Beth Vanstone News Today

On the rarest of days, Feb. 29, organizers are marking and celebrating Rare Disease Day.

Three million Canadians suffer from rare diseases. New drugs that can help often take far too long to get approved in Canada. Read more here

Rare Disease Day is marked across Canada to help draw awareness of some of afflictions such as CF through the @IAmNumber12CA campaign.

'Canadians will have equal access to lifesaving treatments regardless of their postal code,' says Beth Vanstone

Madi Vanstone spent the first half of her young life trying not to die. These days she’s learning how to live life to the fullest.

An Ontario woman is urging the government to reconsider insurance eligibility for a drug that could save her life but costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

An Ontario woman is urging the government to reconsider insurance eligibility for a drug that could save her life but costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

An Ontario woman is urging the government to reconsider insurance eligibility for a drug that could save her life but costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

An Ontario woman is urging the government to reconsider insurance eligibility for a drug that could save her life but costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.

An Ontario woman is urging the government to reconsider insurance eligibility for a drug that could save her life but costs hundreds of thousands of dollars.