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Dr. Tom Elliott, medical director of a diabetes clinic in Vancouver, said one of his patients was hospitalized last year because he could not afford to buy medication after paying for groceries.

The first step is to negotiate universal coverage for birth control and diabetes drugs with provinces and territories—something Health Minister Mark Holland says he’s fairly certain he can accomplish by the next election.

'This is a proof-of-concept opportunity to try (providing) two drugs on a universal, single-payer model,' says federal Health Minister Mark Holland.

Among young people with depression, 80% report late-night sleep patterns. Researchers at UC San Francisco compared transdiagnostic sleep and circadian intervention against psychoeducation focused on healthy lifestyle.

Norma Adas-Ataya. who gave an infant double the prescribed dose of antibiotics, should have rechecked her work, said the discipline council of the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec.

Almost one-quarter of the funds being repurposed next year are coming out of the Department of National Defence.

Public Health Ontario lab employees are set to receive a total pay increase of 5.25%, compensating for a provincial wage restraint law, Bill 124, was deemed unconstitutional.

A recent Angus Reid poll reveals an increase in Canadian parents opposing childhood vaccinations, with 17% expressing strong opposition, compared to 4% in 2019.