Amir Attaran

• Coronavirus: ‘Incomplete’ data for Canada hurts ability to model pandemic, scientists say

  There needs to be a more standardized system for data collection and sharing between the provinces and the Public Health Agency of Canada, some scientists say.

  Health

  Apr 17, 2020
  
• Progress Alberta threatens UCP government with lawsuit over inquiry into oil and gas critics

  Progress Alberta sent a letter to Commissioner Steve Allan last week stating it believes the inquiry is unconstitutional and violates freedom of expression and association.

  Politics

  Jan 20, 2020
  
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• Rio Olympics should be postponed due to Zika, says Canadian public health prof

  A Canadian professor of law and public health says the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro should be postponed or moved to other venues because of the threat posed by the Zika virus epidemic in Brazil.

  Health

  May 9, 2016
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• Meet the Canadian ‘poster boy’ behind skyrocketing drug prices

  Meet Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the Laval, Que.-based owner of several medications that have experienced a rapid acceleration in costs in recent years.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2015
• Sticker shock: How the prices of life-saving drugs skyrocket overnight

  What would you do if a drug you needed to stay alive went from $13.50 a pill to $750 overnight? That happened to many people with life-threatening illnesses recently when the price of a 62-year-old medication increased more than 5,000 per cent.

  Health

  Sep 22, 2015
• Feds won’t say how much spent on flu ads; millions spent on other campaigns

  How much of Health Canada's $5.8-million advertising budget this fiscal year is being spent on flu awareness? The federal government won't say.

  Jan 16, 2014