Health

'How did we survive?' What Canadians recall — and don't — about the COVID-19 pandemic

There had been warning signs for months. There were the reports of dangerous flu-like symptoms in Asia. News of the lockdown that kept tens of millions of people inside their homes in China. Here at home,...

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Understanding the measles outbreak and what’s truly at stake

It's a preventable crisis – that’s the message from many public health officials when describing the recent measles outbreaks in parts of Canada and the United States. The highly contagious viral...
Santé Québec parts ways with VP Frédéric Abergel

Less than a year after his appointment, Frédéric Abergel, Executive Vice-President of Operations and Transformation at Santé Québec, has been relieved of his duties with the provincial agency charged...
As the U.S. threatens tariffs on medications, the first provincial pharmacare deal is signed

The Trudeau government has signed its first provincial deal to implement the first stage of its national pharmacare plan. The agreement with Manitoba comes just weeks before a possible federal election...
Quebec emergency rooms remain under pressure

With the winter peak having been reached last week, the province's emergency departments are still "very busy" and "remain under pressure," according Santé Québec. “Half of all emergency room visits...
Why Canada needs national licensing for doctors

In today's The Big Story podcast, doctors in Canada can’t move between provinces to practice medicine without going through cumbersome licensing requirements and a sea of government red tape. It’s...
2 new cases of measles in the Laurentians, 24 cases total in Quebec

The measles outbreak that started last December in Quebec continues to see some cases added. Although there has been no explosion in the number of cases for the time being. In all, there have been 24 cases...
Situation in Quebec ERs still 'very critical,' winter virus peak reached

Santé Québec says the situation in the province's emergency rooms is still "very critical," but we've hit the winter peak when it comes to the circulation of viruses. Again, this week -- stretcher...
Montreal scientists make discovery that could protect against influenza

Quebec has been facing its worst flu season in 10 years with thousands of influenza cases reported in February alone. Now, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health...
Government of Canada buys 500K doses of human avian influenza vaccine

It's better to have a vaccine and not to need it, than to need a vaccine and not to have it. That's basically what the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said in a release on Wednesday announcing...