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alberta
Outgoing Alberta Medical Association president blames government for health care crisis
Adriana LaGrange, minister of health, speaks about health-care reforms as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looks on during a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday Nov. 8, 2023. The board of Alberta Health Services says six of the organization's top executives are no longer in their positions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
world
Hezbollah pager blasts test war readiness of Lebanon’s hospitals as health care workers fear what’s next
Eye surgeon and Lebanese member of parliament Elias Jrade reacts during an interview with Reuters, following pager detonations across Lebanon, at a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
u.s. politics
Kamala Harris says Donald Trump and abortion ban to blame for death of Georgia woman
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on while addressing members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 17, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
technology
U.S. FDA authorizes first over-the-counter hearing aid software to be used in Apple’s AirPods Pro
FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. The head of the Food and Drug Administration has announced, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, an overhaul of the agency's food safety and nutrition division. FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf is vowing to better protect consumers and the U.S. food supply.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
world
WHO evacuates nearly 100 patients from Gaza in biggest operation yet
Men unload from a truck crates of polio vaccines provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. The World Health Organization said Israel had agreed to at least three days of "humanitarian pauses" in parts of Gaza, starting on August 31, to facilitate a vaccination drive after the territory recorded its first case of polio in a quarter of a century. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist, documents show
Ontario's progress in giving children with autism access to government-funded core therapy has slowed so significantly that at times it has gone in reverse, according to new documents obtained by The Canadian Press. Michael Parsa, Ontario Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, attends the Queens Park Legislature, in Toronto, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
politics
‘Unshackled’ NDP MPs in Montreal for caucus retreat days after ending deal with Liberals
<p>NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh gives remarks during a press conference, in Toronto on Thursday, September 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov</p>
canada
Ottawa pressed to create accountability officer to navigate health care deals
Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead for Manitoba's vaccination rollout, speaks about COVID-19 vaccination initiatives and answers media questions during a COVID-19 livestreamed news conference at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg on Wednesday, March 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
opinion
Canadian health care is always ready for an emergency - but what about everything else?
Tony Sanfilippo
report on business
No link between mobile phone use and brain cancer, WHO-backed study says
A person uses a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. New Brunswick has changed its cellphone policy for students, making it stricter for them to have their devices with them while in the classroom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Danielle Smith has a scary fix for health care
The Editorial Board
world
Trump wants to make the GOP a ‘leader’ on IVF. Republicans’ actions make that a tough sell
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he holds a rally at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 30, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
world
Trump calls for universal coverage of IVF treatment with no specifics on how his plan would work
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak about the economy during a campaign event in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
High cost of travel nurses helps drive deficit forecast in New Brunswick
A nurse is silhouetted behind a glass panel as she tends to a patient at an Ontario hospital, on Jan. 25, 2022. An update today from the New Brunswick government shows an unexpected deficit of $27.6 million for the current fiscal year, driven in part by the high cost of travel nurses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
opinion
To cure health care worker burnout, the system needs a cultural revolution
Molyn Leszcz, Julie Maggi, Heather Flett and Robert Maunder
world
Montana becomes 8th state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights
FILE - Patrons of the Gallatin County Fairgrounds wait in line to cast their ballots in Bozeman, Mont., Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino, File)
opinion
Employer-funded virtual care is a good thing – even for those who don’t have it
Liam MacDonald
explainer
What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor
College students hold candles as they stage a protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital last week, in Guwahati, India, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
report on business
Harris aims to blunt Trump’s economic attacks by proposing new tax breaks in a bid to lower costs
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris greets attendees after speaking about the administration's efforts to lower prescription drug costs during an event at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
canada
Newfoundland revamps its travel nurse program in wake of Globe investigation
The main entrance to St. Clare's Mercy Hospital is shown in St. John's on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Newfoundland and Labrador is extending its Come Home Year 2022 tourism theme to doctors, nurses and paramedics in an effort to recruit more medical professionals. The CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly