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- 2/14/2024
B.C. report says climate change brings health risk, as doctor fears ‘colossal harms’
The report on protecting health in a climate emergency, released by Vancouver Coastal Health’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Patricia Daly, makes 17 recommendations. - 2/14/2024
Federal government and Northwest Territories sign $36 million in healthcare deals
Lesa Semmler, the N.W.T. health and social services minister, says the deal was worked out in partnership with the territory’s Indigenous governments. - 2/14/2024
Deputy health ministers to consider plan to increase organ donation, transplants
A long-awaited national reporting system on organ donation and transplantation is expected to be in place by the end of the year. - 2/14/2024
Fewer than half of people support assisted death exclusively for mental illness: poll
People who suffer from chronic and incurable mental illness were expected to be able to apply for medical assistance in dying starting in March, but Health Minister Mark Holland tabled legislation earlier this month that would put off their eligibility for another three years. - 2/13/2024
UPDATED: As pharmacare deadline looms, Singh mulls a future without NDP’s deal with Liberals
The NDP signed a political pact with the Liberals in 2022 to support the government on key votes in exchange for progress on shared priorities like pharmacare. - 2/13/2024
Got questions on COVID therapeutics? There’s a helpline for that
The Ontario Pharmacists Association COVID-19 Therapeutic Support Line is exclusively for health professionals with questions about drugs and treatments for the virus. - 2/13/2024
One person taken to hospital after cougar attack in Banff National Park
Cougars are common in Banff National Park, but attacks on humans are rare. - 2/13/2024
Aimee Kohler earns a Technician Initiative award for her efforts to improve safety standards in compounding
Meet one of this year’s Technician Initiative Award winners, Aimee Kohler. - 2/13/2024
Using her full scope to spur innovative practice earns Melodie Spielman Technician Initiative Award
Meet one of this year’s Technician Initiative Award winners, Melodie Spielman. - 2/12/2024
B.C. and Ottawa announce $733M in federal health funding for province's seniors
The feds and the province say the funds will help expand home and community care, improve access to palliative and end-of-life services and improve the quality of long-term care.