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• Winnipeg hospital says doctors are now helping sexual assault examination program

  Manitoba's largest hospital has brought in reinforcements following the resignation of several nurses from a provincial program that serves sexual assault victims.

  

• Ontario pharmacists to be given new prescribing powers

  Pharmacists in Ontario are being given the power to prescribe new medications.

  

• Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg virus

  Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the 'highly virulent' Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment.

  

• Grindr partners with free HIV test program

  Grindr, the popular LGBTQ2S+ dating app, is partnering with a program distributing free at-home HIV tests as part of a new public health initiative in the U.S.

  

• Calgary doctor performs spine surgery on conscious patient

  Last month, Dr. Michael Yang, a spine surgeon at Foothills Medical Centre, performed a discectomy to remove the damaged part of a herniated disc in the spine, on a patient who was wide awake.

• Canadians still waiting significantly longer for surgeries than before pandemic: report

  Three years after the start of the pandemic, surgical backlogs and wait times are only just starting to improve, according to new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, with patients still waiting significantly longer for surgeries than they did before the pandemic.

• WeightWatchers appears set to close dozens of Canadian locations Sunday

  WW International appears set to close dozens of its roughly 118 WeightWatchers locations across Canada on March 26 in what may be part of a restructuring strategy.

• Superbug fungus cases in U.S. rose dramatically during pandemic

  U.S. cases of the dangerous fungus Candida auris tripled over just three years, and researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the COVID-19 pandemic is likely partly to blame. More than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study.

• Ikea Canada recalls fishing game set over potential choking hazard

  Ikea Canada is recalling a children’s fishing game set, saying the product may pose a choking hazard.

• Report calls for restricting marketing to kids in grocery stores, restaurants

  A new report that looks at the prevalence of marketing to children inside grocery stores and restaurants suggests regulation is needed to help reduce unhealthy food temptations.

• Health Canada launches new toll-free number for poison centres

  Health Canada has launched a new toll-free number, 1-844-POISON-X, or 1-844-764-7669, to help people across the country access critical medical advice related to poisonings more easily.

• N.L. privacy commissioner steps away from long-awaited 2021 cyberattack probe

  The provincial official leading an investigation into the 2021 cyberattack that toppled much of Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system has begrudgingly stepped away from the probe after the province challenged his role in court.