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A non-profit agency that helps Ontario patients access health care through videoconferencing has laid off more than 15 per cent of its staff in the wake of a cut to its provincial funding, CBC News has learned. Full article at:…

Artificial intelligence is poised to rocket the fields of science and health into the future, and Canada could play a pivotal role. Full article at: Global News

You can already find it in some emergency rooms — and soon we’ll see it in every aspect of health care. Artificial intelligence in health care carries huge potential, according to experts in computer science and medicine, but it also…

For health workers, the death of a child always strikes hard, but this tragedy is felt deepest when it’s due to a disease that is readily preventable with a safe, effective vaccine. Professor Berthold Koletzko, a paediatrician from one of…

WHO today released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improve people’s health and essential services. “Harnessing the power of digital technologies is essential for achieving universal…

Lisa Love hasn’t seen her doctor of 25 years since she discovered telemedicine. Love tried virtual visits last summer for help with a skin irritation and returned for another minor problem. She doesn’t feel a pressing need to seek care…

The Ford government intends to merge the 59 local ambulance services in Ontario into just 10, CBC News has learned. The plan is hinted at in the budget tabled last week by Finance Minister Vic Fedeli, with a passing reference…

The University of Toronto has launched the Precision Medicine Initiative at U of T (PRiME), a new cross-institutional, multi-faculty effort that will leverage the university’s excellence in pharmaceutical sciences, medicine, physical sciences and engineering. It will also establish Toronto as…