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Concessions to the private sector are one reason why health care is so costly. FS Productions/Tetra images via Getty Images

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.
Eastern European countries paid a heavy price during the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of lost life expectancy. Circlephoto/Shutterstock

Covid‑19 death tolls in Europe highlight stark regional differences in 2020 and 2021

Data collected during and after the pandemic continue to be analysed. Excess mortality figures reveal a significant and varied loss of life expectancy in Europe.
A child receives a drop of vaccine from a medical worker during a polio immunization campaign at a school in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia in July 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

It’s World Immunization Week. How prepared is Canada if vaccines are needed for a new pandemic?

Vaccines have saved more than 154 million lives worldwide over the past 50 years. World Immunization Week is a timely reminder of important ongoing work on vaccines in Canada.

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