There’s a new mobile dental-care program making the rounds in Toronto. Toronto Public Health has two vans with built-in dental clinics that are travelling around the city to provide care to seniors in 10 long-term care homes operated by the city. “Everything is on site, so it’s accessible, it’s timely and it’s free,” Dr. Karen Lee, a dentist with the mobile team, told CTV News Toronto Monday following an announcement about the program. The vans are equipped to handle patients using...
As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work.
Underfunding and lack of resources are undermining the effective implementation of mental health policies and programs and the work of the Mental Health Authority. Executive Secretary of Mind Freedom Ghana, Dan Taylor, says this lack of commitment will critically affect the sustenance of a humane treatment regime for mental health conditions in Ghana. He joins […]
Members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association who work at long-term care homes held information pickets at 37 locations across Ontario — including Extendicare Southwood Lakes in Windsor — on Friday. The association representing 3,000 nurses, personal support workers and guest attendants is outlining its bargaining position heading into negotiations with employers this week. ONA members head […]
With the unveiling of the 2024 federal budget Tuesday, Canadians may be anxiously awaiting insights into the plans for tackling the strains on the health-care system.
Unions have welcomed the move.
Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has considered the implications of a state []
An Arkansas legislative panel on Tuesday approved diverting funds from a state health care data hub to start a midwifery education program at the state’s largest medical school.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the Pentagon is expected to announce that it will provide about $6 billion in long-term military aid to Ukraine. It will include much sought after munitions for Patriot air defense systems and other weapons. The officials say the aid package will be funded
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is expected to announce Friday that it will provide about $6 billion in long-term military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said, adding that it will include much sought after munitions for Patriot air defense systems. The officials said the aid package will be funded through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, […]
US expected to provide $6 billion to fund long-term weapons contracts for Ukraine, officials say