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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Employees of Newfoundland and Labrador’s health authority recently received an email thanking them for their hard …

Dr. Gillian Morrison heard a ruckus in the street beneath her seventh-storey window at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John’s and sprung into action. Her first instinct was to grab her iPhone. She hit record on a 17-second video that’s now a key piece of evidence in the trial …

Young health-care providers at Havana’s Cardiology Institute describe a double-whammy of desperation in their work and private lives. They’re anxious about what the future holds since a U.S. oil embargo in January led to dramatic fuel shortages in Cuba, along with soaring food prices and nationwide power outages. These factors …

Premier Doug Ford is defending his government’s health-care record ahead of his eighth budget, even as the province’s hospitals say they face a billion-dollar structural funding deficit.  Ontario’s premier has repeatedly pushed back in recent weeks against criticism that his government is not providing the province’s hospital system with enough …

When Donald Trump started talking about running for re-election, Heather O’Dell began looking for an exit.  “I had this feeling that he would win,” she said. “I really couldn’t understand how that was going to happen, but it really seemed like it was.” As an American citizen, O’Dell didn’t like …

Tonight health care will once again be top-of-mind for residents of Walkerton, Ont. With eight days to go before a provincial election and only four weeks after hundreds of people lined up in the cold for a chance to secure a family doctor, candidates will gather for a health-care focused …

King Charles used his annual Christmas message to hail the selflessness of those who have cared for him and the Princess of Wales this year as both were receiving cancer treatments. The 76-year-old monarch said in a pre-recorded message released Wednesday that he and his family are “continually” impressed by those …

A proposed deal that would see three tobacco giants pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across Canada, has been approved by the companies’ creditors, a lawyer representing some of the creditors says, calling it an important milestone in a lengthy legal saga. The proposed $32.5-billion …

For weeks Saskatchewan nurses have been calling out issues related to the AIMS payroll system. Many health-care workers across the province have reported missing upwards of $1,000 on their paycheques over the last few months. The problem comes from an ongoing payroll system failure. The AIMS payroll software was initially …

A new hospital in Whitby, Ont., will be built and operational within 10 years, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Thursday. The province has given Lakeridge Health $12 million in capital planning grants as it works on a masterplan for the Durham region, east of Toronto, for several health-care projects. “We …