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Quebec's RSV immunization campaign led to sharp decline in infant hospitalizations
The agency's director of public health operations says nearly 75% of all eligible infants received more than 56,000 doses of the vaccine during the campaign. That's more than double the agency's initial target.
Victoria hospital’s pediatric clinic to temporarily shut over staffing, workload woes
An urgent care clinic for children at Victoria General Hospital will shut on Sept. 1 for an unspecified period, with the local health authority citing heavy workload, physician burnout, and problems with retention.

Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada workshops on how to prepare for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in a meaningful way

Workshop will help those in healthcare go beyond symbolic gestures to mark Sept. 30 with respect, humility and intention.
WHO calls rising heat a ‘public health crisis’ for workers, including in Canada

The WHO and the World Meteorological Organization released a joint report on Friday saying outdoor workers in construction, farming and other physically demanding jobs are at especially high risk of heat stroke, dehydration, cardiovascular damage and kidney dysfunction.
Chasing a dream across borders

The quality of entries for our 2025 Student Essay Contest was so high that we decided to share them all. Here's an essay by Maria Paola Mendieta, a third-year PharmD student at the University of Ottawa.
‘No pricing updates to share for Canadian patients,’ Eli Lilly says in wake of U.K. price hike for Mounjaro

The type 2 diabetes medication is set to rise in price in the U.K.
St. Marys Museum offering a glimpse into historical healthcare with Medical Maladies exhibit

For most of our history as a species, the ways in which we have treated our aches, pains, illnesses, infections and diseases was remarkably crude and, in many cases, lacking in scientific understanding.
Reader photo: East coast beauty

Is there a more classic Canadian road trip than touring the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia?
Finding my passion outside of pharmacy

The quality of entries for our 2025 Student Essay Contest was so high that we decided to share them all. Here's an essay by Jessica Hoxha, a first-year pharmacy student at the University of Waterloo.
Big debut for novel Tiny Little Pharmacists

Longtime pharmacist pens a comic novel that puts his profession at the heart of the story.

Quebec's RSV immunization campaign led to sharp decline in infant hospitalizations

Victoria hospital’s pediatric clinic to temporarily shut over staffing, workload woes

Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada workshops on how to prepare for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in a meaningful way

WHO calls rising heat a ‘public health crisis’ for workers, including in Canada

Chasing a dream across borders

‘No pricing updates to share for Canadian patients,’ Eli Lilly says in wake of U.K. price hike for Mounjaro

St. Marys Museum offering a glimpse into historical healthcare with Medical Maladies exhibit

Reader photo: East coast beauty

Finding my passion outside of pharmacy

Big debut for novel Tiny Little Pharmacists

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