Since his last physical, Biden battled a case of Covid and a rebound infection but O’Connor said the president has not experienced any prolonged symptoms that would be considered long Covid.

Biden’s health has remained stable since his last medical exam was released in November 2021. In that report, the doctor noted the president had a “perceptibly stiffer and less fluid” gait and more frequent throat clearing, two addendums that could be explained by relatively minor issues.

Biden did have a small lesion removed from his chest on Thursday and sent for a biopsy, the doctor’s summary said. First lady

The federal government has agreed to Ontario’s request for a five-year review of the new health care agreement, as Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc praised Premier Doug Ford for helping to broker the deal with other provincial and territorial leaders.

Ottawa says it will review both the current bilateral health care agreements on areas such as home care, mental health and long-term care, as well as the new 10-year $46.2-billion deal that the premiers accepted earlier

In story after story, the crisis in health care and the shortage of health-care workers begs for more money and action.

The future of health care in this country does not turn, as premiers would have us believe, on a fight for federal dollars. The emerging drama is a fight for profits in the sector and investors are already quietly winning.

Although there is hope that the new federal funding table last week will improve access to critically needed hospital, primary, long-term and home care, it raises new concerns. Premier Doug Ford told reporters the prime minister imposed no restrictions

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh tabled a motion in the House of Commons Thursday to force Liberal MPs to condemn Ontario’s experiment with more private delivery of common surgeons.

The motion calls on MPs to “express disappointment” in the prime minister for calling Ontario’s plan a form of “innovation.”

Trudeau has said he’s open to ideas that will help a beleaguered health-care system deal with staffing shortages and COVID-related backlogs. Singh has said it’s a slippery slope to “two-tier” health-care.

“A certain amount of innovation should be good as long as they’re abiding by the Canada Health Act,” Trudeau said in

Demonstrators gather outside Zhongshan Park in Wuhan, China, to protest changes to medical benefits, on Wednesday, in this still image from social media video obtained by Reuters.

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Demonstrators gather outside Zhongshan Park in Wuhan, China, to protest changes to medical benefits, on Wednesday, in this still image from social media video obtained by Reuters.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — Retirees have taken to the streets in two cities in China in recent days in rare protests against the most significant health care reforms in over two

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A protest broke out in central China’s Wuhan on Wednesday as elderly residents showed their discontent with a local government reform to public health insurance that came into effect earlier this month.

Photos and videos of the demonstration in Wuhan circulating on social media and seen by CNN show a large crowd of elderly people gathering in front of a city center park to express dissatisfaction with a cut in their medical benefits.

In some footage, the crowd can be heard singing the unofficial protest anthem “The Internationale.”

Police and government officials have yet to comment

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