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Our latest stories on health, medicine, parenting, aging, pharmacology, new developments in medical technology, and the Canadian health care system

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Health

To Get into Medical School, I Thought I’d Have to Hide Parts of My Blackness

October 14, 2024October 15, 2024 - by Chika Stacy Oriuwa

But then came a question I wasn’t prepared for

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White pills laid out on an arm.
Health

The Opioid Crisis Is Surging. We’re Still Ignoring Experts

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 - by Taylor C. Noakes

The perils of prioritizing politics over public health

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An illustration of a girl huddled and sad on a scale while a silhouette of a person made up of exercise and weight-loss paraphernalia yells at her
Health

The Ozempic Era Is Distorting What We See as Healthy

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024 - by KC Hoard

Fat people are constantly told they have to shed pounds. What will weight loss–inducing medicines really cost us?

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Health / July/August 2024 / Memoir

Colonization Has Made a Taboo Out of Menstruation

June 26, 2024July 29, 2024 - by Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory

My blood and how it speaks to me have become sources of my courage, my decisiveness, my quelling of self-doubt

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Health

You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of Depression

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 - by Misty Pratt

The best way to heal your mind is by paying attention to your body

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Health / May 2024

Antibiotics May Soon Become Useless

March 18, 2024March 18, 2024 - by Monica Kidd

Doctors are looking to an experimental treatment for help

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A photo showing part of the face of a tired woman in scrubs staring directly at the camera with lights shining against a dark background behind her.
Health

Don’t Get Sick in Quebec

February 21, 2024March 21, 2024 - by Toula Drimonis

What happens when a government decides to prioritize language laws over nurses and doctors?

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Health

Family Doctors’ Burnout Is about More than Their Workload

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024 - by Samia Madwar

Many physicians believe there needs to be a reset in how they treat patients—and their own well-being

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Health

The Lobby Group That Owns the Conversation around Assisted Deaths

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 - by Miranda Schreiber

Dying with Dignity Canada played a huge part in the legalization of MAID. Few have the resources to oppose them

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Black and white illustration of two hands on a jagged black crack in the background. Text reads: "I have always been fascinated by the viscosity of the spaces between - between people - between ideas - between one person's understanding of any given word, and another's. Now that I have cancer, I exist entirely in the in-between spaces and it's hard to know - at any given moment -"
Health / March 2015 / November 2023

In-Between Days

December 23, 2023December 23, 2023 - by Teva Harrison

First in a series of comics about living with metastatic cancer

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How’s The Walrus?

As the executive director, I am frequently asked this question. These days, I reply: “The Walrus was made for this moment.” From on-again, off-again trade news and negotiations to a new prime minister, we are committed to Canada’s conversations. We launched six regional bureaus earlier this year to ensure comprehensive coverage across this great country of ours. But we can’t do this alone. As a non-profit newsroom, this work isn’t possible without our readers’ support. If you believe in Canada’s stories, support our paywall-free journalism with a donation today.

Our team is small, but our commitment is big; just like our country. Every story we publish is the result of writers, artists, and editors going the extra mile (well, kilometres) to bring Canada closer together through compelling, fact-checked, and regionally grounded reporting.

Thank you for your support.

Jennifer Hollett
Executive Director, The Walrus

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