Hamilton among worst hit by ‘catastrophic’ home-care supply shortages www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Seven years of silence ended with the words, ‘thank God.’ How a surgeon gave a Hamilton dad his voice back www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

How will Hamilton find $365 million to renovate Juravinski Hospital? Questions remain about whether the rebuild will go ahead in 2028 without cash from the city. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

How simple blood tests could transform cancer treatment www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

More patients to get family doctors in Glanbrook, Binbrook www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Life-transforming hemophilia treatment tested on Hamilton patients www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

‘Credit card companies don’t wait’: Province takes weeks to pay back $7,000 to single mom www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

‘Recipe for disaster’: Speedy e-scooters send kids to McMaster’s ER www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Should city buses be free during heat waves? Advocates urge Hamilton to make bus fares optional during heat warnings. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Faster, busier, better: How Hamilton’s ambulance crisis turned around www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Is it safe for paramedics to treat patients instead of taking them to hospital? As ER visits rise, Hamilton researchers examine how paramedics can ease the pressure. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Dark skin was part of his identity until a medical condition stole it away. McMaster medical student felt isolated and misunderstood, so he created Canada’s first support group for vitiligo. #HamOnt www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Not feeling well? Read this before you Google your symptoms www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Hamilton says sewage surveillance to detect disease is too costly www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Nine months after the fire, a new Wentworth Sports emerges Pickleball courts, basketball courts, batting cages and two indoor soccer fields are now at Hamilton sports facility. But no ice. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

‘Historic moment’: Hamilton reforms public health decision-making www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

‘More upset about the prospect of losing my hair than I was of dying’: Treatment to avoid hair loss during chemotherapy not offered in Hamilton www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

St. Joseph's Healthcare told to bring back library staff. Hamilton has far fewer workers for the vital service than Toronto and London. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

While touring a therapy farm, I got a call that left me reeling This was supposed to be a story about how a new care farm in Brant will help others, instead it gave me solace as I grappled with a profound loss. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

This area in Hamilton has Ontario’s worst rate of men dying too young. Disparities tied to income in national report calling for ‘urgent attention’ to men’s health www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

While touring a therapy farm, I got a call that left me reeling This was supposed to be a story about how a new care farm in Brant will help others, instead it gave me solace as I grappled with a profound loss. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

How to stop measles spread? Follow the work of a Hamilton researcher. Dr. Mark Loeb is getting a lifetime achievement award for showing how to stop the spread of infections against the backdrop of a measles outbreak. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Hamilton pain clinic closed after neurosurgeon’s licence suspended www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

McMaster researchers aim to determine how different experiences influence disease in aging. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

How to stop measles spread? Follow the work of a Hamilton researcher. Dr. Mark Loeb is getting a lifetime achievement award for showing how to stop the spread of infections against the backdrop of a measles outbreak. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

He ran marathons and hiked Everest. But after being ravaged by long COVID, this Hamilton man can’t work — he can barely leave home Former teacher, sick for five years, fights to be taken seriously as pandemic fades into background. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Why are 16,000 fewer kids going to Hamilton’s libraries? HPL ups free programs and plans to move the children’s section at Central Library to turn around a citywide decline. #HamOnt www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Private staffing contracts have become embedded in Canada’s health care system. Yet, there is little transparency or oversight around these contracts. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

What you need to know about Hamilton’s new alcohol policy Tailgate parties would be banned on municipal property under changes that will be voted on by city councillors www.thespec.com/news/council...

Fixing Hamilton’s widening health gap by finding out who is being left behind www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Guide to navigating long COVID created by Hamilton-led team. More funding needed to keep recommendations up-to-date. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Hamilton to combat disinformation threatening public health Call to action comes as measles is spreading in Ontario and thousands of Hamilton school kids were suspended for incomplete vaccine records. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Hamilton nurses are logging excessive overtime. Advocates say it’s ‘unreasonable,’ ‘unsustainable’ and ‘dangerous’ for patients and workers Data obtained by The Spectator raises questions about why there are no limits on the number of hours worked by nurses. #HamOnt www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Hamilton nurses are logging excessive overtime. Advocates say it’s ‘unreasonable,’ ‘unsustainable’ and ‘dangerous’ for patients and workers Data obtained by The Spectator raises questions about why there are no limits on the number of hours worked by nurses. #HamOnt www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Majority of Ontario hospitals projected a deficit for fiscal year that ended March 31. It is the fourth year in a row Hamilton Health Sciences projected a shortfall. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Private clinic Grifols Hamilton paying up to $100 for plasma donations in lower-income area www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

‘We constantly need new drugs’: Discovery in Hamilton backyard could lead to new antibiotics www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

A father’s nightmare: Brantford dad haunted by son’s overdose death For years, Paolo Dinola tried to save his son from the throes of addiction and mental illness. What can a ‘broken’ system learn from the case of Aaron Dinola? www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

The health gap is growing in Hamilton. What is public health doing to fix it? www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

A father’s nightmare: Brantford dad haunted by son’s overdose death For years, Paolo Dinola tried to save his son from the throes of addiction and mental illness. What can a ‘broken’ system learn from the case of Aaron Dinola? www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

A centre that will pay donors up to $100 for plasma is getting ready to open in a lower-income area of Hamilton despite city councillors’ opposition to it. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Thanks to TVO’s The Agenda for inviting me to join a great discussion on Hallway Medicine. Lots to think about here before going to the ballot box. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqf...

‘Demand action:’ Nurses, hospital workers ask voters to make health-care ‘crisis’ top of mind at the ballot box. A look at the health issues to consider while voting in the Ontario election. www.thespec.com/politics/pro...

‘Where’s my baby gone?’: Six Nations newborn was hours old and alone when her mom says she was moved to a hospital in a different city “Archaic” to send a newborn to Brantford while mom was being cared for in Hamilton, midwife says. #HamOnt www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Should Hamilton bring back wastewater surveillance? City staff are looking at the feasibility of creating a local program after the province cut funding to surveillance in July. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Province moves to reform how public health decisions are made in #HamOnt www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...