In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government said Tuesday it would increase forgivable loans for some students. Canada …
Quebec’s order of nurses is changing course, saying it will temporarily suspend its plan that would have required nurses to hold a university degree before working in the profession. The …
A pause in funding to a critical United Nations agency is raising concerns that humanitarian aid in Gaza is at further risk. Canada and the U.S. paused funding to the …
B.C.’s attorney general is appealing a court decision that put the brakes on the province’s plans to crack down on drug use in public spaces. B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Christopher …
Colorado hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities would be required to come up with plans to reduce violence against their staffs under a bill in the state legislature. …
A health-care union is repeating fears that a longstanding staffing shortage of medical technologists could lead to the collapse of a lab and put patients at a northern Manitoba hospital, where …
Canada is seeing a record number of cases of invasive Group A strep, a bacterial infection that kills roughly one in 10 people who contract it, according to data obtained by …
It’s been dubbed “hallway medicine” and, more recently, “duct tape medicine” in Alberta. Doctors and nurses say, whatever you call it, it’s a clear sign of a health care system in …
Health professionals are growing increasingly concerned that health-care delays are leading to more patient deaths as wait times in Winnipeg emergency rooms continue to soar. On Friday, Manitoba Health released its latest …
The 12-bed hospital in New-Wes-Valley, N.L. — population 2,000 — found itself at the centre of a heated debateabout staff shortages in rural health care when the province signed a contract to …