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Beginning next week, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is expected to begin posting daily updates of all reported disruptions to emergency services in Saskatchewan, improving on the current system that only provides updates on service disruptions that have been ongoing for a week or longer.  Source link

Manitoba has attracted more doctors to the province over the past couple of years, but keeping them here is still an issue, a new report says. Source link

Manitoba has attracted more doctors to the province over the past couple of years, but keeping them here is still an issue, a new report says. Source link

This Halloween, a Hamilton family will join others in serving trick-or-treaters from the curb in an effort to make the experience more accessible. It’s part of a growing movement called Treat Accessibly, spearheaded by another Ontario family.  Source link

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says avian influenza has been found in five commercial poultry flocks in Manitoba, the first cases detected since early May. Source link

Health Canada has conditionally approved the drug lecanemab to slow early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, raising questions about its effectiveness and availability in Canada. Source link

The lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton comes weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump linked Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism in children. The claim is a long-standing one that researchers have not found conclusive evidence to support. Source link

Lecanemab is the first medication approved in Canada that targets the buildup of amyloid plaque in the brain, which is believed to be an underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Source link

During question period on Monday, Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar asked Health Minister Josie Osborne about the province’s plan to solve what he described as a maternity crisis, after seven ob-gyns in the Interior resigned en masse earlier this month. Source link

The nail-biting action for fans when a Dodgers pitcher stares down a Blue Jays batter is as real to the body as any other spike in stress, say doctors who’ve felt the heart-pounding effects themselves. Source link