Ethan Crann is frustrated with Newfoundland and Labrador’s health-care system’s lack of clear answers for filling prescriptions for controlled substances without a primary-care provider. (Mike Moore/CBC) A St. John’s man …
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 …
British Columbia’s health minister says potential exports of Canadian drugs to U.S. states would be a devastating blow — but he doesn’t believe it will come to that. In an interview airing …
As part of efforts to tackle the brain drain in the health sector, the Lagos State Government has announced plans to establish the University of Health and Medical Sciences before …
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Only about 14 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have received the new COVID-19 vaccine designed to target the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant, figures from the Department of Health show. Meanwhile, more than a third …
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 …
A global shortage of a drug used for Type 2 diabetes is being felt in the N.W.T. and could disproportionately affect Indigenous people. Ozempic has been in short supply in the …
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 …