Why Alberta is focusing on treatment to solve its toxic drug crisis
In the face of a record number of toxic drug deaths, Alberta is moving away from harm reduction and doubling down on treatment and recovery. The National’s Ian Hanomansing breaks down the Alberta model and why the province thinks it's the best way to solve the drug crisis. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Advocates alarmed as Ottawa shutters mental health portal
Ottawa's planned shutdown of a portal to mental health and substance use care is an affront to Canadians in need of already-chronically underfunded services, according to one advocate. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Health P.E.I.'s new mental health and addictions ER expected to be 'game changer'
Prince Edward Island’s new mental health and addictions emergency department — the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada — is being called a game-changer, monumental, and a long time coming by Health P.E.I. staff and patients. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/PEI Source Type: news
Make sure you have 2 measles shots before you travel on spring break, says Canada's top doctor
Canada's top doctor is calling on people to check that they're fully immunized with two doses of measles vaccine before heading out of the country. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Liberals and New Democrats reach a deal on pharmacare
The federal Liberal government and the NDP have come to an agreement on pharmacare, clearing the way for the two parties to continue operating under the confidence-and-supply agreement that has helped keep the government in power over the last two years. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
Nursing needs 'still as great' as 2022, when use of travel nurses started, says Vitalité CEO
The severe staffing shortage that prompted Vitalité Health Network to pay a private agency about $158 million to hire out-of-province nurses in 2022 is just as bad now as it was then, according to the CEO. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/New Brunswick Source Type: news
More than 4 Albertans died — each and every day — from opioids in 2023
The four people pictured here represent a typical day’s death toll from opioid poisonings in Alberta last year, the deadliest on record for the province. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
These nursing students can't get permanent jobs. The health minister says to temper expectations
Health Minister Tom Osborne says there are full-time jobs for every nurse in Newfoundland and Labrador but the jobs may not be in the specific units or locations students want. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador Source Type: news
A 91-year-old froze to death outside her retirement home. 2 years on, her family still doesn't know why
It’s been two years since 91-year-old Vera Wilson was found dead just steps outside her Brantford, Ont., retirement home in freezing temperatures. Wilson’s family has been questioning the circumstances surrounding her death, and how to prevent similar incidents — as this is not the first of its kind in Canada. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
The Liberals and NDP still have reasons to work together — are they good enough?
The chance to make history isn't the best reason the Liberals and NDP have to reach an agreement on pharmacare, but there's something to be said — maybe even a lot — for stability. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
Why Alabama's ruling that embryos are children could fuel anti-abortion movement in Canada
A decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law has some reproductive rights advocates and fertility law experts in Canada concerned about a potential ripple effect. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
FDA warns consumers over smartwatches to measure blood glucose levels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns consumers to not use smartwatches or smart rings that claim to measure blood glucose levels without piercing the skin. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
N.B. defends costly use of travel nurses as 'necessary at the time'
The New Brunswick government is defending the use of travel nurses in the face of criticism over the high costs to taxpayers. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/New Brunswick Source Type: news
A 91-year-old froze to death outside her retirement home. She’s not the only one
Two years ago Vera Wilson left her retirement home in the middle of the night, was locked out and was found frozen to death hours later. CBC’s Katie Nicholson breaks down what happened, similar instances in Canada and why this tragedy could become more common. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Furey says $36M for travel nurse contracts 'may be problematic,' province is investigating
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says the provincial government is going to investigate multimillion-dollar contracts with private nursing agencies, contracts that "may be problematic." (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador Source Type: news
