The provincial government is expanding coverage for children with a cleft lip and/or palate in response to concerns raised by families across the province. Government will now cover the initial assessment fee, increase the maximum amount covered per treatment, and provide funding for up to five treatments.
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NTV News has learned that about 80 medical transcriptionists in the province are being replaced with an A.I. program. NAPE is concerned about the lack of consultation. NTV’s Colleen Lewis has more
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services has invited media to attend an open house for the new Gander Community Health Centre on Monday, January 19, 2026. The event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 80 Dickens Street, Gander, NL. The new health centre includes the Gander/Gander Bay Family Care Team and community-based Mental Health […]
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A key measure of Canadian life expectancy has taken turn for the worse. It’s a measure of how many healthy years a person gets in life, and it has fallen. CTV’s Garrett Barry has more on the findings and what might be behind them.
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A severe flu season continues across the country, and now new data from Newfoundland and Labrador’s Influenza Dashboard shows this province is also being hit hard. Between December 28 and January 3, there were 124 new cases of influenza. During that period, 33 people were hospitalized, with no admissions to critical care and no deaths. […]
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