BC’s hospital crowding problem isn’t improving
Lindsay Gill spent four days in Surrey Memorial Hospital’s emergency department in September. Gill had been admitted to…
Former care home owner wants more inspections, better training
Personal care home workers in Saskatchewan can change a catheter or care for someone with dementia without practising…
Here’s why Yukon doctors say getting a dementia diagnosis is a challenge
Don Cheeseman spent most of his life lecturing and teaching. Now, the retired electrical engineer can be found…
Baker Lake family upset after medical travellers left without escorts for days
Silas Arngna’naaq, a Baker Lake man, says his family doesn’t trust Nunavut’s Health Department after two family members…
Trump moves to ban transgender care for minors by targeting hospitals
Trump administration health officials announced Thursday that the federal government will block transgender care to children by targeting…
Measles Cases Are Rising — and Doctors Say There’s ‘No End in Sight’
Richard Eby knew things were getting bad when the schools shut down. Eby is a family medicine doctor…
Pharma’s ‘Dr. Optimistic’ is worried about the industry’s future
In July 2006, The New York Times sent young reporter Alex Berenson to Pfizer to interview me about…
Why Denmark’s vaccine schedule is not right for the U.S.
Reports that the Department of Health and Human Services may overhaul the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule to resemble…
Health care rises as a priority for Americans, poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Dvorak is worried her 83-year-old mother’s emergency room trips for seizures are depleting her…
Waterville doctor warns of downgrading at the Upper River Valley Hospital
Dr. William Goodine has been a doctor for more than four decades, and an ophthalmologist for most of…
Filipino nurse returns to work in Canada’s strained health industry after losing immigration status
When John returned to Canada after spending a month and a half in the Philippines, he said he…
The Trump administration’s transgender health care ban would put kids’ lives on the line.
They want my son to die. That thought has been hovering just below my consciousness for the past…