Health-care coverage for refugees is about to change in Canada
Our federal government determined that covering them wasn’t worth the cost
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Julia Belluz
Julia Belluz is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist covering health care and policy. A Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, she writes the blog/column ‘Science-ish’ for Maclean’s and the Medical Post about the evidence behind the health headlines.
Does how we pay health-care workers affect how they treat us?
Science-ish looks at the evidence on pay models and health care
Fighting scary vaccine stories with scarier no-vaccine stories
Skepticism over shots is making doctors more PR savvy
Lessons from a year of ’Science-ish’
Mind the gap between research and reporting
Will cancer screening actually save your life?
Science-ish looks at the evidence on PSA testing, mammograms and the true benefits of screening
How reading about coffee may harm your health*
Or perhaps we’re grossly exaggerating...
Can Facebook solve the organ donor crisis?
Science-ish looks at the evidence on what drives decisions to donate--and how social media might factor in
REVIEW: Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
Book by A.J. Jacobs
Nutritious Nutella? All you need to know about the pitfalls of food labels
Science-ish ponders the health impact of nutrition content information
Is Canada discriminating against foreign-trained doctors?
A new survey suggests they are disproportionately more likely to be charged with professional misconduct