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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

A dozen medical icons are clustered but don’t connect to each other.

Canada has the tech to connect health records. Why isn’t it being used?

Cannabis vape cartridge with visible THC oil

Legalization’s blind spot: youth exposure to stronger cannabis

Three doctors operate in a room with two hanging lights and very little else.

Canada must act to protect hospitals in war zones

Doctor at a keyboard.

AI scribes in health care raise risks for patients and privacy

Single workers are Canada’s forgotten poor

Current tax system won’t pay for COVID recovery

Expertise of people who use drugs must be central to design of safe supply

Disabled Canadians ignored in policies on COVID-19

Islamophobia is on the rise during COVID-19

Rural Canadians need to be included in pandemic recovery plans

La situation des demandeurs d’asile en période de COVID-19

Proper funding for women’s health research could save lives during pandemic

Homelessness could rise with economic downturn

Le respect des droits des enfants et des jeunes pendant la pandémie

First Nations face overlapping crises and inadequate support during pandemic

BC court decision on private health care is inconsistent and should be appealed

Transit is in grave danger of falling into a death spiral

La mortalité liée à la COVID-19 chez le personnel de la santé au Canada

Proceed with caution with Ontario’s critical care triage protocol

Military’s after-action review a helpful model for studying pandemic response

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