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PrEP could potentially eradicate HIV. But in Ontario, only about a 10th of the people it could help are taking it.

Seema Marwaha | August 22, 2019
PrEP HIV prevention: Blue PrEP pill in palm of hand

PrEP and HIV prevention: Pre-exposure prophylaxis has proven effective at substantially reducing HIV infections. So why is uptake in Ontario so low?

First, do no harm: An oath for regulators confronting the harms of pesticides

Maddi Dellplain | August 6, 2025

Endometriosis is a national health crisis: Why aren’t we treating it like one?

Maddi Dellplain | August 5, 2025

Young and at risk: How Canada is failing our future

Maddi Dellplain | August 4, 2025

Doing right by the law, and doing right by our patients: The ‘means available to relieve suffering’ safeguards in MAiD

Maddi Dellplain | July 30, 2025

To tackle Ontario’s mental health crisis, we must transform nursing education

Maddi Dellplain | July 29, 2025

Aspiration alone is not adequate: Breast screening task force missing the mark

Maddi Dellplain | July 29, 2025

Building capacity to attach all Ontarians to primary care: The Patient Core Team

Maddi Dellplain | July 27, 2025

‘Good hands for a woman’: Study exposes gender bias in surgery 

Maddi Dellplain | July 23, 2025

Rethinking our stewardship of patient health data in the age of AI

Maddi Dellplain | July 22, 2025

Calgary has won its latest skirmish, but the fluoride battle isn’t over

Maddi Dellplain | July 21, 2025

Beyond funding: Why money alone won’t save primary care

Maddi Dellplain | July 20, 2025

Health care’s domino effect: Turning challenges into building blocks

Maddi Dellplain | July 16, 2025

When advocacy overrides science, who benefits?

Maddi Dellplain | July 16, 2025

More than access: Why mental health care in Canada must reflect cultural realities 

Maddi Dellplain | July 14, 2025

Dancing with uncertainty: Finding my rhythm in the chaos of the OR

Maddi Dellplain | July 14, 2025

Reassessing CBT as the ‘gold standard’ of mental health treatment

Maddi Dellplain | July 9, 2025

Provinces smoothing the road for U.S. doctors to come to Canada but Ottawa must do more

Maddi Dellplain | July 8, 2025

Beyond the signature: Is consent truly informed?

Maddi Dellplain | July 7, 2025

Healing the healers: Servant leadership and moral injury

Maddi Dellplain | July 6, 2025

Ontario is getting $7B from the tobacco settlement. Why the silence on where it’s going?

Maddi Dellplain | July 2, 2025

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