This could be the ‘turnaround decade’ for Alzheimer’s treatment, says expert https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/why-one-expert-says-this-could-be-the-turnaround-decade-for-alzheimers-treatment/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

The climate crisis is a health crisis, and Canada's health care system can be part of the solution https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv/article-the-climate-crisis-is-a-health-crisis-and-canadas-health-care-system/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

To keep its ER open, a Yellowknife hospital told doctors to name their price for summertime shifts https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/article-yellowknife-hospital-emergency-room-substitute-physicians-shortage/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Author of gender-affirming care reviews says politics are twisting his work https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/health-news-lgbtq-hospital-billing-acip-vaccines/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Daily cannabis use may increase risk of asthma: study https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/regularly-inhaling-cannabis-increases-risk-of-asthma-according-to-largest-study-of-its-kind/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Dementia in Canada: More than 1 million cases projected https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/dementia-cases-in-canada-more-than-1-million-cases-projected-by-2030/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Suit claims insurer unfairly denied benefits for dementia https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/this-toronto-woman-says-her-dementia-symptoms-started-before-she-lost-her-job-shes-suing/article_4a1cb81c-566d-4900-85b8-6fd6ee5b9085.html 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Saskatchewan keeps COVID-19 vaccines free, Alberta and Quebec to charge https://globalnews.ca/news/11437681/saskatchewan-keeps-covid-19-vaccines-free-alberta-and-quebec-to-charge/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Interest from U.S. doctors looking to work in Canada has spiked but few have made the move https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-interest-from-us-doctors-looking-to-work-in-canada-has-spiked-but-few/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Carfentanil crisis has 'seriously escalated' in Edmonton, as experts press for new approaches https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/alberta-carfentanil-opioid-deaths-edmonton 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

US states rally to offset fracturing of federal healthcare agencies: 'Diseases don't see state lines' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/21/states-healthcare-vaccines-recommendations 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Sask. health care workers rally after SHA executives get pay bumps https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/cupe-members-hold-rally-in-regina-in-response-to-pay-sha-executives-pay-bump/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

'I'm a problem solver': Meet the mayor whose plan to attract family doctors is turning heads across Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cities-hiring-family-doctor-1.7638292 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the two health systems stack up. #Doxit 🇨🇦 @canadahealthwatch.ca

Great news! We need more Canadian vaccine production to counter the dangerous denialism that seems to be taking over the Americans. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

Université de Sherbrooke keeps medical student amid allegations of antisemitic social posts www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc... 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

How the measles made its way back to Canada https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-measles-outbreak-canada-united-states-tracing-the-start/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

COVID-19: XFG variant https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/covid-19-xfg-what-to-know-about-the-new-variant/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

The Campaigns Targeting Canadian Doctors Who Discuss the Health Crisis in Gaza pressprogress.ca/campaigns-ta... @brishti.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Finding a new antibiotic to treat antibiotic resistant infections is hard. Could AI help? https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/superbugs-ai-1.7636754 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

COVID-19 in Canada: Uptick in positive tests https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/positive-covid-19-tests-trending-upwards-report/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers add COVID vaccine rules in contentious meeting https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5545946/cdc-covid-vaccine-acip-recommendations 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Sister of Ontario man found dead in bed says apology not enough after home-care nurse didn't follow protocol https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/home-death-ontario-nurse-agency-1.7635251 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Australia's record-breaking flu season a precursor for B.C. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/17/australias-record-breaking-flu-season-a-precursor-for-bc/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

How surgery took MAID off the table for this Halifax woman https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/jennifer-brady-lymphedema-nova-scotia-health-care-1.7634129 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Think tank wants Carney government to abandon single-payer pharmacare model https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/think-tank-calls-on-ottawa-to-abandon-single-payer-pharmacare-model/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Alarming rise in misinformation about women's health on social media, https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alarming-rise-in-misinformation-about-womens-health-on-social-media/article_1f77c070-2592-52da-97d4-f9a8bdaf8ed5.html 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

US nears government shutdown after Democrats oppose Republican bill that ‘guts healthcare’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/government-shutdown-democrats-healthcare 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Looking for your next COVID-19 or flu shot? Here's when you can get it in Ontario https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-releases-fall-vaccine-program-1.7637405 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Former CDC director: Covid-19 vaccines protect children from severe disease. Here is the evidence https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/covid-19-vaccines-children-evidence-safety-protection-severe-disease/ More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip clinical trial in Canada raises ethical questions https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/elon-musks-neuralink-brain-chip-clinical-trial-in-canada-raises-ethical-questions/article_fb9ba6c8-4fad-5153-8382-fe7515f527cb.html 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

How RFK Jr. Could Eliminate Vaccines Without Banning Them https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/vaccine-business-industry-kennedy-trump/684252/?gift=PXHc5SIgW59Js7xBQ36eRHIyAOAv8HwtBqcSJdp_tXY More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

amid measles epidemic, CDC panel recommends restricting MMRV vaccine for kids under 4 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/cdc-panel-measles-chickenpox-vaccine-recommendation-rcna231986 More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/a-robot-programmed-to-act-like-a-7-year-old-girl-works-to-combat-fear/article_a83f70ac-a6d1-5b6f-ad6d-ddd96aa7352e.html 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/ai-medical-tools-found-to-downplay-symptoms-of-women-ethnic-minorities/ 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Moderna to roll out first made-in-Canada COVID vaccines this fall www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Staff shortages halt blood collection at Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest hospital https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/article/staff-shortages-halt-blood-collection-at-newfoundland-and-labradors-largest-hospital/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Novo Nordisk partners with Pocketpills for online sales of Ozempic, Wegovy https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/economy/article-novo-nordisk-pocketpills-ozempic-wegovy-diabetes-obesity-medecine/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Thousands of B.C. patients leave ERs without treatment: report https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/18/thousands-of-b-c-patients-leave-ers-without-treatment-report/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Quebec joins Alberta in ending free COVID-19 shots, may charge $180 per dose https://globalnews.ca/news/11434794/quebec-ends-free-covid-vaccines/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

More Maritimers leaving ERs without treatment: study https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/if-im-going-to-die-i-might-as-well-die-at-home-more-maritimers-leave-ers-without-treatment-study-shows/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Endometriosis diagnosis in Canada can take years https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/training-for-docs-coming-as-women-wait-years-in-pain-for-endometriosis-diagnoses/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

RFK Jr's CDC panel votes to delay vaccine that fights chicken pox, measles https://www.axios.com/2025/09/18/cdc-rfk-jr-panel-vaccine-chicken-pox-measles 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

On shift today there were 2 new nurses who very recently left the US. Washington and Kentucky. A former ER doc colleague told me he’s moving to Ottawa. Let’s. Go. #Doxit @canadahealthwatch.ca canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/02/23/p...

Canada has a new list of high-risk superbugs. Here's what's on it https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-has-a-new-list-of-superbugs-posing-greatest-threat-to-canadians-heres-whats-on-it 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Ontario expanding pharmacists' scope, looking to loosen regulations for other professions https://globalnews.ca/news/11432705/ontario-pharmacist-expansion/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

WHO says progress against non-communicable diseases is slowing https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/progress-slowing-significantly-against-non-communicable-diseases-who-warns/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Inside Don't Die, the world's trendiest, health-obsessed cult https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/wellness/fitness/article-dont-die-bryan-johnson-fitness-healthy-living/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Malnutrition causes type 5 diabetes: experts https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/malnutrition-causes-unrecognised-type-of-diabetes-experts/ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

As Canada moves towards sovereignty in training our doctors and the U.S. does... U.S. things, I'm left wondering how these changes are going to affect international perceptions of Canadian vs American-trained doctors in the coming years.