Pilot project coming into effect alongside new federal mandate for COVID tests
Some say the move is more politically motivated than anything else
Country’s top public health official urging Canadians to ‘remain vigilant’
99.2 per cent of surgeries stalled by second or third waves of the virus have been completed
Province renewing its commitment to ‘temporarily fund the increases’
Doctors provide some insight as to what is happening and why
171 new hospital admissions last week for patients with COVID-19, a slight decrease
The ball is in the premiers’ court, Canada’s health minister says
No consensus on the definition of the condition, but firm acknowledgement that it exists
Respiratory illness wave has OR staff parachuting into the emergency department and ICU
PM says he’s not going to throw money at the problem without reforming the system
‘We were really pushed to our brink and having some trouble making sure every patient was safe’
B.C. emergency rooms had been seeing a peak of up to 6,900 patients daily
Anti-parasitic drug falsely claimed to treat COVID-19
‘This is about an immediate crisis that requires immediate action’
Studies showing lumpectomies can often work in cases that used to call for full mastectomies
Hospitals across the country treating high or record numbers of children with respiratory illnesses
B.C. experiencing unusual season for respiratory illnesses with ‘unusual characteristics’
Want Ottawa to cover 35 per cent of health-care costs, up from the current 22 per cent
UVA rays in tanning beds can be 15 times higher than sun exposure
