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Man holding hand, giving support and comfort to woman, loved one sick in hospital bed.

MAiD has become routine. Would it be if palliative care was more available?

Line drawing of an assembly of beakers, microscopes, vials, and measuring cups.

Canadian scientific innovation requires global engagement to have impact

A man stands next to a yellow needle drop box that resembles the shape of a mailbox as he looks through a window.

When ideology replaces evidence in the drug poisoning crisis

Four soldiers climbing snowy steps carrying gear from a boat.

Why Greenland doesn’t want Trump’s America

Four Canadian passports

Birthright citizenship and the politics of “birth tourism”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner shot in profile against a blue sky.

Why “jail, not bail” fails: Doug Ford’s evidence problem

A woman holds a lit candle with signs that say “Save the CDC” and “CDC saves lives.”

Canada can’t rely on U.S. health and food safety as Trump dismantles agencies

Ostriches gathered around a feeder.

On ostriches, polarizing politics and buried heads

A woman carrying a USAID poster featuring a woman cutting flowers walks out of her office with her belongings.

After USAID: Why Canada must lead on global health now

The ornate stone buildings have tall green-hued copper roofs.

The chronic failure to pass social legislation

A line drawing of an older woman sitting on a bench with a cane. The outlines of homes and a tree with a few leaves sit on either side of her. A cyclist approaches from the right.

Canada’s social safety net is stuck in the 1960s

A series of glass towers fill the image.

From boardrooms to beds: Can empty offices ease hospital overcrowding?

Dozens of purple flags about the size of a palm of a hand cover a rectangular grassy area with a line of bare trees and a row of benches.

A “moonshot” at regulating psychoactive substances for public-health benefits

A nurse is holding the arm of a young blond girl in a clinic while another adult looks on. 

Education has an important role to play in overcoming vaccine hesitancy

Several health care professionals standing behind computer screen.

Canada’s health care crisis demands a digital solution

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Embedded researchers can drive real change in mental health systems

An aerial view of dozens upon dozens of steel coils lined up in an outdoor lot.

Canada weighs bailouts as U.S. tariffs threaten businesses

How to create a health-care superpower

Illustration of a tree with leaves shaped like hearts. On the branches, they are red. Some of them turn into birds flying away. The fallen leaves are dark or light grey.

The mirage of “death as a benefit”

Mark Holland stands in front of Canadian flags and answers questions from journalists who hand him their microphone

Mark Holland’s new interpretation of the Canada Health Act: too little too late?

Birth tourism has doubled since the pandemic lull

Quebec should make breast cancer screening accessible from age 40

Classifying risk to prepare for disruptive threats

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Housing for people with intellectual disabilities must be entirely rethought

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