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A proposed class action lawsuit filed against Shoppers Drug Mart and its parent company Loblaw claims that the companies pressure pharmacists fill prescription quotas.

Medical associations are concerned that cases of two preventable diseases are climbing. Alberta pharmacists are requesting permission to offer measles vaccines.

Pharmacies in Toronto and across Ontario are now using time-delayed safes to secure narcotics, which have curbed the alarming increase in robberies.

According to a release from the Saskatoon Police Service, six different types of veterinary drugs were stolen on April 1 from a trailer parked on Aerogreen Green Crescent. 

The released figure of 784,980 comes during National Immunization Awareness Week, which runs April 22-30.

Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Tuesday, April 2.

After Alberta announced it would be expanding pharmacy care clinics, pharmacists in Manitoba are looking at what such a project could mean for our own health care system.

A new study paints a bleak picture of Quebec's youth protection system. Many children who age out of care have trouble getting an education and maintaining a job.

People living in the Oliver area are being warned of another temporary emergency department closure, caused by "limited physician availability."

The class action includes everyone in Quebec who was diagnosed with opioid use disorder after being prescribed opioid medications between 1996 and the present.

In Alberta, pharmacists can assess patients and prescribe medications for minor illnesses and injuries, administer vaccines and assist with managing chronic illness.

While social media may be full of influencers stressing the significance of skincare and daily sunscreen use, a contrasting trend has emerged: the anti-sunscreen movement.

The Ontario government is looking for ways to bring clinics led by nurse practitioners into the public health system. It also wants Ottawa to create cross-Canada rules.

A migrant worker from Jamaica spent months without health care after being fired from her job on a farm, and while battling cancer.

Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson sat down with Global News as part of our series called 'Code Critical,' which examines the issues impacting the health-care system.

Less than a week after a U.S. lab said it detected benzene in several popular over-the-counter acne products, Health Canada said it is reviewing the findings. 

Among Canadian cannabis users in 2023, almost 72 per cent said they bought the product exclusively from legal sources, with product safety among the main reasons.

The long-awaited pharmacare legislation is expected to be introduced Thursday, and the NDP says it contains a framework for a single-payer national program.

With a milder winter wrapping up across Canada, many seasonal allergy sufferers may find themselves confronted with an unexpected consequence: an early start to allergy season.

New data released from tech company Medimap Wednesday suggests Ontarians on average are waiting about an hour to see a doctor at a walk-in clinic.