The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that one in five Canadians will experience a mental health challenge. The full impact of mental health issues is even broader: almost every adult Canadian at some point has ...
May 9, 2023
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A UBC student researcher is looking at how the lack of health care resources for pregnant women living in the Northwest Territories influences their delivery and overall wellbeing.
Mar 16, 2023
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This winter has been one of the worst on record for the NHS. Ambulance and A&E waiting times are at all-time highs, and many are struggling to access emergency treatment.
Jan 23, 2023
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For health care providers who may be caring for Ukrainians displaced by the war, a new analysis published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides an overview of health and clinical considerations in this population. ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Canada is going to throw out about 13.6 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine because it couldn't find any takers for it either at home or abroad.
Jul 6, 2022
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Canada's chief public health officer is warning of a possible COVID-19 resurgence in the fall and winter.
Jun 30, 2022
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More than one-quarter of infections in Canada fail to clear up when people are treated with standard antibiotics. This failure occurs because of a phenomenon called antimicrobial resistance (also called AMR), where bacteria ...
Mar 2, 2022
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A new study shows hotspots of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Canadian cities across four provinces, linked to occupation, income, housing and proxies for structural racism. The study, which looked at infections in 16 urban centres ...
Feb 14, 2022
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Crowds cheered, waved flags and hoisted signs in Ontario on Thursday as parts of a convoy of truckers headed for Ottawa to protest the Canadian government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers.
Jan 28, 2022
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Heart valve calcification is one of the leading causes of death in Canada. The condition is more prevalent in men, but more lethal for women. This imbalance is caused by a very limited understanding of how the disease develops ...
Jan 17, 2022
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