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Ontario narrows out-of-country drug funding rules after cancer patient court victory
Ontario’s public drug programs has argued that funding treatments abroad could discourage manufacturers from participating in Canada’s drug review process.
Quebec’s chief coroner orders investigation into five doctor suicides
In September, over 1,500 Quebec physicians signed an open letter calling for an inquest into the deaths of doctors who died by suicide.

Fact File: Misleading headlines claim Canadian woman received MAID because she lost ability to cook

The claim stems from an opinion article written by two Canadian psychiatrists who recount the woman’s story.
What to know about the fears of pneumonic plague in Russia

The disease behind the Black Death is much more treatable nowadays.
Government to exclude people who solely suffer from mental illness from medical assistance in dying

The Liberal government says it will table legislation in the fall to indefinitely exclude people who solely suffer from mental illness from medical assistance in dying.
A timeline of the evolution of Canada’s medically assisted dying laws

From 1892 to today.
Cultural burns: The wide-ranging impact of this Indigenous practice on Canada’s health

Emergency preparedness, respiratory health, responsible land management and psychological healing all come together in the controlled burns that take place in the Gitxsan traditional territories in British Columbia.
Westons buy U.K. pharmacy chain Boots for US$8.9B

The family behind Canada's biggest pharmacy and grocery chains is growing its empire with the acquisition of U.K. drugstore Boots.
N.S. pharmacists reducing strain on emergency rooms by treating Lyme disease

Dalhousie researchers compared emergency room visits in Nova Scotia hospitals before and after pharmacists began prescribing preventative treatment in 2021.
Justice minister to announce next steps for MAID in Canada

It will be the first time the federal government communicates the direction it plans to take on MAID in the wake of a parliamentary committee recommending in June that it should ‘indefinitely pause’ an expansion.
How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker dies

The incubation period for pneumonic plague—which means lung-based, and is the most virulent form of the disease—can be as short as 24 hours.
CPSO proposing sweeping changes to prescribing safer supply

The proposed changes is an eight-week time limit for physicians to prescribe safer supply, and mandating that it be consumed in front of healthcare professionals.