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Jun 20, 2021

When Dr. Katherine Knox first arrived in Saskatchewan more than two decades ago, the province covered one prescription drug for patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Beyond that, patients had to pay for drugs out-of-pocket.

 

Today, Knox said the province reimburses MS patients for 14 different drugs.

 

“MS is an...


Jun 6, 2021

Dr. Alexander Wong remembers forcing himself to hide his fear last year, as he treated his first Covid-19 patients.

“It kind of felt like we were staring down the bottom of a big gun barrel," said Wong, an assistant professor in the College of Medicine's Department of Infectious Diseases.

The virus has killed 546...