by CMAJ News | Jan 21, 2021 | Archive, Diana Duong, Latest
Frozen grief at the frontlines of the pandemic Diana Duong | CMAJ | January 21, 2021 Pandemic precautions are disrupting the ways doctors and nurses cope with the deaths of patients. If there was a mood that defined 2020, it was a collective sense of grief. Everyone...
by CMAJ News | Jan 13, 2021 | Archive, Diana Duong, Latest
Quebec doctor’s death highlights pandemic toll on health workers Diana Duong | CMAJ | January 13, 2021 Medical leaders are raising concern about increasing pressures on healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic following the suicide of Dr. Karine Dion, a...
by CMAJ News | Jan 8, 2021 | Archive, Catherine Varner, Latest
Women experts underrepresented in pandemic coverage Dr. Catherine Varner | Toronto, Ont. | January 8, 2021 Two-thirds of the sources interviewed by major Canadian news outlets since the beginning of the pandemic were men. While many Canadian health leaders are women,...
by CMAJ News | Dec 16, 2020 | Archive, Greg Basky, Latest
Canada will have three-digit suicide prevention hotline by 2023 Greg Basky | Saskatoon, Sask. | December 16, 2020 A national suicide prevention service will provide 24/7/365 crisis support. Sixteen people in Bill Pringle’s life have died by suicide – four in the past...
by CMAJ News | Dec 10, 2020 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
Trudeau promises to boost federal health transfers when the pandemic is over Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | December 10, 2020 An eventual increase in federal transfers to provinces for health care will come with strings attached. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised after...
by CMAJ News | Nov 27, 2020 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
Should Canada aim for #CovidZero? Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | November 27, 2020 The countries most successful at curbing COVID-19 aim to eliminate, not manage outbreaks. Now some doctors want Canada to do the same. Canadians are facing renewed pandemic restrictions as...
