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Family doctors are ‘drowning’ as Fredericton struggles to recruit

In the second quarter of this year, Horizon Health Network hired 44 new physicians in the province’s cities — but only…

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Privatization concerns sparked by potential new Alberta health-care ‘prototype’

Alberta Health is currently exploring a proposed “campus” in the city of Airdrie that would see a “one-stop shop” built…

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Canadian ERs keep closing this summer — but there’s no easy fix

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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Surgical waits vary a lot between Ontario hospitals: study

A new study shows “enormous” differences around Ontario in wait times for common surgeries, with the average patient at some…

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Mpox is a global emergency again. How deadly is it? What are ‘clades’? What you need to know

Mpox first made global headlines in 2022 when the virus suddenly exploded around the world, spreading rapidly through sexual networks…

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$100,000 and a gym membership? How some small towns are coaxing doctors to their communities

The Current19:23$100,000 signing bonus? How some towns are luring doctors Canadian municipalities are offering family doctors thousands of dollars and…

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New research centre in Kingston looks to answer key questions about psychedelics in health care

Canadians have seen a lot of hopeful headlines about psychedelics in recent years, as evidence indicating they can help people suffering…

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It took PHAC nearly a year to link plant-based milk listeria cases

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it was only after multiple Listeria cases emerged in Ontario in June that…

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WHO names mpox a global health emergency for second time as virus surges in Africa

Health·Breaking The World Health Organization (WHO) has named mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time, on…

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Growing mpox ‘crisis’ prompts Africa to declare first-ever public health emergency

As cases of mpox skyrocket in Africa, health officials there have declared the continent’s first-ever public health emergency as a…

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