“It is estimated that, across the 10 provinces, the total number of procedures for which people are waiting in 2021 is 1,425,517. This means that, assuming that each person waits for only one procedure, 3.7%

John Philpott, CEO of CanAm, visits the Senate and meets with Senator Dr. Ravalia of Central Newfoundland and Labrador . They will jointly advocate for the health and well-being of Canadians.

“CAR T-cell therapy is a type of gene therapy that trains or “engineers” a patient’s own immune system to recognize cancerous cells.” https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/car-t-cell-therapy-canadian-patient-in-landmark-trial-shares-his-story-1.5656172

CanAm is saddened by the loss of such an important influencer in the medical community. Dr. Sohrab will be difficult to replace. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sohrab-lutchmedial-cardiac-surgeon-obituary-1.6242359

“The United States will be reopening its land and sea borders on November 8th to non-essential fully vaccinated Canadian travellers for the first time since March 2020.” (CTV News, 2021) https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/u-s-land-border-reopening-to-canadians-nov-8-what-you-need-to-know-1.5623424  

“Implementing rules may be the only way to increase vaccination rates enough to finally reach herd immunity…” (Macfarlane, 2021) Source: https://fauw.blog/2021/08/11/no-a-vaccine-mandate-does-not-violate-rights/

A tablet, Internet access and a little technical support. It’s a simple combination, but one that is making a big difference to seniors who have been cut off from friends, family and activities during the

The contact-tracing app was set at the wrong sensitivity level, meaning many users were not sent self-isolation alerts after they came into contact with infected people. The error meant users whose “risk score” should have

B.C. has passed another milestone, as the cumulative number of COVID-19 infections exceeded the 9,000 case mark. Although today’s new case count higher than yesterday’s, the number of active and monitored cases continue to decline and

Despite federal, provincial, and territorial governments devoting a lot of effort on plans to reduce poverty in recent years, too many Canadians continue to struggle to meet their basic daily needs on incomes that fall

Hundreds of Canadians die every year because they can’t afford medication: nurses’ union

Federal health officials say they are “keeping a very watchful eye” on COVID-19 severity indicators. There has been an almost 13 percent increase in the average number of daily cases of COVID-19 over the past