Shared Health making preparations for patient notifications ahead of possible Canada Post work stoppage
Appointment letters and pre-appointment information for patients sent via mail are being temporarily paused, and patients ...
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Four-year typhoid fever outbreak in Canada linked to chronic carrier
In a rare occurrence of locally acquired typhoid fever in Canada, health officials in Ottawa recently traced an outbreak ...
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Health officials urge vigilance with discovery of Canada’s first presumptive avian flu case in B.C. teen
Public-health officials in British Columbia declined to provide any new details Monday about their investigation into how a ...
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Health Canada approves GSK’s Ojjaara for myelofibrosis in anaemia patients
Health Canada has granted approval for GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Ojjaara (momelotinib) for treating myelofibrosis (MF) in ...
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To mitigate drug shortages, a new study suggests looking at Canada
Both countries have mandates for dealing with drug shortages, but study authors believe the process used in Canada to review ...
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London Health Sciences Centre first in Canada to implant cutting edge cardioverter defibrillator
New device receives Health Canada approval after LHSC team participates in global study to prove safety and efficacy ...
First Human Case of Bird Flu Detected in Canada
Investigations are underway after a teenager from British Columbia, now receiving care in hospital, was infected via an ...
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Teen in critical condition with Canada's first presumptive human case of bird flu
British Columbia health officials said on Saturday the province had detected Canada's first human case of H5 bird flu in ...
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on Avian Influenza and Risk to Canadians
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by ...