Seventeen cases of measles have been confirmed in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia — more than half of those in the Montreal area, while one Ontario case has been linked to a high school.
Category: Health
NDP, Liberals strike deal to cover cost of diabetes medicines, birth control as March deadline looms
The federal Liberals and New Democrats have reached a deal that would allow every Canadian with a health card to…
Calls grow for national pharmacare after poll finds Canadians can’t afford medication
There are deepening demands that the federal government roll out a national pharmacare program after two leading Canadian medical groups found some people are skipping their medication because it’s too expensive.
Federal dental care program will exclude 4.4M uninsured Canadians: report
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says millions of uninsured Canadians will be left out of the new federal dental program because their family income is too high.
People with private drug coverage more likely to stick to prescriptions: StatCan
A new Statistics Canada study confirms that financial limitations are keeping people without private or employer-sponsored drug coverage from following through with their prescriptions.
Canadian ER doctor says wait times are the ‘worst it’s ever been’
Canadian emergency room doctors are growing increasingly concerned over wait times in the thick of the respiratory virus season.