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Newfoundland revamps its travel nurse program in wake of Globe investigation
The main entrance to St. Clare's Mercy Hospital is shown in St. John's on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador is extending its Come Home Year 2022 tourism theme to doctors, nurses and paramedics in an effort to recruit more medical professionals. The CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
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B.C. Supreme Court certifies class action over herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson’s
The logo of Syngenta, is photographed in Basel, Switzerland on Feb. 5, 2014. The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class action against global agriculture firm Syngenta over claims that its herbicide products cause Parkinson's disease. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keystone via AP, Ennio Leanza/Keystone
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Loblaw’s health care empire is growing. But can it earn the trust of Canadian patients?
Jeff Leger, President of Shoppers Drug Mart, poses for a photo by a pharmacy care clinic inside a store in Burlington, Ontario, on July 2, 2024. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)
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Ultrafine particles linked to 1,100 deaths per year in Montreal, Toronto: study
McGill University is seen Oct. 13, 2023, in Montreal. Researchers at McGill University have published a study showing that outdoor ultrafine particles are linked to the deaths of an estimated 1,100 people per year in Canada’s two biggest cities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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WHO to convene emergency committee to assess international risk from mpox outbreak
Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that sparks off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
opinion
Enough with the health care scare tactics
The Editorial Board
opinion
Quebec injects politics into its health care system
The Editorial Board
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Inquest explores challenges of remote health care after death of First Nations woman
A sign on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Thunder Bay, Ont., is seen on Monday, April 23, 2018. A coroner's inquest into the death of a First Nations woman in Thunder Bay, Ont., is expected to shed light on the challenges of delivering health care in remote communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
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Blood test for colon cancer screening is approved by U.S. regulators
FILE - A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020. U.S. health regulators on Monday, July 29, 2024, approved a first-of-its-kind blood test for colon cancer, offering a new way of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths. Test manufacturer Guardant said the Food and Drug Administration approved its Shield test for screening in adults 45 and older who have an average risk of colon cancer. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Health minister says he will soon issue guidance clarifying limits for out-of-pocket primary care fees
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland leaves after a news conference, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, July 23, 2024. B.C. and the federal government signed agreements for funding for health care assistants and funding to improve access to drugs for rare diseases. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada should ban out-of-pocket fees charged by primary-care providers, medical association says
The Family Clinic in Marathon, Ontario, on Friday, November 11, 2022. David Jackson / The Globe and Mail
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Manitoba First Nation says members without health care because of nursing shortage
Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias, left to right, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee, Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Chief Angela Levasseur, NCN Health Director Lynda Wright and Executive Director of the Nisichawayasihk Personal Care Home Jessie Horodecki take part in a press conference in Winnipeg on Monday, July 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brittany Hobson
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Shoppers Drug Mart strikes partnership with blood testing startup Truvian Health
The Shoppers Drug Mart location at the south east corner of King St. East and Yonge St. in downtown Toronto, is photographed on Feb 6, 2024. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Despite lung cancer’s deadly toll, screenings remain inaccessible for many
Kim Arnott and Rich Higgins, photographed at their Hamilton, Ontario, home, were rejected from Ontario's lung cancer screening program despite both meeting the criteria. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Globe and Mail)
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Ozempic linked with lower dementia risk, nicotine use, British study finds
FILE PHOTO: A box of Ozempic and contents sit on a table in Dudley, North Tyneside, Britain, October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo
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Court orders former cannabis exec to reimburse Quebec hospital network over sale of faulty respirator masks during onset of COVID-19
The Ontario Superior Court building is seen in Toronto on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. An Ontario court has denied a municipality’s request to clear a homeless encampment, building on recent decisions out of British Columbia that the judge says establish a constitutional right to available and accessible shelter spaces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
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Gaza’s pregnant women defy odds to give birth, protect babies
A Palestinian woman displaced by Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip holds her baby in a tent near Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
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Alberta spending millions in severance as it overhauls health system
Adriana LaGrange, minister of health, speaks about health-care reforms as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looks on during a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday Nov. 8, 2023. The board of Alberta Health Services says six of the organization's top executives are no longer in their positions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Ontario regulator condemns exclusive deals between pharmacies, insurance companies
A Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy that is offering COVID-19 vaccines by appointment is shown in Bowmanville, Ontario on Wednesday January 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
opinion
A Liberal attack line on dental care that has no bite
The Editorial Board
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