What we need to know about Omicron
Confirmed worldwide cases of Omicron remain low. However, it is almost certainly present in most countries already. Here’s what we need to do to prepare.
Healthcare In Canada
Ontario's health care system is failing women
After a trying history, it is time for medicine, our health system, and the government to put women’s health and their role in our economy first
Banning blood buys is bad business
A plasma shortage is looming, and evidence shows that an efficient way of increasing the supply is to pay donors.
Like COVID-19, digital passports could be with us forever
Lacking clear or realistic objectives, there is no way to evaluate the success of these new public health measures.
Health spending during COVID-19: It’s Complicated
While total health spending is up, there was a reduction in some aspects of health service provision and health spending during the pandemic.
Paying people to get vaccinated doesn't work (but nagging them might)
Vaccine bonuses given by governments to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are having no effect and could even be making some people less likely to get the shot.
Don't let stigma or greed hinder effective COVID-19 drugs
We have gone from a great medication that can treat worms, but not cure COVID-19, to a new generation of promising antiviral drugs that could lessen the burden of this disease.
Why we need a flexible, prudent approach to vaccine mandates
A prudential approach will never deliver the rallying cries and exciting headlines (some) politicians need, but it always offers the best performance.
After COVID-19, we need to jump-start health-care innovation
During the campaign both the Liberals and Conservatives promised to invigorate innovation by funding a new agency.
Shawn Whatley: How to get Canada off the health-care teeter-totter
Medicare does not struggle for lack of ideas or funding. It struggles from funding thrown at the same tired ideas rooted in similar political traditions.
