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For the first time since 2017, Canadian doctors have released updated clinical guidelines for antiretroviral medications used to prevent HIV.

CBC News spoke with five paramedics who say they’ve been sent out to respond to 911 calls unnecessarily — either because the call had already been handled by another team and reappeared in the system, or because several ambulances were dispatched to the same call. Urgences-santé, meanwhile, insists there’s been no impact on patient care since the system was implemented.

A U.S. podiatrist says he is leaving the province because his patients have to wait years to see a surgeon for procedures on their feet, even though he's trained to do the procedures in his clinic.

Island Health has closed the ER at the Port Hardy Hospital overnight starting in January 2023, citing a staffing shortage. Patients requiring emergency care are transported to Port McNeill — a 45-kilometre drive southeast along a windy, dark highway that locals say can be treacherous in winter.

Experts say that an individual’s food environment is what plays a key role in determining how healthy they are, arguing that tackling issues like ultra-processed food consumption and obesity is more complicated than simply summoning the willpower to resist unhealthy foods.

Across Canada, several union officials who represent paramedics have sounded the alarm on the burnout, stress, and post-traumatic stress injuries that many paramedics are dealing with due to working conditions. Miles Randell, an advanced care paramedic, is trying to do something different for frontline health-care workers who need a supportive work environment.

Dana Kobernick never saw aging as a privilege. Then her longtime friend died, and her perception changed. As she enters her 60s, she’s learning to face life’s next steps with courage and gratitude, inspired by her friend’s resilience.