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Toronto parents of baby needing $2.8M drug turn to Swiss drugmaker's dose lottery as a last resort
A Toronto couple is down to two options to get a dose of a $2.8-million gene therapy that could potentially save their baby's life: either raise the money themselves and buy it in the U.S. or win a dose in an international lottery run by the Swiss drugmaker.
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Olivia Stefanovich
Politics |
With taxidermist's help, Alberta man preserves bones of his amputated arm
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Wallis Snowdon
Canada -Edmonton ||
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Why N.B. universities are graduating fewer nurses — despite demand and incentives
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Gabrielle Fahmy
Canada -New Brunswick ||
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China convicts researcher who claimed to create world's first gene-edited babies
Technology & Science ||
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Meet the brains behind the push to get more women in neurosurgery
Neurology, neurosurgery and our understanding of the brain in general is in its infancy — all the more reason to have a diverse range of smart minds with different perspectives and experiences participating in the study of it.
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Ali Chiasson
Canada -Toronto ||
How VR is letting palliative patients 'complete their bucket list'
A pair of virtual reality headsets at a hospice in Cornwall, Ont., is offering palliative care patients hope and a small escape from reality.
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Laurie Fagan
Canada -Ottawa ||
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A century after the Spanish flu hit N.S., historians now chronicling the impact
One hundred years ago, Nova Scotia was grappling with the deadliest virus the world had ever seen: the Spanish Flu. Two historians say there are important lessons to draw from what happened in Nova Scotia, which fared better than other parts of Canada.
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Moira Donovan
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Are colds lasting longer? How long are you infectious? Answers to common questions
Health ||
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LifeLabs facing proposed class action over data breach affecting up to 15M clients
Canada -Toronto |
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Are you bald? Pregnant? Poisoned? Here's the dung to help you
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Jon Tattrie
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Doctor researching rare genetic disorders 1 of 3 Manitobans inducted into Order of Canada
Canada -Manitoba ||
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Pregnant women can lower blood clot risk during flights
Health |
Art exhibit expresses diverse stories of disability — together
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Christine Rankin
Canada -Hamilton |
Calgary parents raise awareness about little-known childhood illness
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Jennifer Lee
Canada -Calgary ||
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Service dog costs should be compensated for people with epilepsy, autism, petition says
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Chloë Ranaldi
Canada -Montreal ||
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Year of reckoning for nutritional science — red meat studies point the way forward
Health |
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'New Mom Project' offers free baby gear, friendship
Shannon Martin
Canada -Toronto ||
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Governor General urges Canadians to enjoy the outdoors in annual New Year's message
Politics |
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Edmonton boy battles ultra-rare disease that makes him 'itch like crazy'
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Colette Derworiz
Canada -Edmonton |
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Harm reduction agency urges Quebec to get naloxone into hands of more opioid users
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Maya Lach-Aidelbaum
Canada -Montreal |
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Transgender children sense true gender at young age, study finds
Health |
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CLIMATE CHANGE
In our backyard: What climate change in Canada looks like
Technology & Science |
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'A huge issue of mental health': Researcher receives $80K grant to study history of hazing
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
Point of View
Don't pity my disability; it's not the same as being kind
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Shannon Flaman
Canada -Saskatchewan ||
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'I don't want to regress': Patients, doctors divided on Alberta's move to change biologic drug coverage
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Joel Dryden
Canada -Calgary ||
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Opinion
The race to exascale is on — while Canada watches from the sidelines
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Kris Rowe
Opinion ||
'A special gift': Toronto doctor helps grant holiday wishes to homeless facing terminal illness
Canada -Toronto |
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'Start low and go slow': New cannabis products could put party hosts at risk of liability
Adam Miller
Health ||