Health

Each tragic discovery or incident is an opportunity to act. But repeatedly Canada’s decision is no action — or insufficient action, and the next thing happens and we’re forced to grieve and call for action again.

EDITOR'S NOTE: May 10-16 is National Nursing Week in Canada, an initiative created to celebrate the countless contributions nurses make to improve the well-being...

The study's authors are appealing to readers to examine not only how we treat one another, but to consider how exclusionary practices damage the natural world.

Analysis of more than 117,000 clinical studies that took place in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and "other regions" between April and October 2020 finds study completion rates dropped between 13 per cent and 23 per cent globally when compared to the same period the previous year.

While the suggestions are a step towards equality, race and non-binary identities do not appear to be accounted for, suggesting the new approach may not address all the disparities some underrepresented doctors face.

The program aims to develop a new generation of physician-led advocacy and remove barriers that marginalized people face in healthcare systems.

Disparities were first reported in 2011 and then again in 2019, coming to light again in January 2021 with the publication of a report published in eLife by Michael A Taffe and Nicholas W Gilpin.

If science is to benefit all Americans, science first must be done by all Americans.