If you’re a fan of Rex Murphy on Cross Country Checkup or The National, you’ll have noticed that he hasn’t been on air for the last couple months.

According to The National’s blog, Murphy is dealing with some “minor medical issues, and he’s decided it’s best to take a break from the studio until the end of the year.”

We wish him the best in his recovery.

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	Cross Country Checkup, The National	Posted at 7:27 am (26 Oct 2010)

On this date in 1965, Cross Country Checkup debuted with a debate on a national, publicly funded health care system. Years later, we have the national health care system and a radio program that continues to entertain and provoke. (Although I really do miss the standard two-question opener to each caller from years back: “Cross Country Checkup, where are you calling from? What do you think about ________”)

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	Asides, CBC Radio 1, Cross Country Checkup, Today In CBC History	Posted at 11:08 am (16 May 2008)

This day in 1965, Cross Country Checkup debuted on CBC Radio. Its first topic was a debate over a nationally publicly-funded health-care system — hence its title. It remains one of CBC Radio’s most popular programs and is still on the air 42 years later.

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	Asides, Cross Country Checkup	Posted at 3:42 pm (16 May 2007)