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Nova Scotia offering 50 prizes worth $1,000 each for the best healthcare ideas
Premier Tim Houston says the Healthcare Improvement Challenge is now open to entries.
First vaccine against serious bacterial infection in bees approved for use in Canada
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has conditionally licensed an oral vaccine to protect honey bees against a disease called American foulbrood, which can wipe out entire colonies if not treated.

Moving from Pap tests to HPV tests for cervical cancer screening

Currently P.E.I. is the lone province to fully fund HPV tests as the primary way to screen for cervical cancer.
Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza’s hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk

At least 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza are unable to access essential health services.
‘I have no fixed address’: A look at encampments for homeless across Canada

The Canadian Press sent reporters to encampments across the country to find out who is living there and why.
Making it easier to talk about drinking too much

Canada has a drinking problem.
Going private: Cardiology clinic becomes first in Saskatchewan to opt out of public healthcare

Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson of the South Saskatchewan Heart Clinic in Moose Jaw says it's too operationally and financially difficult to keep running under the public system.
Nova Scotia hospital administrative staff vote to accept new collective agreement

The new deal includes a three-year wage adjustment totalling 6.5% dating back to Nov. 1, 2020 and covering up to Oct. 31 of this year.
Innovator: Dr. Emily McDonald makes deprescribing a standard of care

To help prescribers initiate deprescribing processes, this internist designed an award-winning clinical decision support system that serves as a pioneer in this new area of expertise.
From funding to publishing: How a Canadian surgeon’s Silicon Valley-backed AI platform could transform research

Instead of using programming code, researchers can simply 'talk' to the Medeloop AI platform. And grant applications? Medeloop can make that easier, too.

Nova Scotia offering 50 prizes worth $1,000 each for the best healthcare ideas

First vaccine against serious bacterial infection in bees approved for use in Canada

Moving from Pap tests to HPV tests for cervical cancer screening

Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza’s hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk

‘I have no fixed address’: A look at encampments for homeless across Canada

Making it easier to talk about drinking too much

Going private: Cardiology clinic becomes first in Saskatchewan to opt out of public healthcare

Nova Scotia hospital administrative staff vote to accept new collective agreement

Innovator: Dr. Emily McDonald makes deprescribing a standard of care

From funding to publishing: How a Canadian surgeon’s Silicon Valley-backed AI platform could transform research

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