healthcare

Nursing schools in the province are seeing a huge uptick in applications, with interest driven, in part, by the pandemic. It comes at a moment when the province is facing a dire shortage of nurses.

Healthcare workers are well familiar with the bodily toll of night shifts — but the additional complications of COVID, unprecedented stress and the interruption of normal routine are resulting in new levels of exhaustion

Opinion: We don’t have enough physicians to operate our expensive healthcare system—and that’s exacerbated by the looming departure of 1,000 Saudi medical trainees

Opinion: Ontario’s election could bring another step toward truly comprehensive health care. But failed efforts from the past reveal possible pressure points

A new advisory council is set to study national pharmacare. The NDP’s health critic says it’s redundant and ’kicking the can down the road.’

Opinion: Healthcare treatment isn’t being delivered equally to all people across Canada—and major work lies ahead to make that a reality

Opinion: For some Americans, Canadian health care is a source of envy. But the ’Medicare for All’ plan shows that our system could use a shake-up, too

The risks from home-based genetic testing kits to privacy as well as people’s health appear far greater than the supposed benefits

Medically, Kate Granger lived two lives, as doctor and patient. Her #HelloMyNameIs campaign advocated greater compassion on the part of doctors.

With Alzheimer’s in his family, Jay Ingram’s search for answers is both professional and personal