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Health minister committed to fixing dental-care double standard: hygienists
OTTAWA - A new national dental-care plan denies independent hygienists equal reimbursement for the same services offered in dentists' offices - and the federal health minister said this week he isn't ...
May 08, 2024
There is no concern about a 'diminished supply' of doctors in Ontario: ministry
TORONTO - Recruitment and retention of doctors in Ontario is "not a major concern," the Ministry of Health suggests in arguments it is making in arbitration with the Ontario Medical Association over p...
May 08, 2024
Democrats hope abortion issue will offset doubts about Biden in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Two women campaigning for President Joe Biden after facing medical emergencies because of abortion restrictions in their states visited Michigan on Tuesday to highlight what they...
May 07, 2024
B.C. drug deaths reach 192 in March; Ottawa approves request to prohibit public use
VICTORIA - On the same day the British Columbia government's approach to the overdose crisis faces a major shift, the provincial coroner announced another 192 people were killed by illicit drugs in Ma...
May 07, 2024
New York judge blocks amendment barring discrimination on gender identity and pregnancy outcomes
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A proposed amendment to New York's constitution barring discrimination based on "gender identity" and "pregnancy outcomes" cannot appear on the state ballot in November because leg...
May 07, 2024
Health ministry says Sask. saw highest-ever surgical volume in 2023-24
Saskatchewan set a surgical record recently, the Ministry of Health says, with more than 95,700 procedures performed over 12 months. According to the ministry, the record for the highest number of sur...
May 07, 2024 The Ministry of Health says the province set a new record, with more than 95,700 procedures performed over 12 months. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Alberta ombudsman says rules for developmental disabilities program unfair
EDMONTON - An Alberta man with autism has been unfairly denied the support he needs by a government program that relies too heavily on intelligence tests, the province's ombudsman has concluded. "The ...
May 07, 2024
Families decry lack of help for adults with intellectual disabilities in Sask.
Tara Jo Kadlec said her brother deserved to be treated better by the provincial system in the last years of his life. Her brother Cory had Down syndrome. He passed away last month at the age of 41. "H...
May 07, 2024
SHA suspends transitional care admissions at Diamond House after inspection
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has suspended transitional care admissions at a Warman personal care home after a recent, unannounced Health Ministry inspection found eight "non compliance" infracti...
May 07, 2024 The SHA has suspended transitional care admissions at Diamond House after the Health Ministry found eight infractions during a recent inspection. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Georgia court candidate sues to block ethics rules so he can keep campaigning on abortion
ATLANTA (AP) - A former Democratic congressman running for Georgia State Supreme Court filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking abo...
May 06, 2024
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