The national Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health based out of the University of Saskatchewan wants to change the status quo over health inequities in comparison to the general Canadian population. IIPH’s scientific director and faculty member at the College of Medicine, Dr. Carrie Bourassa, says to change the status quo, things need to be done […]
The call to introduce legislation on vaping is being made again. The Canadian Cancer Society makes the call after a Canadian study released in the British Medical Journal showed a dramatic rise in youth vaping and youth smoking with reports that students in Grade 5 and 6 are vaping. Spokesperson Donna Pasiechnik says the government […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has confirmed a case of measles in Yorkton. SHA says the case was found in an infant traveller returning from a trip overseas. The authority adds that the traveler did fly into the Regina International Airport. An exposure alert has now been issued for other travelers on specific flights and through […]
The abortion pill Mifegymiso will be covered by the provincial government starting Friday Saskatchewan had been the last province in Canada to say it would provide universal coverage. Speaking to reporters at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Friday, health minister Jim Reiter said Mifegymiso provides a “less invasive” way of terminating a pregnancy than a surgical procedure […]
A decision by the Manitoba government in which they have announced they will provide universal access to the abortion pill known as Mifegymiso (miff-a-juh-meeso) means Saskatchewan is now the lone province that does doesn’t. The Saskatchewan NDP says that must change. In a release, health critic Vicki Mowat says the government has stalled on providing […]
