CBC News - Health
As patents on weight-loss drugs expire, doctors and patients hotly anticipate cheaper generics - Now that patents have expired, generic versions of Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drugs could arrive in Canada within months, according to experts. Doctors say these cheaper versions will improve access and could also change societal perceptions around weight loss and reduce the cost and burden on the health-care system. Abby Hughes - News - Health - | March 26
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Asthmatic girl's treatment at Gatineau Hospital under review following her death -- Guy Quenneville -- -9 hours ago
Alberta Health Services taking legal steps to try and recoup $49M for medication never received -- Janet French -- -9 hours ago
Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial -- News -- - -- World -- |20 hours ago
Quebec introduces bill to make it easier to confine people in mental health crisis - News - Canada - Montreal - | March 259 hours ago
Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo -- Sylvia Thomson -- News -- - -- World16 hours ago
Physicians want N.L. to hit pause on a mandatory, province-wide electronic health information system -- Mark Quinn -- -9 hours ago
World Tuberculosis Day in Iqaluit celebrates progress made to eliminate the disease -- Bianca McKeown -- -1 day ago
Inside the Classroom - Country schools, modern problems and the long haul to help kids - Collin Gallant - News - Canada - Calgary - | March 26 - |5 hours ago
Montreal saw record 12 frostbite amputations in 2025, but none this year. Here's why -- Leah Hendry -- -1 day ago
Edmonton emergency doctors and hospitalists warn of ER backlogs when stipend payments end -- Janet French -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Edmonton1 day ago
Moms feel the burn — and a sense of community — while their babies are looked after -- Madison Taylor -- - -- |2 days ago
Consider measles risks in spring break vacation plans, health officials urge Manitoba parents -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Manitoba2 days ago
Australia is settling into age-restricted social media. Canada is mulling whether to join in -- Jessica Wong2 days ago
This Kentucky nurse practitioner is moving to B.C. in search of support, stability -- Courtney Dickson -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- British Columbia2 days ago
Q&A -- 'A time of great uncertainty': Dr. Bonnie Henry reflects on 6 years since COVID restrictions began -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- British Columbia3 days ago
Closing drug consumption site will move overdoses onto Calgary streets, health experts fear -- Andrew Jeffrey -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Calgary5 days ago
Ontario to blow past federal deadline to publicly fund nurse practitioners -- Allison Jones -- - -- |5 days ago
CBC Explains -- Buying a radon monitor? How to make sure you purchase one that actually works -- Lauren Pelley -- News -- - -- Health -- |5 days ago
Windsor's top doctor concerned over drop in Michigan's child vaccination rate -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Windsor -- |7 days ago
Ontario plans to create connected primary care medical record system, minister says -- Allison Jones -- - -- |5 days ago
Immigration rules hamper health-care recruitment, nurse says after permanent residency application rejected -- Arturo Chang -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Manitoba5 days ago
Alberta bill would limit medically assisted dying to patients facing 'reasonably foreseeable' death -- Janet French -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Edmonton6 days ago
Self-harm among young Canadians is on the rise, specifically in girls, new research finds -- Jennifer La Grassa2 days ago
Life-threatening complications overlooked in weeks after childbirth, researchers say -- Lauren Pelley -- News -- - -- Health -- |8 days ago
