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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13h
Canada’s Indigenous health obligations can’t be separated from rights and reconciliation, Jamaica Cass writes. Read this article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #IndigenousHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13h
They were promised protection. Instead, these kids with disabilities died in foster care. By Joseph Shapiro. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15h
Patients switching to Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill from shots lose more weight in real-world study, Patrick Wingrove reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch | Health News, Policy & Analysis
Canada’s independent briefing on health policy, science, and systems change.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15h
Are the raspberries in my fridge OK to eat? What to know about chemical levels on Driscoll's berries. By Nick Logan. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 20h
A healthy Arctic is the foundation of Canada’s future as an Arctic power, Natan Obed reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 21h
How does a bird virus infect a person? Surprising findings from B.C.’s human case of H5N1 avian flu, John Ni and Sriram Subramaniam report. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 21h
Travel plans? Here's what to know as measles exposures reach trains and games, Rachel Carlson reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA #Measles
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 29/09/2026
As federal budget nears, Canada’s health ministers to meet to talk funding, Sarah Ritchie reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 29/09/2026
Wait times for most priority surgeries in Ontario have increased since 2017, Eleanor Yuneun Park reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth.#WaitTimes
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 29/09/2026
Caregivers deserve an update on a national strategy, Lorin MacDonald reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 29/09/2026
Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing, André Picard writes. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 29/09/2026
Loblaw's PC Health launches chatbot as more people turn to AI for health info. Here's what to know, Nicole Ireland reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #DigitalHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 29/09/2026
Is it really possible for your heart to beat outside your body? Read this week's Pulse Check™ to find out more. canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
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What's that about a looming "fiscal cliff"?
Canada's national curated aggregator for health news, policy updates and analysis.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 28/09/2026
Health ministers to hold emergency meeting to discuss federal funding ahead of budget, The Canadian Press reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 28/09/2026
This medical device heading to space with Joshua Kutryk is also helping people here on Earth, Nicole Mortillaro reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #HealthTech
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 28/09/2026
Canadian medicine must make cultural safety central, Jamaica Cass and Sarah Funnell write. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 28/09/2026
Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 confirmed cases as disease remains out of control, The Associated Press reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #EbolaOutbreak
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 28/09/2026
Alcohol is Canada’s biggest drug problem. So why aren’t people getting help? By Liz Hoath. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 28/09/2026
Ontario is launching free flu and COVID-19 shots next week as vaccination rates decline, Jake Ross reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #PublicHealthCA
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 28/09/2026
What Trump's 'most favoured nation' drug pricing policy might mean for Canadians, Amina Zafar and Christine Birak report. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #USHealth #HealthPolicy
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 25/09/2026
There's a global pandemic treaty that's signed — and in 'limbo.' What's the holdup? Jonathan Lambert reports. Read this article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 25/09/2026
Ontario launches flu and COVID-19 immunizations next week. Here’s when you can get your shot. By Phil Tsekouras. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #PublicHealthCA
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 25/09/2026
Yukon government struggling to keep rural health centres open, Dana Hatherly reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 25/09/2026
London doctors perform Canada’s first ‘heart in a box’ transplant, Brian Williams reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 25/09/2026
Beyond “just talk”: Rethinking men’s mental health and suicide prevention in Canada. By Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #MentalHealthCA
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 25/09/2026
Canada’s economy is losing $100B a year to illness and caregiving, Uday Rana reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 25/09/2026
Ontario deficit comes in better than projected at $13-billion, Liam Casey reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
Why dementia is a stress test for Canadian healthcare, Dr. Saskia Sivananthan writes. canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/09/24/w... #CdnHealth #WorldAlzheimersMonth
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Why dementia is a stress test for Canadian healthcare
A dementia diagnosis is far more than a neurological condition that affects memory.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
Does your local craft brewer want to hide alcohol risks? By Annie Burns-Pieper. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #AlcoholRisks
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
Alberta premier suggests $1,900 health premium for temporary residents, Michael Franklin reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
Over 1,500 Quebec doctors call for coroner’s inquest into suicides in profession, The Canadian Press reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #MentalHealthCA
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
Court quashes OHIP denial of out-of-country treatment for man with terminal cancer, Allison Jones reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
P.E.I. reviews controversial private doctor service after premier ‘outraged’ by company, Maria Sarrouh reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
Merck’s drug for diabetes-related eye disease shows promise in trial, Christy Santhosh reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #PharmacareCA
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
We must act now to protect Canadians living with chronic lung diseases, Jeffrey Beach and Sarah Butson write. canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/09/24/w... #WorldLungDay #CdnHealth
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We must act now to protect Canadians living with chronic lung…
Canada can act now to become a leader in improving vaccination rates for the betterment of Canadians living with chronic lung conditions.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 24/09/2026
Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? By Alexandra Mae Jones. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 23/09/2026
Big tech says AI can find a cure for cancer. So where is it? By Jackson Ryan. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #DigitalHealth #Cancer
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 23/09/2026
Donating a kidney wasn’t enough for this Burlington woman. Why she became a rare double donor — and what a new study says about safety, Anastasia Blosser reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 23/09/2026
Ontario denied a life-saving drug to a Toronto man with months to live. Now a panel says the province must reconsider, Megan Ogilvie reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 23/09/2026
His addiction started with a toothache. Why Ontario’s older adults are facing an ‘overlooked and evolving’ opioid crisis, Omar Mosleh reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #OpioidCrisis
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 23/09/2026
A look inside Atlantic Canada's life-saving helicopters. By CBC. This story and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 22/09/2026
Future of Emergency Treatment Fund up in the air as March 2027 deadline draws closer, Tessie Sanci reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 22/09/2026
What is ibogaine, and what does it treat? By CNN. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #Ibogaine #Psychedelics
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 22/09/2026
Plan to cut 400 jobs at Hamilton Health Sciences will increase wait times and further erode morale, Codi Wilson reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 22/09/2026
Canada wants to make new drugs, but can patients even access them? Check out The Weekly Dose™ to find out more. canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
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Pharma is having a moment
Canada's national curated aggregator for health news, policy updates and analysis.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 21/09/2026
Toronto surgeon’s gene, stem cell therapy could make donor lungs ‘look more like itself’, Alex Arsenych reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 21/09/2026
Pharmaceuticals, digital health data, and men and boys’ health top Minister Michel’s agenda this fall, Tessie Sanci reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #DigitalHealth #PharmacareCA
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 21/09/2026
Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers’ medical data, The Associated Press reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #DigitalHealth #USHealth
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 21/09/2026
Former NFL player advocating for those with head injuries encouraged answers are being sought, David Brandt reports. Find this article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 21/09/2026
New nanoparticle study at U of A offers hope for new Alzheimer’s treatment, Brittany Ekelund reports. Read this aritcle and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #Alzheimers #CdnHealth
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