Health

Ottawa Public Health urges tough anti-smoking policy that New Zealand is scrapping

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is calling on the federal government to follow the example of New Zealand’s “smoke-free generation” law,…

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How Canadian scientists helped uncover sexually transmitted cases of a deadlier mpox strain

If 2022 was the year mpox infections exploded globally, 2023 was the year much of the world stopped paying attention.…

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Central kitchen linked to E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares reopens to serve meals

Alberta Health says a central kitchen related to an E. coli outbreak at multiple daycares in Calgary has been cleared…

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Boxer who died after Montreal bout may have suffered from Second Impact syndrome, coroner says

An 18-year-old fighter who died following a boxing event in Quebec may have suffered from Second Impact syndrome, according to…

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Time to ‘think outside the box’ to fix Yukon hospital staffing challenges, doctor says

A doctor who works in Yukon says it’s time to find new ways to address the shortage in health-care workers — for…

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Nurses’ union says its members are being passed over in favour of more expensive travel nurses

Travel nurses provided by private agencies are being given shifts before full-time and casual nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador, according…

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Life expectancy fell in 2022 for 3rd year in a row: StatsCan

Statistics Canada says life expectancy for the average Canadian at birth has fallen for three straight years, from 82.3 years…

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Growing number of homeless people turning to ERs for shelter and warmth in Ontario, study says

When Dr. Carolyn Snider arrives for her early morning emergency room shifts, she regularly sees between five and 10 people…

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Ozempic shortage has disproportionate impact on N.W.T.’s Indigenous population

A global shortage of a drug used for Type 2 diabetes is being felt in the N.W.T. and could disproportionately affect…

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U.K. detects first human case of ‘distinct’ form of swine flu

Officials are racing to track the contacts of the United Kingdom’s first human case of a “distinct” form of swine flu.…

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