Ontario to ban exclusivity deals between insurers, pharmacies www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... @hannay.bsky.social @susinsky.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Carney’s first budget asks the wrong Canadians to make sacrifices www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @danyaalraza.com @thestar.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Major genetic screening project to check hereditary cancer, high cholesterol risk of up to 100,000 Canadians https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cancer-cholesterol-genetics-project-9.6968332 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause www.politico.com/news/2025/11... @mickeydjuric.bsky.social @politico.com 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Update the Canada Health Act magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide... @uoftdlsph.bsky.social @gmarchildon.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Bird flu surges among poultry amid dismantled U.S. response https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5600125/bird-flu-risk-outbreak-trump-administration More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Over 5,000 researchers oppose order to share 25 years of federal grant applicant data https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/over-5000-researchers-oppose-order-to-share-25-years-of-federal-grant-applicant-data/ More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

'I just want to be home': Regina long-term care shortage separates senior from loved ones https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/i-just-want-to-be-home-regina-long-term-care-shortage-separates-senior-from-loved-ones 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Europe races to lock down poultry as bird flu takes hold www.reuters.com/business/hea... @sdelahamaide.bsky.social @reuters.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

The price Ontarians’ pay for the lack of access to their medical records www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

B.C. ostrich cull to go ahead: CFIA https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/cfia-says-bc-ostrich-cull-to-go-ahead-after-high-court-wont-hear-appeal/ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

COVID-19 infections lead to much higher heart risks in children than vaccination, says major study https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/covid-19-infections-lead-to-higher-heart-risks-in-children-than-vaccination-study/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

With no additional pharmacare money in federal budget, some fear New Brunswick will miss out https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dornan-pharmacare-deal-9.6968112 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Privately paid medical tests a step toward U.S.-style health care https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-privately-paid-medical-tests-a-step-toward-u-s-style-health-care 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Planned Parenthood Ottawa faces uncertain future amid 'cash crisis' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/planned-parenthood-ottawa-faces-uncertain-future-amid-cash-crisis-9.6966999 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

83-year-old man married 50 years nearly stumps doctors with surprise STI https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/rare-form-of-syphilis-in-married-elderly-man-nearly-stumps-doctors/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Maple acquires virtual ADHD-care startup www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... @hannay.bsky.social More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Kids at higher risk of rare heart conditions after infection with COVID than from vaccines www.theglobeandmail.com/life/wellnes... @alannasmith.bsky.social More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Private clinics are still billing customers. ONDP Health Critic wants to know why www.sudbury.com/local-news/p... More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Lack of provincial funding is hobbling Ottawa Public Health, say officials ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n... @egpayne.bsky.social More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Blood Tests for Alzheimer's Are Here www.wired.com/story/blood-... @wired.com 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Cancer Drug Made 20,000 Times More Potent in Breakthrough https://www.newsweek.com/cancer-drug-made-20000-times-more-potent-in-breakthrough-10989841 More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Menopause care is more widely available, but financially out of reach for many https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/menopause-care-is-more-widely-available-but-financially-out-of-reach-for-many/ More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

NL patient says doctors and nurses lack training in POTS, dysautonomia https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/nl-pots-samantha-winsor More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Iowa has an OB-GYN shortage. The state's abortion ban is at least partially to blame https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5558169/iowa-obgyns-abortion-ban-maternity-care-desert-maternal-mortality-obstetrics More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Research makes weak link between melatonin use and heart failure https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/what-to-know-about-melatonin-use-and-heart-failure/ More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Beware the financialization of the global health industry www.statnews.com/2025/11/05/f... @slerikson.bsky.social @statnews.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney's Budget https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/11/04/Military-Wins-Public-Programs-Lose-Carney-Budget/ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

People with diabetes continue to face professional barriers https://www.healthing.ca/diabetes/diabetes-at-work-how-people-with-diabetes-continue-to-face-professional-barriers More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Federal budget 2025: Health measures include $5-billion dedicated infrastructure fund www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @kkirkup.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Liberals focus on health infrastructure, but no new funding for mental health or substance-use programs in budget www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1... @tessiesanci.bsky.social @hilltimes.com More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Quebec suspends parts of controversial law in bid to resume physician-pay talks https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-bill-2-partial-suspension-9.6966445 More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Kelowna woman selling ivermectin as cancer treatment is raided by Health Canada https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/582057/Kelowna-woman-selling-ivermectin-as-cancer-treatment-is-raided-by-Health-Canada 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

A new opioid has been found in Toronto's drug supply and users may not even know it https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-opioid-toronto-unregulated-drug-supply-9.6966764 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Maine's largest healthcare system informed still-living patients of their own deaths https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/mainehealth-death-notices 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Winkler school latest measles exposure site in Manitoba https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/measles-exposure-october-2025-winkler-9.6966373 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

The significance behind Canada being at risk of losing measles free status https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/11/04/the-significance-behind-canada-being-at-risk-of-losing-measles-free-status/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Carney budget taps brakes on new social programs https://www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/04/carney-budget-taps-brakes-on-new-social-programs/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Quebec government wants to restart talks with doctors https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/quebec/quebec-government-wants-to-restart-talks-with-doctors-over-payment-reform/article_ab4ae934-b0e5-5bf9-9989-38649b7eda5d.html More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Do I go to the ER? Here’s when you should and should not go to the hospital #Montreal www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

Nurses launch campaign against violence in the workplace canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/04/n... @ontarionurses.bsky.social @erinariss.bsky.social

Six Dead in U.S. Listeria Outbreak Linked to Pasta https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/business/listeria-outbreak-trader-joes-kroger.html More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

More than 1.2 million Ontarians travel 30 kilometres or more to see a family doctor https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/more-than-12-million-ontarians-travel-30-kilometres-or-more-to-see-family-doctor-study/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Searching 'weight' can bring up Ozempic in results. It's a drug advertising loophole https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5593462/sponsored-search-results-weight-ozempic-drug-advertising 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

A higher daily step-count may delay Alzheimer's progression https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/the-number-of-daily-steps-you-take-may-delay-alzheimers-progression/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

N.S. Health sees uptick in COVID-19 cases https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/nova-scotia-health-says-covid-19-infections-on-the-rise/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Air pollution pushes up cardiovascular deaths: EU agency https://www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/04/air-pollution-pushes-up-cardiovascular-deaths-eu-agency/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Alberta government ignores AG's offer to stay on 2 more years, looks for replacement amid probe into health scandal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/auditor-general-wylie-alberta-9.6965562 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

A town in B.C. has a brand new emergency room, but not enough doctors to staff it https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fortstjames-er-closures-9.6965456 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

There is no evidence to support that federal research funding is being unfairly allocated to "woke" or "leftist" research. If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded. I will link our original piece below.