www.statnews.com/2024/06/07/g... @helenbranswell.bsky.social

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Where you live should not determine if you live.

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Where you live should not determine if you live.

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Liberal government tables bill that seeks to streamline, secure health data www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/lib...

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Lyme disease cases are rising. We don’t have a vaccine — but we used to globalnews.ca/news/1054646...

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‘Concern is real’ about long Covid’s impact on Americans and disability claims, report says www.statnews.com/2024/06/06/l...

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North Carolina GOP lawmakers agree to add a health exemption to a bill that limits masking www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/north...

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Ontario's wastewater testing program to be replaced by a federal program that is significantly smaller ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

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Common sugar substitute linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke www.nbcnews.com/health/heart...

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Ontario College of Pharmacists director under pressure to step down over Shoppers Drug Mart lawsuit www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

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‘Out of control’: Why the discovery of H5N1 bird flu in mice is so alarming www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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With Calgary woman starving herself to death, court of appeal scrambling to expedite MAID case www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Woman forced to pay $23,000 hospital bill despite having travel insurance toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-woma...

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B.C.'s brain-injured, mentally-ill drug users: Forced treatment on the table for 'clinical triad' bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-s-brain-...

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Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die. In fact, it’s getting worse. arstechnica.com/science/2024...

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Ontario’s healthcare system is in crisis. More privatization isn’t the answer www.tvo.org/article/onta... @davidmoscrop.bsky.social

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Withdrawal symptoms hit one in six patients stopping antidepressants, review finds www.statnews.com/2024/06/05/s...

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U.S. federal officials and physician groups express outrage over revelations of recent coercive sterilizations www.statnews.com/2024/06/06/c...

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WHO confirms first fatal human case of bird flu A (H5N2) www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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These are the bird flu questions that influenza and animal scientists desperately want answered www.statnews.com/2024/06/05/b... @helenbranswell.bsky.social

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In a setback for psychedelic therapy, FDA advisers vote against medical use of MDMA www.science.org/content/arti...

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Alberta health care workers file $125M class action lawsuit against AHS over pay, working conditions edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

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12-hour days, burnout and lower wages: Ontario nurse says staff shortage getting worse www.ctvnews.ca/canada/12-ho...

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Ontario children’s hospital halts tonsil, adenoid surgeries after 2 patient deaths globalnews.ca/news/1054672... #HamOnt

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Retiree calls out Sask. gov't for not communicating changes to accessing Paxlovid www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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First 3 years of COVID-19 had 3M excess deaths in the West: study globalnews.ca/news/1054143...

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Calgary woman whose MAiD access currently blocked by courts now starving herself to death www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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House of Commons passes pharmacare bill – insurance industry reacts www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/life...

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Ontario pulls plug on wastewater surveillance program for COVID, influenza www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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