Canadian dentists are demanding details of Ottawa’s soon-to-be announced federal dental insurance plan and how the federal government plans to preserve existing provincial and private coverage. Eleven provincial and territorial …
Like breathing through a straw. That’s how Janice Namiesniowski describes her daily struggle for air since developing asthma in her early 30s. Now 63, Namiesniowski, a retiree living in Ottawa’s Orléans …
An investigation by Alberta’s Public Interest Commissioner has found that “significant lapses” in the standard of medical care for inmates at an Edmonton jail put patients’ lives, health and safety in danger. …
White Coat Black Art26:30Aging out of pediatric care For the past 21 years, Marcy White has been fighting to keep her son Jacob Trossman alive — and that fight recently …
Some patients, nurses and doctors are calling for Calgary hospitals to bring in a mask requirement due to concerns about COVID-19. An Alberta Health Services masking directive, put in place …
Online services such as patient records and email have been down since Monday morning at five southwestern Ontario hospitals following a cyberattack, according to the hospitals’ IT provider. TransForm is a …
The Current30:42One father’s story of losing his teen daughter to toxic drugs Greg Sword remembers how his daughter Kamilah used to love coming to play in Lions Park when she …
Paul Johnston spent the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic pacing the floors, imagining the tumours in his patients’ bodies growing bigger without treatment. What was the bigger risk? Their …
Israel bombarded Gaza with more airstrikes on Monday as its soldiers fought Hamas militants on the ground in raids within the besieged Palestinian enclave. In signs that the conflict was …
The College of Family Physicians of Canada is being asked to “pause, hold and maybe stop” its plans to increase the time it takes to train a family doctor from two years …