More Nova Scotians than ever are arriving at hospital emergency departments with conditions rated in the most serious categories, a development experts say is highlighting how the health-care system is …
The new federal dental insurance plan will be phased in gradually throughout 2024, with the first claims likely to be processed in May, government officials said ahead of a formal …
WARNING: This story contains distressing images Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza’s main southern city, Khan Younis, on Saturday and pounded the length of the Hamas-run enclave, after the …
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Health Canada is recommending that prescribers not start new patients on diabetes drugs such as Ozempic because of a worldwide shortage, except under certain conditions. The federal department said Wednesday it …
Alberta’s government is preparing an audit plan to investigate potential health policy breaches by medical clinics charging membership fees for services. Medically necessary care is guaranteed as part of the …
Ontario’s acting auditor general says one in five patients who visited the province’s emergency departments were only there because they did not have a family doctor. Nick Stavropoulos has released …
More people have come forward with concerns about a lack of communication from the Appletree chain of clinics in Ottawa when patients became attached to family doctors with little notice …
A heated debate is brewing in Alberta that has implications for the future of primary care in the province. This week, the provincial government announced nurse practitioners will be allowed to …
The latest: First group of hostages released by Hamas. 4-day pause in fighting between Hamas and Israel began early Friday. As many as 39 Palestinians could be freed from Israeli …