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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 -- -

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Alberta Health Services taking legal steps to try and recoup $49M for medication never received -- Janet French -- -

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Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial -- News -- - -- World -- |

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Quebec introduces bill to make it easier to confine people in mental health crisis - News - Canada - Montreal - | March 25

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Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo -- Sylvia Thomson -- News -- - -- World

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Physicians want N.L. to hit pause on a mandatory, province-wide electronic health information system -- Mark Quinn -- -

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World Tuberculosis Day in Iqaluit celebrates progress made to eliminate the disease -- Bianca McKeown -- -

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Inside the Classroom - Country schools, modern problems and the long haul to help kids - Collin Gallant - News - Canada - Calgary - | March 26 - |

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Montreal saw record 12 frostbite amputations in 2025, but none this year. Here's why -- Leah Hendry -- -

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Edmonton emergency doctors and hospitalists warn of ER backlogs when stipend payments end -- Janet French -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Edmonton

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Moms feel the burn — and a sense of community — while their babies are looked after -- Madison Taylor -- - -- |

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Consider measles risks in spring break vacation plans, health officials urge Manitoba parents -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Manitoba

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Australia is settling into age-restricted social media. Canada is mulling whether to join in -- Jessica Wong

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This Kentucky nurse practitioner is moving to B.C. in search of support, stability -- Courtney Dickson -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- British Columbia

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Q&A -- 'A time of great uncertainty': Dr. Bonnie Henry reflects on 6 years since COVID restrictions began -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- British Columbia

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Closing drug consumption site will move overdoses onto Calgary streets, health experts fear -- Andrew Jeffrey -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Calgary

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Ontario to blow past federal deadline to publicly fund nurse practitioners -- Allison Jones -- - -- |

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CBC Explains -- Buying a radon monitor? How to make sure you purchase one that actually works -- Lauren Pelley -- News -- - -- Health -- |

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Windsor's top doctor concerned over drop in Michigan's child vaccination rate -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Windsor -- |

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Ontario plans to create connected primary care medical record system, minister says -- Allison Jones -- - -- |

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Immigration rules hamper health-care recruitment, nurse says after permanent residency application rejected -- Arturo Chang -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Manitoba

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Alberta bill would limit medically assisted dying to patients facing 'reasonably foreseeable' death -- Janet French -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Edmonton

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Self-harm among young Canadians is on the rise, specifically in girls, new research finds -- Jennifer La Grassa

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Life-threatening complications overlooked in weeks after childbirth, researchers say -- Lauren Pelley -- News -- - -- Health -- |

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