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Kelly Grant

Kelly Grant

Reporter at The Globe and Mail Online

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Kelly Grant
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B.C.'s retreat on drug decriminalization spurs concern about fates of similar plans - The Globe a...

In Toronto, officials have asked Health Canada to approve a decriminalization plan that is even more sweeping than what was tested in B.C.
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More graduates will pursue family medicine in Canada, up from 2023 ...

The Canadian Resident Matching Service says 1,627 graduates from medical schools will become family medicine residents this summer, an increase from 1,529 last year
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Breast cancer rates on the rise for young women in Canada, study sa...

The rising rates of breast cancer among Canadian women in their 20s and 30s is part of a larger global trend toward increasing incidence of early-onset cancers in developed countries
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Ottawa must regulate private nursing agencies, N.B. health network ...

Provincial health authority attributes most of $98-million gap to unfair and costly contracts with a Toronto staffing company
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Alzheimer's trial brings at-risk patients hope for the future, but ...

Could a new model of testing and drugs make this brain disease as treatable as Type 2 diabetes? As researchers run tests to find out, neuroscience is divided on what to do for now
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Manitoba reviewing contract with staffing firm that has not hired a...

Health Minister Asagwara would not elaborate on what action the government might take as a result of the review
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Doctors are working less than they did 30 years ago, with married m...

Whereas female physicians worked about the same number of hours throughout the study period, married male physicians cut way back, likely in search of a better work-life balance

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Newfoundland, eager to shed dependency on expensive travel nurses, ...

The goal of the new program, which the province launched with its largest nursing union, is to cut out for-profit middlemen by inviting unionized staff nurses to work as temporary fill-ins in understaffed rural health facilities
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New Brunswick Auditor-General to probe travel nurse contracts - The...

Paul Martin said the independent audit would take place with the province’s departments of Health and Social Development, and health networks Horizon and Vitalité
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Treating menopause as an illness to be medicated does women a disse...

While agreeing hormonal therapy can be safe and effective, group behind Lancet series worry normal part of aging is subject to treatment driven by commercial interests
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The fall COVID-19 shot's effectiveness, and other respiratory virus...

Influenza indicators are holding steady at levels that are at or below expected levels for this time of year
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Newfoundland Opposition calls on RCMP to intervene in private nursi...

Conservative leader Tony Wakeham is urging examination of business with Canadian Health Labs, which charged the province $1.6-million for meal allowances
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Fall COVID-19 vaccine cut illness risk by half overall - The Globe ...

The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network produced mid-season estimates of effectiveness of immunization against COVID-19 and flu, hopes numbers will encourage vaccination
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Newfoundland seeks answers after 'shocking' spending on temporary n...

The province spent $35.6-million on travel nurses from April to August of 2023, up from an average of just over $1-million per year before the pandemic
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Flu season potentially waning, and more respiratory virus news for ...

Data from the Public Health Agency of Canada point to expected levels of flu activity, while COVID-19 is stable or decreasing
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Toronto police to investigate pro-Palestinian march outside Mount S...

Chief executive officers of 14 Greater Toronto Area teaching hospitals and a senior representative of the University of Toronto denounce alleged incidents on hospital property
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Robert Gardiner advocated for community partnerships in the treatme...

He was director of Montreal General Hospital’s Endocrinology Division and his research focused on alleviating the ill effects of the disease, particularly on patients’ sight
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What to know about respiratory viruses in Canada this week - The Gl...

According to data from health agencies, the worst of flu season may be behind us
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Health system urged to brace for major shift in dementia demographi...

Health system and community organizations should be prepared for a major shift in the demographics of Alzheimer’s and related diseases, study says
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The latest news about respiratory virus season for this week - The ...

Emergency rooms across the country are packed with patients suffering from a variety of respiratory viruses, with staff shortages compounding the issue
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Health Canada approval of RSV vaccine for expectant mothers could h...

The vaccine is critical to protect newborns as the virus is the number one cause of hospitalization for babies younger than 1 year old in Canada