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. Eight months after the …
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 specialty care, the results of a new …
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Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law late Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children, after facing pressure to get …
As Ontario prepares to expand the number of private clinics that perform publicly funded cataract surgeries, documents show those procedures form one of the most common complaints the province receives …
More than six million Canadians say they do not have regular access to primary care physicians. It’s a crisis the experts say has caused untold harm and cases of preventable death and disease …
As cases of measles surge in Europe, there are calls for public health officials in Alberta to take stronger steps to prevent outbreaks. The World Health Organization recently warned of a …
The federal government announced last week it was suspending “additional funding” for a UN agency that supports Palestinians in Gaza and employs about 13,000 people there, as well as another 17,000 …
The president of the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) says a recent survey of family doctors suggests primary care in the province is in critical condition and needs immediate attention. Dr. …
The number of sick and injured people in Quebec’s emergency rooms is the highest it has been in five years and doctors and nurses are struggling to provide care. The …