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The Alberta Newborn Screening Program will now test for 26 underlying medical conditions, up from the previous total of 22.

Among the seven people who filed the initial complaints under the province’s Official Languages Act, none was able to access the services requested.

The Ministry of Health says its looking to further ‘optimize’ midwives’ scope.

‘It’s a single observation,’ said one biologist. ‘But often we learn about new behaviors by starting with a single observation.’

Sarah Faber said her work on how healthy brains respond to music as they age creates a baseline for future research on people who have Alzheimer’s or dementia to better understand those diseases.

McMaster Children’s Hospital has recovered from a “horrible” time thanks in part to funding.

Coworkers often questioned Heather Pressdee’s conduct and said she frequently showed disdain for her patients and made derogatory comments about them

There are dozens of health occupations that will benefit from the funding, including audiologists, dietitians, lab technologists and radiation therapists.