CBC: Health

Thursday th 18th of April 2019

Ontario slashes Toronto Public Health funds by $1B over a decade, board chair says - 20:40

An end to #TAMPONGATE. Period. - 16:30

Calgary groups look for solutions after Syrian girl, 9, dies by suicide - 14:00

B.C.'s top doc Bonnie Henry reflects on 3-year anniversary of opioid emergency - 09:30

As fewer patients sue their doctor, the rate of winning malpractice suits is dropping too - 03:20

Wednesday th 17th of April 2019

Doctors use gene therapy to fix 'bubble boy' disease - 18:10

Intragastric balloons for weight loss linked to punctures to stomach and esophagus, Health Canada says - 17:20

Clinic serving Montreal's Hasidic community educates patients about measles outbreak - 16:50

New rules for driving with children on board come into effect Thursday - 13:44

After a cancer diagnosis at 30 'shook her world' this P.E.I. woman wants to spread hope - 13:20

After Moncton Hospital allegations, renewed calls for patient advocate - 13:20

Tuesday th 16th of April 2019

SickKids shuts down Motherisk helplines after grants, donations 'reduced to zero' - 22:10

New measles case confirmed, infected person visited Vancouver airport - 21:20

Liberal MP 'in a mood to celebrate' as Manitoba signs on to health accord after 18-month delay - 16:20

'He was so broken': B.C. mother loses son to opioids after years of sobriety - 16:20

Telemedicine and walk-in clinics have future of family doctor in flux - 15:50

They were strangers. Then she changed his life in what's believed to be a North American first - 15:50

Congo's president wants Ebola contained within 3 months - 15:00

Ford government to merge ambulance services across Ontario - 15:00

Health Canada says ultrasound no longer mandatory before Mifegymiso prescribed for abortion - 14:30

Public health spending cut in Ontario called 'huge step backwards' - 13:30

Stop selling transvaginal surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapse, U.S. FDA orders - 12:30

Group wants to set up Halifax overdose prevention site 'one way or another' - 09:13

'You're the voice in a very dark night': Training helps RCMP's 911 staff stay calm - 09:13

Monday th 15th of April 2019

UNAIDS grapples with previously undisclosed allegations of financial and sexual misconduct - 16:12

Possible measles outbreak at Victoria Montessori school - 15:40

Meet the B.C. man who has reversed more than 190 overdoses - 12:30

UN, U.S. report sizable increase in measles cases compared to this time last year - 11:28

How this teacher's note steered her student away from suicide - 08:50

'Is red meat good or bad?' Researchers say that's the wrong question - 03:20

Sunday th 14th of April 2019

'I had a hard time breathing': Changes urged over airplane cabin fumigation - 19:30

Big pharma might cut research, delay new drugs if pharmacare means more generics: memo - 11:30

Madagascar measles epidemic kills more than 1,200 despite desire for vaccinations - 10:00

Time out for time outs: Why pediatricians now promote 'positive parenting' - 03:10

Saturday th 13th of April 2019

2 life-saving transplant recipients, 2 views on presumed consent for organ donation - 10:30

N.S. Legislature passes presumed consent bill for organ donation - 10:30

Why 2nd-worst Ebola outbreak is growing concern - 10:00

B.C.'s system for regulating health-care workers is failing patients, report says - 09:10

Doctor writes to U.S. embassy, urging visa for Afghan mother in N.L. with ailing child - 08:50

Fisher-Price recalls Rock 'n Play sleepers in U.S. after more than 30 babies die - 08:20

'Help!' Health Canada asks Canadians for advice on problem of youth vaping - 08:20

Friday th 12th of April 2019

What Ontario's plan to reduce public health units could mean - 16:50

Mysterious drug mix causing harder-to-revive overdoses, sparking new panic on DTES - 16:50

Swallowed toys, coins, batteries spark rise in toddler ER visits in U.S. - 16:30

Terry Fox Research Institute launches 'precision medicine' network to better treat cancer - 15:00

Childhood HPV vaccine lowers precursor to cervical cancer 'greater than expected' - 15:00

Montérégie high school to fine students for vaping, smoking on property - 14:10

What ultimately changed the mind of a mother who refused to vaccinate her kids - 13:40

Ohio governor signs ban on abortion after 1st heartbeat - 09:50

What we know about the alleged misuse of labour-inducing drug in Moncton - 09:50