Quebec’s public health director resigns
Politics Insider for Jan. 11: COVID cases continue to peak in Canada; the realities of long COVID; and Ontario will re-open schools
Canada’s not for sale. Maclean’s is.
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Canada doesn’t have the hospital capacity it needs
Politics Insider for Jan. 10: How the U.S. health care system stacks up to Canada’s; Canada is updating its approaches to China and Russia; and Quebec’s liquor store vaccination policy seems to be working
Omicron is wreaking havoc in Canadian hospitals
Politics Insider for Jan. 7: Canada is in for a COVID slog; Erin O’Toole speaks up for the unvaccinated; and Jagmeet Singh’s new baby
First it took his mom. Then his dad. Then, finally, him. The story of a family stolen by COVID-19.
So many people thought of the Saini family’s once-bustling Brampton, Ont. house as a second home. Now, it’s just another empty space.
Inside the murky, high-stakes investigation into New Brunswick’s mystery illness
At least six people are dead. Dozens are sick. Are governments racing fast enough to find the answers needed to save lives?
A prescription for ending needless suffering
Why one Canadian company believes plants hold the secret to addressing chronic pain
You’ve been breathing all wrong
Hey mouth-breathers! Use your nose to boost your immune system, your circulation, your mood and even your sexual functioning
Hatching disease in a dish: The new frontier in drug testing
Alternatives to testing drugs on animals include taking cells from cadavers and biopsies and engineering them through 3D-bioprinting to create tissue for testing
Nobody likes sick notes anymore. Why won’t they go away?
Doctors are getting sick of sick notes, and some are starting to charge the employers who ask for them
A new network aims to connect and support Indigenous scholars
The program hopes to help Indigenous researchers feel less isolated and address health problems in their communities