Health care

Children more at risk of hospitalization from flu this season, Canada’s chief health officer says

China says second person dies in Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

SmileDirectClub shares up 35 per cent in two days on plan to work with orthodontists

Atlantic premiers talk health care, violence prevention

As peak flu season arrives, Canadian hospitals seeing higher than usual pediatric cases

‘God blessed me with kidney failure’: Why one patient chose to withdraw from dialysis and transition to death

Hong Kong to add mystery respiratory illness to list of reportable diseases

Chairwoman named to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.

I nursed my mother for years. How do I find purpose now that she’s gone?

Doubling of health coverage fees adds to financial squeeze for B.C. international students

Chinese health officials investigating Wuhan pneumonia cases amid SARS rumours

Pakistan issuing special health cards to improve care for transgender people

Samoa ends measles state of emergency as infection rate slows

Just what the doctor ordered: How AI will change medicine in the 2020s

Evening Update: Canada, U.S. to reduce dependency on Chinese rare-earth metals; remembering the Battle of Hong Kong

Ronald McDonald House and the challenges of keeping a family together during cancer treatment

Canadian drug distributors reject Trump’s import plan

U.S. appeals court says part of ‘Obamacare’ invalid, more review needed

Government spending on prescription drugs grew by 7 per cent last year

How deep-brain stimulation treats disorders: “It’s given me my life back”

How doctors discovered the true causes of drug addiction

Alberta’s new biosimilar policy gets mixed reactions from medical community

Clinton Portis among ten former NFL players charged with defrauding health program

Alberta will force patients to switch from biologics to cheaper biosimilar medications

B.C. government announces plans for second hospital in Surrey

American Samoa declares measles outbreak, closes schools

WHO decries ‘collective failure’ with 2018 death toll from measles at 140,000

More than 200 patients in Canada died while waiting for organ transplants in 2018: report

New drug curbs dementia’s delusions, researchers find

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals stock surges on positive clinical results for lupus drug

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