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The province says the change will also help clear a backlog of applications for the current paper cards and that the application process will be soon be streamlined.

Financial terms of the transaction were not immediately available.

The $3.7-billion health pact has the province committing to countrywide health-data collection efforts.

Start talking or typing about anxiety and an app can generate the kind of comforting, sympathetic statements therapists are trained to deliver.

Dr. Theresa Tam says in a statement the Public Health Agency of Canada is aware of 40 measles cases in Canada so far this year.

The province said it is investing $2 billion over three years in home care services, nearly $1-billion more for hospitals and hundreds of millions to expand primary care coverage.

With New Brunswick’s signature, Quebec is now the only province that hasn’t officially signed a healthcare agreement with the federal government.

Already used to treat symptoms, abatacept could be used earlier.