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B.C. teen waited almost 2 years for scoliosis surgery
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B.C. teenager waited almost 2 years for scoliosis surgery
Long waits for elective surgery in Canada's health-care system left one teenage boy in Peachland, B.C., feeling like “the Hunchback of Notre Dame,” he said, as he waited nearly two years for surgery to treat his scoliosis. It’s a crisis that has some doctors pushing for private care, while others urge Canadians to keep their faith in the public system.

Greg Sadler
Canada ||

Massive recall issued for dry shampoo products over cancer risk
More than a million dry shampoo products from Bed Head TIGI, Dove and Tresemmé are being recalled across Canada due to the detection of a cancer-causing chemical.
Health ||

Toronto-area spa closes pools after customers complain of skin rashes, ear infections
A new spa in Whitby, Ont. has closed all of its pools in the wake of reports by customers of skin rashes, flu symptoms, ear infections and inflamed lymph nodes.
Canada -Toronto |
Northern B.C. patients wait just to get on a wait list as HR reports show doctor shortage continues
Human resources reports from B.C.'s Northern Health authority, long plagued by staffing shortages and ER closures, offer the latest glimpse into Canada's ongoing health-care crisis.

Georgie Smyth
Canada -British Columbia |

Widow turned away from St. John's hospital after husband's workplace death, family says

Ryan Cooke
Canada -Nfld. & Labrador |

Key public health decisions made in N.B. in February informed partly by false death counts

Robert Jones
Canada -New Brunswick ||

Health Canada approves drug to treat COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients, AstraZeneca says

Amina Zafar
Health ||

'Unprecedented rise' in cholera outbreaks prompts WHO to switch vaccine strategy
Health ||

All discipline for health professionals to be public under new legislation, B.C. health minister says

Bethany Lindsay
Canada -British Columbia ||

Ontario quietly changes LTC rules; visitors no longer have to mask in resident rooms
Canada -Toronto |

Asbestos in mines killed hundreds in this Montana town. Now, people find it hard to trust Canadian coal mines

Rob Easton
Canada -Calgary |

CBC Investigates
N.L.'s premier asked doctors to contact him directly about working in the province. They had a lot to say

Rob Antle and Ariana Kelland
Canada -Nfld. & Labrador ||
Facing a fall COVID surge, Tam calls on Canadians to get their bivalent booster shots
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
Polio may resurge globally, WHO says, as countries pledge funds
Health |

Monkeypox conspiracy theories spread rapidly on TikTok, says U of A researcher

Paige Parsons
Canada -Edmonton |

In Depth
First Nations man had 'quite good' chance of survival if taken to hospital instead of cell, inquest told

Logan Turner
Canada -Thunder Bay |

What 2 new studies reveal about long COVID in Canada
Mike Crawley
Health |
Canada's ERs are under intense pressure — and winter is coming

Benjamin Shingler
Canada ||

Alberta Health Services board member resigns in response to premier's plan to replace directors

Janet French
Canada -Edmonton ||

Medical teams raise alarms as deadly cholera outbreak grows amid violence in Haiti
Lauren Pelley
Health ||
Parents of sick baby speak out against Windsor, Ont., hospital's policy limiting NICU visitors
Canada -Windsor |

Second Opinion
The COVID emergency may be over — but when will the pandemic end?
Adam Miller
Health ||

As routine vaccination rates fall, polio survivor hopes her story reverses urgent trend

Amina Zafar
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |

Uganda's president announces lockdown measures to curb deadly Ebola outbreak
World |

First Person
For one year, I desperately chased sleep. Once I stopped trying, it found me

Saniya Warwaruk
Canada -Edmonton ||
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