Category: Health
Stolen identities of 28,000 B.C. health-care workers used in decade-long crime sprees
Kelowna nurse Ashley Stone sits down at her kitchen table, opens a bulky blue folder containing a paper trail of 10 years of multiple frauds ... Read More
‘A warning:’ Study estimates more than 54,600 children are malnourished in Gaza
While news of ceasefire plan While relief has arrived and there is hope that more aid will arrive in Gaza soon, massive hunger still persists.More ... Read More
Ontario declares end of measles outbreak after more than 2,300 infections
torontoThe weekly Public Health Ontario Epidemiology Report says a measles outbreak that began nearly a year ago in the province is over.Public Health Ontario declared ... Read More
High-risk Alberta newborns will start getting new RSV shot next month amid calls for broader coverage
Alberta will offer free, preventive RSV shots to some high-risk newborns this fall, but it is falling short of providing universal coverage to infants, which ... Read More
When I think about how hard my parents work to support me I feel both guilt and gratitude.
This first-person account is the experience of Keith Wong, a medical student at the University of Ottawa who wants to become a family doctor. For ... Read More
BC introduces landmark legislation to end misleading vaping advertising
The BC government has introduced the first legislation in Canada to recover health-care costs from companies that use "deceptive practices" to sell vaping products. Attorney ... Read More
2 nurses fined for taking newborn to Handivan, questions raised on ambulance service in rural Manitoba
A nurse and manager in Dauphin, Man., have been fined by their regulator for transporting a newborn baby to Winnipeg using a Handivan, but the ... Read More
Health Minister says top priority is to provide every New Brunswicker with a family doctor
The New Brunswick government released a strategy Wednesday with six priorities for reforming the province's health-care system, but Health Minister John Dornan said one of ... Read More
Quebec cardiologists, surgeons say staff shortage leading to heart surgery delays and deaths
Cardiologists and heart surgeons in Quebec are warning about staffing shortages, particularly perfusionists, saying the shortage of workers who help keep patients alive during heart ... Read More
Former Ontario hospital executive and construction company president convicted of fraud in $300 million project
A former hospital executive and the former president of a major Ontario construction company have been found guilty of fraud for distorting the bidding process ... Read More