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A masked nurse administers a shot to a blond girl’s right arm.

The hidden cost of Canada’s measles outbreak

Two men look at a betting app on a telephone while watching soccer.

Governments are gambling with Canadians’ well-being

An illustration of two telephones communicating, one featuring an older man and the other a robot.

Artificial intelligence regulation must not leave older adults behind

Healthcare worker in blue gloves confidently holds a stethoscope with medical icons.

Health reform needs places where the system is allowed to learn

Healthcare workers wearing Ebola protective suits hold two young children at a treatment center in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo.

When aid retreats, Ebola advances

An animated figure of a person with a briefcase looking stressed out by pressures from a series of symbols representing time, energy, their boss.

Online harassment must be recognized as an occupational risk

Four workers dressed in yellow protective suits with goggles and white head coverings carry a coffin through a patch of short vegetation while a distressed woman looks on. They are all behind red caution tape.

The Ebola story: how risk becomes politics

A medical practitioner going over medical information with a patient in an examination room.

Renewal in Canada’s primary health-care system needs a North Star

Honour Tommy Douglas and stand up for public denticare

“Sleeping rough” is a problem that needs tailored homelessness solutions

Tableau de bord en santé : prometteur… à condition d’éviter les pièges

A woman speaks with a young boy sitting at a table with a tiny toy truck, a stuffed animal, colour pencils and sheets of paper in front of him.

Taking care of the care workers

People need public delivery not just more spending for dental care

The hands of a pharmacist taking a medicine box and capsule pack from the shelves of a pharmacy.

How pharmacist prescribing can alleviate health-care system pressures

Several people carrying Canadian flags during a protest.

The Emergencies Act under scrutiny

Quatre personnes discutent et échangent des documents à un bureau.

Masks no longer required for public servants at desks and in meetings with distancing

The Liberal politicization of charitable status

A kindergarten teacher helps a boy and girl with a class activity. They are looking at a piece of paper on a table in front of them while she is speaking with a red pen in hand.

Well-funded public schools are more important than election giveaways

With COVID-19, we’ve never been “all in this together”

When will Canadians benefit from the promised mental health transfer?

Young white woman holds a round, white pill to her mouth, with a glass of water in her other hand.

Put abortion pills into people’s hands

A photo of the sign at the entrance of Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council.

Speaking truth to power discouraged in public service

Apologies and promises are not enough to end TB in the North

We’re too attached to our health-care system to properly fix it

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