Healthcare

Tim Houston campaigned on a promise that he would solve the province’s primary care shortage. It hasn’t worked.

A look inside the ‘shroom boom and the nascent Atlantic industry’s promise and perils.

Halucenex’s 20-person clinical trial is the first of its kind in the province.

"The premier has had both pluses and minuses. I'd rate him at about 52.5%."

“Today while you and I are talking, there's a woman walking out of the clinic across the street who just was told she had breast cancer,” Dr. Paola Marignani says. “I want that woman to know she's got another 50 years.”

Martha Paynter wrote the book on Canadian abortion access, and she says it’s “no more of a legal issue than antibiotics or knee-replacement surgery.”

MP Gord Johns says Nova Scotians should urge their MPs to support Bill C-216.

Open Door Centre calls itself a “healthy life choices centre” even though it’s on the list of anti-choice organizations in Nova Scotia.

It remains unclear when universal mental health care will be a reality in NS.

In part two of The Coast’s series on the crisis in OBGYN care, a look at the big costs, long waits and barriers for queer families in the way of getting pregnant.

People seeking care describe long wait times, forgotten referrals and a struggle to convince medical professionals their pain is real.

Applications are open for the new dinner club that will help women of colour discuss the intersections of eating, menstrual cycles and community.

The centre will be staffed by a nurse practitioner, registered nurses, social workers and peer-support workers.

About 120 surgeries and 30 procedures were postponed last week in Nova Scotia, and now only urgent needs will be met.

12,800 Nova Scotians have signed up for virtual care out of the 51,000 who have been offered the service.

“If you’re getting a COVID vaccine at a pharmacy, ask them if you can get your flu shot at the same time,” Strang suggests.