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Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed
‘Before anybody goes into the barn, they’re changing their shoes two or three times.’
Alberta COVID panel chair urges federal Conservatives to weaponize his findings
Preston Manning, the former head of the Reform Party, made the pitch last week in an email sent to Conservative MPs on the same day the report from the panel he chaired was published.

How much, you say? Severance pay for fired AHS execs could cost Alberta taxpayers millions

Alberta Health Services has fired its CEO and five executives. AHS has been mum on severance pay details but public data shows its former CEO, whose salary was about $584K, would get at least two years' pay.
Just another brick in the brain?

Researchers extrapolate Pink Floyd tune from brain waves.
How many doctors will Canada really need in years to come?

CIHI and government partners have charted future numbers.
Family physician care is getting less comprehensive. But why?

Comprehensive care is on the wane not because of age or gender of physicians—it’s the system.
Dogs are coming down with an unusual respiratory illness in several U.S. states

The Oregon Department of Agriculture has documented more than 200 cases of the disease since mid-August.
No more ‘food orgy’? New obesity medications change how users think of holiday meals

For most of her life, Claudia Stearns dreaded Thanksgiving. As a person who struggled with obesity since childhood, Stearns hated the annual turmoil of obsessing about what she ate—and the guilt of overindulging on a holiday built around food.
Some nurse practitioners in Canada not being paid for administering MAID

The number of doctors and nurse practitioners available to administer MAID in Canada has not kept up with increasing demand.
What can hospitals do to preempt or prevent cyberattacks?

Clinicians who access medical records should be trained annually to recognize phishing attempts hackers use to install malware that can infect a system and encrypt data, according to new research.