As a United Nations effort to negotiate a treaty on plastic pollution wraps up this weekend, let’s test your knowledge of the ubiquitous and potentially hazardous pollutants known as microplastics.
With the province closing its clinics dedicated to treating people with long COVID, the story of Alberta’s innovative rural outreach program appears destined to remain incomplete.
There are real and historic reasons for governments to ban medical procedures, treatments or public behaviours relating to our collective health. But how is that decided?
Section 11 of B.C.’s Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act allows the province to bring an action against opioid manufacturers and distributors on behalf of multiple governments.
The government plans regulatory changes to allow nurse practitioners to order and apply a defibrillator, order and apply a cardiac pacemaker, and order and perform electrocoagulation, a process to treat skin conditions and lesions.
