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Alberta government announces $4M for Calgary Drop-In Centre’s overdose response team
The Alberta government is providing $4 million in funding to the Calgary Drop-In Centre to establish more pre-treatment beds and a “dynamic overdose response team” …
15 Feb 2023 | Health -
Demand high for pharmacy primary care clinic pilot project in Nova Scotia
Demand for a pilot project connecting patients with pharmacists across Nova Scotia is high.
11 Feb 2023 | Health -
Domperidone ‘crippled me’: Canadians reflect on withdrawal symptoms after use
After giving birth to her son on April 18, 2021, 38-year-old Jennifer Ferger in Victoria, B.C., had difficulty producing breast milk.
06 Feb 2023 | Health -
Calls grow to declare Toronto homelessness a public health crisis after extreme cold
TORONTO — Councillors in Toronto are set to consider keeping warming centres open 24-7 for the rest of the winter amid growing calls for homelessness to be declared…
05 Feb 2023 | Health -
Alberta-made Linac-MR machine combining MRI and radiation could revolutionize cancer treatments
A machine designed and built in Edmonton is being hailed as a medical breakthrough, expected to revolutionize the way cancer is fought.
04 Feb 2023 | Health -
‘Serious gaps’: Forensic nurse shortage impacting sexual assault victims, advocates say
There are growing concerns that sexual assault victims in Canada are being impacted by acute shortages in nursing, forensics, and the judiciary with many vulnerable…
04 Feb 2023 | Health -
World Cancer Day: Canadian patients still facing delays in care. What can be done?
Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, access to cancer care in Canada remains inconsistent, with patients continuing to experience cancelled or postponed appointm…
04 Feb 2023 | Health -
Community, wraparound supports key in transitioning unsheltered people into housing: organizations
Robert was recovering from frostbite on both feet at a pop-up St. Boniface Street Links warming space over the weekend, after spending hours outside Friday in freez…
01 Feb 2023 | Health -
B.C. already moving on new long-term care standards, but ready to do more: Dix
British Columbia’s health minister says the province has done much to improve conditions in its long-term care homes, but is ready to do more if necessary to meet n…
01 Feb 2023 | Health -
Drug crisis ‘unabated’ for First Nations in B.C., doctor says
Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates in British Columbia as the overdose crisis continues “unabated,” ne…
01 Feb 2023 | Health -
Jury begins weighing recommendations at inquest into VPD Const. Nicole Chan’s suicide
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01 Feb 2023 | Health -
VPD officer who died by suicide worried ‘rumour mill’ would destroy her career, inquest hears
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31 Jan 2023 | Health -
No ‘elevated risk’ of stroke from Pfizer’s bivalent COVID shot, Health Canada says
Recent data from one U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database has detected a potential stroke risk link in older adults who received an update…
30 Jan 2023 | Health -
Canadian doctors spend 18.5 million hours on unnecessary paperwork, says new report
A new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says Canadian doctors spend 18.5 million hours per year on unnecessary administrative work.
30 Jan 2023 | Health -
Hospital couldn’t legally hold VPD officer who died by suicide, inquest hears
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28 Jan 2023 | Health -
Dozens turned away after sex, domestic assaults in Winnipeg, jeopardizing criminal cases: nurses
Two nurses who collect evidence after sexual and domestic assaults in Winnipeg say they’ve been forced to turn away dozens of survivors due to staffing shortages si…
28 Jan 2023 | Health -
Dozens in Sudbury may have received used needles in exchange program
An organization running a needle exchange program for harm reduction in Sudbury, Ont., says approximately 40 people may have received used needles over the last six…
27 Jan 2023 | Health -
Suicidal VPD officer released from hospital within 2 hours night before death, inquest hears
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27 Jan 2023 | Health -
Trudeau to hold health-care funding talks with premiers next month, sources say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers will meet in Ottawa next month in a bid to find a new funding deal for health care.
25 Jan 2023 | Health -
‘Fill-the-gaps’ programs can’t replace Liberal promise of pharmacare, advocates say
As political pressure builds on the federal Liberals’ pledge to usher in Canada’s first ever national drug coverage program, questions are being raised about implem…
24 Jan 2023 | Health -
COVID-19 in China: Expert says 80% of population have been infected
The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a prominent government scientist…
21 Jan 2023 | Health -
Drug poisoning deaths down in Alberta compared to 2021, proportion of opioid deaths up
Drug poisoning deaths in Alberta have once again surpassed the 1,300 mark for a third year in a row.
21 Jan 2023 | Health -
XBB.1.5 variant cases continue to spread in Canada, country’s top doctor says
Detections of the highly-transmissible new COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 have continued to rise in Canada, but so far it does not appear these infections are leading to …
20 Jan 2023 | Health -
Young girl’s family fights to widen access to walking-assistance tool in Quebec
Mila Goolab, a seven-year-old girl with a neurological condition that affects her mobility, isn’t able to walk on her own — but a specialized new device gives her m…
20 Jan 2023 | Health -
Ex-Reform leader Preston Manning picked to chair review of Alberta’s COVID-19 response
Premier Danielle Smith has struck a committee to investigate how the Alberta government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has appointed former Reform Party le…
20 Jan 2023 | Health -
Singh says no pharmacare bill this year could break NDP’s deal with Liberals
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Liberal government does not introduce and pass a pharmacare bill in the House of Commons this year, he will consider i…
20 Jan 2023 | Health -
Ford government to allow out-of-province nurses to start work immediately in Ontario
In a bid to shore up staffing in Ontario’s hospitals, the Ford government is planning new legislation to allow health-care workers from other Canadian provinces imm…
19 Jan 2023 | Health -
Cervical cancer rates in Canada and U.S. are dropping. Experts think they know why
A significant drop in the number of Americans who recently contracted cervical cancer in the U.S. highlights the importance and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine — a…
17 Jan 2023 | Health -
XBB.1.5 COVID subvariant may be driving cases higher, WHO says
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the XBB.1.5 Omicron sub-variant of COVID-19 may be spurring more cases.
11 Jan 2023 | Health -
‘It’s not going to be easy’: B.C.-born former actor shares hopes for detox and recovery
A Vancouver-born former Hollywood actor now living on the city’s Downtown Eastside is hoping he’s one step closer to overcoming his addiction.
11 Jan 2023 | Health -
Compound made with B.C. sea sponge offers clues into COVID-19 treatment: UBC
A compound made, in part, from a B.C. sea sponge may offer clues into the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection in humans, a new study has found.
10 Jan 2023 | Health -
Winnipeg doctor encourages bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as uptake slows, variant spreads
Amid shrinking access and demand, a Winnipeg doctor is urging Manitobans to get their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as the highly infectious XBB.1.5 subvariant spreads …
09 Jan 2023 | Health -
Operator of Vancouver SRO says building is in ‘general good condition’ after complaints
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06 Jan 2023 | Health -
Lower child care fees a relief for parents, but will provinces meet rising demand?
Nour Alideeb and her partner are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of dollars they’re now saving on child care for their two-year-old son.
05 Jan 2023 | Health -
Elective surgeries postponed at Winnipeg’s children’s hospital as patient surge continues
Eleven elective surgeries have been postponed at Winnipeg’s children’s hospital in the past three weeks as Manitoba’s only pediatric hospital continues to see high …
04 Jan 2023 | Health