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- 9/5/2024
Nova Scotia bill would give workers 27-week unpaid leave for serious illness
Labour Minister Jill Balser says the bill is the product of consultations with the Canadian Cancer Society, adding that it aligns with other Canadian jurisdictions. - 9/5/2024
Private equity firm Birch Hill signs deal to buy Rexall and Well.ca
Birch Hill Equity Partners says it has signed a deal with McKesson Corp. to buy Rexall Pharmacy Group and online retailer Well.ca. - 9/4/2024
Nova Scotia forms partnership with Google Cloud to improve digital healthcare
Premier Tim Houston says the partnership will offer advanced search capabilities to help people find information across the health system, which includes the Nova Scotia Health website and the YourHealthNS app. - 9/4/2024
Alberta Health Minister LaGrange says hospital transfer plan isn’t ‘hard and fast’
Last month, Premier Danielle Smith told a UCP audience in Drayton Valley, Alta., that she would look to transfer authority of some hospitals to other providers to create competition and fear. - 9/4/2024
Canadian researchers find signs of awareness in comatose patient, study says
The patients in the study had already been deemed clinically unresponsive, meaning they had not reacted when asked to give a thumbs up, wiggle their toes or open and close their eyes. - 9/3/2024
POLL: Do you make a point of eating organic?
We talk about nutrition and different diets on the Canadian Healthcare Network? But what about preferring organic produce over other options? Do you care about whether your food is organic? - 8/30/2024
POLL: Doctor, do you eat organic?
We talk about nutrition and different diets on the Canadian Healthcare Network? But what about preferring organic produce over other options? Do you care about whether your food is organic? - 8/26/2024
WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped
The agency is ‘significantly scaling up staff’ in affected countries, it said. In mid-August, WHO classified the current mpox outbreak as a global health emergency. - 8/20/2024
Saskatchewan launches Innovation Fund to promote creation of team-based clinics led by family doctors
The fund is currently open for applications. - 8/19/2024
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