Four former deans of medicine in Alberta have joined a growing chorus of critics asking Ottawa to intervene in the province’s dual-practice health care model, which allows eligible doctors to toggle between the public and private systems. #ableg #abpoli @theglobeandmail.com

University of British Columbia researchers say the unusual genetic mutations identified in Canada’s first human avian influenza case weakened the virus’ ability to bind to human cells, a critical first step in infection. @theglobeandmail.com

Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing. It’s time for Grifols, the private plasma collector, to get its act together or get out of Canada, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

More than a dozen emergency room nurses have resigned from a hospital in the Greater Toronto Area over the past two months, owing to unmanageable patient volumes and an unsafe work environment, according to a provincial union. #onpoli @theglobeandmail.com

The number of older Ontarians living with opioid use disorder has more than doubled over the past decade, according to new research that highlights how the country is not currently equipped to support this growing population. @theglobeandmail.com

How a woman’s kidney donation saved her sister – as part of a nationwide transplant chain. Kim Chow donated one of her organs through the Kidney Paired Donation Program setting off a chain reaction, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Tim Richter, CAEH president, said intensive housing is an alternative to involuntary addictions treatment, which is gaining political traction across Canada.

“We just need to make sure that there is a humane, effective and appropriate housing solution for them – and that’s not a jail." #cdnpoli

Ottawa should invest in intensive housing for Canadians w/ severe cognitive impairment, a uniquely visible and costly subgroup in the homeless population that no current housing model is designed to serve, the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness argues. @theglobeandmail.com

Freedom of information? We filed an FOI for refused FOIs to find out what Ontario's government doesn't want you to know. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/freedom...

Leading cancer organizations, in an open letter, are calling on a national panel on preventative health to immediately review its guidance for prostate cancer, which has not been updated for more than a decade. @theglobeandmail.com

After revolutionizing weight loss, GLP-1s show promise on another front: opioid addiction. Here's our in-depth look at what the research shows so far. @theglobeandmail.com

Quebec no longer offering free flu shots to entire population, a year after it ended no cost COVID-19 vaccinations. Other provinces are maintaining universal flu shot coverage, by @tuthanhha.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

For our final piece in the Care Between the Lines summer series, I profiled a volunteer who provides comfort to patients without loved ones in their final moments. #cdnhealth

Emergency physicians in major cities across Canada say they can usually catch their breath during the summer months. But this year has been unlike any other.

“This is the end state of what people have been warning everybody about for years." @theglobeandmail.com #cdnhealth

Six former Toronto mayors are calling on the Ontario government to restore funding for supervised drug-use sites and repeal legislation that led to many site closings, arguing that deaths and public spending have increased in their wake. @theglobeandmail.com #onpoli