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Stopping microaggressions in the clinical learning environment

Misgendering a patient: What to do when you see a colleague do it.
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.

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