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Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine booking system launches for those 80-plus
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to provide a COVID-19 update at 1 p.m. ET on Monday. You’ll be able to watch live in...
N.S. health records stored in an outdated, patchwork system, Desmond inquiry hears
Nova Scotia stores patient files in a patchwork of outdated digital medical databases, meaning physicians may get a limited scope of a person’s medical history,...
Canadian researchers to release recommendations for treating youth eating disorders online
Sarah White sets a timer to remind herself to eat. She sets it six times a day so that she eats three meals...
The emotional toll of the COVID-19 battle inside a Quebec ICU
A mechanical whir fills the room as a sling slowly lifts a patient out of her hospital bed. “Wow, it’s fun to see...
College cautions doctor after complaints about COVID-19 tweets
The regulatory body for doctors in Ontario has issued three separate cautions to a pediatrician following a series of complaints about her tweets on...
Humboldt Broncos crash survivor Kaleb Dahlgren’s memoir tells the story of a hockey life interrupted
Kaleb Dahlgren says he still has no memory of the crash that changed his life. Dahlgren played right wing for the Humboldt Broncos...
Do we know how effective vaccines are against the variants? Your COVID-19 questions answered
We’re answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca, and we’ll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection...
Colleges stress public responsibilities as MD, nurse set to speak at rally against COVID-19 measures
As a B.C. doctor and a registered nurse get set to speak at a Vancouver “freedom rally” this weekend, their regulatory colleges say...
Canada’s private COVID-19 testing industry is booming, but some experts say oversight is lacking
Whether you’re a traveller getting a mandated COVID-19 test at the airport, or a worker on a job site like a film set...
Why it might be best to avoid painkillers as a precaution before your COVID-19 vaccine
Billions of people worldwide will receive vaccines to protect against COVID-19 and some will temporarily feel a sore arm, fever or muscle aches....
Government missed out on an offer of N95 masks at the start of the pandemic: documents
Documents tabled with the House of Commons health committee show the federal government missed an opportunity to purchase critical pandemic-related supplies at the outset of the...
Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer, then wrongly accused of fraud
Alicia Micallef tears up when she talks about how she was secretly followed and videotaped, accused of lying, then dragged through the legal...
Doctors failed mentally ill Ontario man who killed his mother day after seeing psychiatrist, says family
Family members of an Ontario man diagnosed with schizophrenia say his doctors didn’t do “their due diligence” when they failed to admit him to...
OutDaughtered’s Danielle Busby Reveals The Truth About Plastic Surgery
On Jan. 7, 2021, Danielle Busby offered fans the upgrade they wished for when she was required to Instagram to expose that she...
1 year after Canada’s first coronavirus case, the COVID-19 pandemic rages on
Monday marks one year since the first case of the virus that causes COVID-19 was confirmed in Canada, in a patient who came...
Copycat pot edibles that look like candy are poisoning kids, doctors say
Dr. Jane Pegg couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the pot edibles that had poisoned a two-year-old who had been rushed to the emergency room in...
