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New Brunswick has granted 47 licenses to Quebec physicians since October 2025 after doctors were at odds with the Quebec provincial government. Vitalité Health Network confirmed it received 19 of those physicians, with nine already beginning the job. Source link

A report released Thursday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information found that limited emergency room capacity, difficulties in accessing standard care and the country’s aging population are to blame for patients spending more than 48 hours waiting in ERs. Source link

Health Canada has approved an injection medication to treat severe obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity. Source link

Registered dietitian Leah Cahill says people come to her all the time asking about nutrition information they’ve seen on social media. She is one of the authors of a new study looking at the quality of that influencer advice. Source link

Across the country, Canadians are waiting months to get access to a dermatologist for medical purposes, including skin checks, mole removals, eczema and psoriasis. Source link

Connecting health data across the country will help researchers conduct clinical trials, test AI health tools and drive innovation in treatment and diagnosis, says federal Minister of Artificial Intelligence Evan Solomon. But the initiative will also have to balance privacy considerations. Source link

A total of 100 people have recovered in the outbreak concentrated in the Ituri province since it was declared on May 15, Congo’s Ministry of Health said Sunday. At least 365 patients are in hospitals or in isolation, it said. Source link

Canadian health officials called a 23-per-cent drop in opioid toxicity deaths last year “real progress,” which was mirrored by two out of the three provinces that account for most of those deaths. But the third province, Alberta, saw just a small decline, while opioid-related EMS responses jumped. Source link

The debate over whether Canadians with mental illness should have access to a medically assisted death ramped up this past week raising questions around why it’s so heavily scrutinized and who is most impacted. Source link

Alberta continues to face a primary care crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people in need of a doctor. The provincial government is rolling out its dual practice model to allow some doctors to work in both the public and private system. While the plan doesn’t apply to family doctors, that’s not stopping a pair […]