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Patients with rare eye cancer travel cross-country for treatment: ‘This was traumatizing’
When Sue Johnson found out she had uveal (ocular) melanoma 18 months ago, she didn’t know her search for treatment would take her thousands of kilometres from her h…
14 Jun 2022 | Health -
Quebec now has 132 monkeypox cases, with majority in Montreal
Quebec public health officials are reporting 132 confirmed cases of monkeypox across the province as of Tuesday, with more than 3,000 vaccine doses administered to …
14 Jun 2022 | Health -
Canada scrapping COVID-19 vaccine mandate for travellers. Is it too early?
The lifting of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for travellers in Canada has come at the right time as cases are declining, experts say, but they stressed the need to cont…
14 Jun 2022 | Health -
Does monkeypox represent a global health emergency? WHO to decide
The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee on Thursday next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergenc…
14 Jun 2022 | Health -
Canadian high school students to learn how to administer naloxone
Hundreds of thousands of high school students in Canada will be given training on how to respond to someone overdosing on opioids, including on how to inject naloxo…
14 Jun 2022 | Health -
Chronic air pollution cuts life expectancy by more than 2 years, study shows
Chronic air pollution cuts average global life expectancy by more than two years per person, a study published on Tuesday showed, an impact comparable to that of sm…
14 Jun 2022 | Health -
OB-GYN society launches tool kit to collect data on maternal mortality
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada is launching a tool kit to help health authorities review maternal deaths.
07 Jun 2022 | Health -
Ontario COVID numbers: 526 people in hospital, 114 in intensive care
Ontario is reporting 526 people in hospital with COVID on Tuesday, with 114 in intensive care.
07 Jun 2022 | Health -
Tri Star Seafood Supply Ltd. brand live spot prawns recalled due to norovirus risk
A recall has been issued for Tri-Star Seafood Supply Ltd. brand live spot prawns due to a possible norovirus contamination.
01 Jun 2022 | Health -
Monkeypox in Africa: Why the continent is seeing an inequity in response
As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugl…
01 Jun 2022 | Health -
Health Canada OKs Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot for teens ages 16 and 17
Canada on Wednesday authorized a single booster shot of Pfizer and partner BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds.
01 Jun 2022 | Health -
U.S. Justice Department asks court to reverse order lifting mask mandate on planes
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to overturn a U.S. District Court judge’s April order that declared the government mandate requ…
31 May 2022 | Health -
Federal and B.C. governments to make announcement about B.C.’s overdose crisis
The federal and B.C. governments will make an important announcement on the overdose crisis on Tuesday.
31 May 2022 | Health -
Some report COVID symptoms after taking Pfizer’s Paxlovid. Here’s what we know
More than 2.8 million courses of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid have been made available at pharmacies around the United States, with the B…
11 May 2022 | Health -
Abortion pill searches skyrocket a week after Roe v. Wade draft ruling
Just one week after a leaked draft opinion showed the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn reproductive rights, online searches for how to find and use the abortion…
11 May 2022 | Health -
Quebec lost almost $1B on COVID-19 protective equipment: auditor general
Quebec’s auditor general says the province overpaid on personal protective equipment during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic by almost $1 billion.
11 May 2022 | Health -
Ontario COVID numbers: 1,528 people in hospital, 176 in intensive care
Ontario is reporting 1,528 people in hospital with COVID on Wednesday, with 176 in intensive care.
11 May 2022 | Health -
Quebec registers 23 new COVID-19 deaths as hospitalizations fall by 54
Quebec recorded another 23 deaths associated with the COVID-19 health crisis as hospital numbers continued to fall Wednesday.
11 May 2022 | Health -
Severe acute hepatitis case confirmed in Manitoba child: Shared Health
A case of severe acute hepatitis has been reported in a child in Manitoba.
10 May 2022 | Health -
Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19, says he’s experiencing mild symptoms
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.
10 May 2022 | Health -
Ontario COVID numbers: 1,555 people in hospital, 188 in intensive care
Ontario is reporting 1,555 people in hospital with COVID on Tuesday, with 188 in intensive care.
10 May 2022 | Health -
New Vaughan hospital may have saved Ontario healthcare from collapse amid COVID: city staff
A new report completed by staff at the City of Vaughan says the opening of a full-service hospital in the city last year saved the provincial healthcare system from…
10 May 2022 | Health -
7 probable cases of severe acute hepatitis in children reported at Toronto’s SickKids Hospital
SickKids Hospital says seven probable cases of severe acute hepatitis have been reported at the downtown Toronto hospital for children.
10 May 2022 | Health -
Middlesex-London on the ‘backend’ of the sixth COVID-19 wave: MLHU
Things are looking up for London, Ont., and Middlesex County as the region sees an ongoing decline in COVID-19 case volumes that’s on par with what’s happening in t…
09 May 2022 | Health -
Calgary convenience store faces dozens of charges related to sale of vaping products
A northeast business has been charged with selling vaping products to minors.
09 May 2022 | Health -
Canada must focus on global vaccine access to curb COVID-19, expert warns MPs
Canada needs to turn its COVID-19 aid attention to expanding vaccine production everywhere or the virus will continue to run wild, mutate and bring new waves of dis…
09 May 2022 | Health -
Ontario COVID numbers: 1,213 people in hospital, 201 in intensive care
Ontario is reporting 1,213 people in hospital with COVID on Monday, with 201 in intensive care.
09 May 2022 | Health -
Can abortion pill prescriptions circumvent U.S. state bans? Here’s what we know
If the U.S. Supreme Court reverses its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing abortion rights nationwide, demand for abortion pills, which can be prescribe…
08 May 2022 | Health -
One year later, advocates say $45M sexual, reproductive health fund not yet released
A year after the federal government announced a $45-million fund for organizations making sexual and reproductive information and services more available, advocates…
08 May 2022 | Health -
‘Alarming’ Roe v. Wade draft ruling shows Canada must protect abortion access: minister
The U.S. Supreme Court draft ruling on overturning the right to abortion in Roe v. Wade demonstrates why Canada must continue to “stand up” to protect access to abo…
08 May 2022 | Health -
Eye drops recalled due to labelling error, Health Canada says
One lot each of Pharmasave Advanced Relief Eye Drops and Compliments Advanced Relief Eye Drops are being recalled because of a packing error.
08 May 2022 | Health -
BA.4, BA.5 in Canada: What we know about the 2 new Omicron subvariants
The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring two new COVID-19 subvariants of Omicron, the highly transmissible variant of concern now dominant around t…
07 May 2022 | Health -
Judge rejects B.C. government’s bid to drop case against COVID-19 vaccine orders
A B.C. court judge has rejected the provincial government’s bid to have a case against its COVID-19 vaccine orders for health-care workers thrown out.
06 May 2022 | Health -
Canada’s 6th wave of COVID has plateaued or is post-peak in some areas: Tam
Canada’s top doctor said Friday that indicators show decreasing transmission of COVID-19 in many areas of Canada.
06 May 2022 | Health -
Canada won’t limit J&J COVID-19 vaccine access due to rare blood clots: Tam
Canada’s top doctor said Friday that there have been no cases of a rare blood clotting syndrome from Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine so far in the country …
06 May 2022 | Health