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Opioid 25 times more powerful than fentanyl detected in Quebec City region
british columbia
B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: In this photo illustration, ZYN nicotine cases are seen on a table on January 29, 2024 in New York City. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling for federal action on ZYN, a popular nicotine pouch in the United States. The senator is asking the FTC and FDA to investigate the companies marketing and the health effects of the nicotine pouch. (Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
opinion
Our clinical trials system is failing Canadians with cancer
Rebecca Auer
report on business
Children’s pain and fever relief medicine recalled due to risk of overdose
Drug manufacturer Teva Canada Ltd. is recalling one lot of a children's pain and fever relief medicine because it contains too much acetaminophen and poses a risk of overdose. A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
alberta
Health Canada says cord blood stored at Edmonton facility may pose serious risks
A lab worker reaches into a dewar at the Cord Blood Registry offices in Tucson, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. Health Canada has issued a warning about umbilical cord blood stored at a facility in Edmonton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Arizona Republic, Jack Kurtz
british columbia
B.C. Coroner’s death panel recommends issuing drugs without prescription to stop overdoses
Andrew Leavens, front left, and Carl Gladue, front right, carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, on Thursday, August 31, 2023. More than 12,000 lives have been lost to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
politics
Federal government expands drug strategy to prevent more overdoses, provide additional services
The federal government is expanding its drug and substance use strategy to try to save more lives and provide more services to people disproportionately affected by Canada's overdose crisis. An injection kit is seen inside the newly opened Fraser Health supervised consumption site is pictured in Surrey, B.C. Tuesday, June 6, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
canada
Ontario offers flu shots, COVID-19 vaccines for all over six months as of Monday
<div>People in Ontario who are six months and older will be able to receive their free flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday. Pediatric doses of Moderna's Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine are seen a clinic in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang</div>
canada
LittleOak Infant, Follow-on Formula recalled for not being evaluated by Health Canada
A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014. Health Canada has approved an experimental drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, as uncertainty persists about the drug's clinical benefit.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Health Canada approves new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for fall
A Fraser Health registered nurse draws a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a walk-up vaccination clinic at Bear Creek Park, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, May 17, 2021. The detection in British Columbia of the country's first known case of the latest COVID-19 variant should have Canadians ready to roll up their sleeves for newly formulated vaccines to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as influenza and RSV in some cases, an immunologist says.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
food for thought
Eating these six foods may help you live longer
Leslie Beck
canada
Canada’s animal testing ban will come into effect in December
Luna the dog stands in front of signs as animal lovers and their pets deliver petitions demanding a ban on animal tested cosmetic products in Canada on Parliament Hill on Monday, May 28, 2018. Canada has banned testing cosmetic products on animals. It's a largely symbolic move that brings Canada's policy in line with dozens of other countries.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
canada
‘Baby Shark’ bath toy recalled in Canada due to laceration hazard
This image provided by Consumer Product Safety Commission shows Zuru’s full-sized Robo Alive Junior Baby Shark Sing & Swim Bath Toys. The bath toys are being recalled after multiple impalements, lacerations and puncture wounds were reported in children playing with them. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP
explainer
How does wildfire smoke affect air quality and your health?
A smokey Toronto skyline is seen from the CN Tower as wildfires in Ontario and Quebec continue to burn, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
canada
Parliament votes down Conservative motion against safe supply of drugs
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, May 29, 2023. An attempt from Poilievre for the House of Commons to condemn the Liberal government's approach to drug addiction has failed.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
canada
Tracking the flight of bumblebees, Canadian researchers hope to learn how pesticides can muddle their minds
canada
High-risk people should get next COVID-19 boosters this spring, Ontario’s top doctor says
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, speaks at a news conference during the COVID-19 pandemic, at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Monday, April 11, 2022. Moore says people who are at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection should get their next booster dose of the vaccine this spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
toronto
Toronto updates decriminalization request to Health Canada, asks to exempt all drugs, include youth
Toronto is asking the federal government to decriminalize all drugs for personal use in the city and for all people, including youth, as it lays out a model that goes further than what Health Canada approved in British Columbia. A tested supply of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine is readied for distribution to drug users n Vancouver, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Health Canada warns of uncertified child car seats that could increase risk of injury
Rush hour traffic (R) heading south on Jarvis St. towards the Gardiner Expressway, is photographed on Jan 17, 2023. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
canada
Board member of federal drug-pricing agency resigns over concerns about panel’s independence
FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist counts prescription drugs at the at the CentreTown Pharmacy in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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