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Makeshift slaughterhouse in a residential garage points to growing concerns about illicit meat sales
News/Canada/Edmonton | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:23:02 EDTAlberta authorities are investigating several cases of illicit meat slaughter and sale. That's leading to concerns about food safety. read more
Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation information
News/Canada/Nova Scotia | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:00:00 EDTAfter last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters. read more
You've been notified by a hospital that your information was stolen. Now what?
News/Canada/Windsor | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTHundreds of thousands of people in southwestern Ontario have started receiving letters from one or more hospitals in the region, notifying them that their information was likely stolen following a cyberattack last year. read more
Pasteurized milk includes remnants of H5N1 bird flu, U.S. officials say
News/Health | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:48:06 EDTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that it has found bird flu virus particles in some samples of pasteurized milk. read more
Ontario scrapping sick notes to cut down on doctors' paperwork
News/Canada/Toronto | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:12:56 EDTOntario says it will force employers to scrap requirements for sick notes as part of an effort to cut down on paperwork for family physicians. read more
Mammograms are routine. For people who use wheelchairs, they're anything but
News/Canada/Montreal | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTA Quebec advocacy group for people with disabilities called 94 Quebec clinics that offer mammograms. Nearly half told them they couldn't accommodate people using wheelchairs. read more
Province determines more than 40 medical clinics advertising membership fees
News/Canada/Calgary | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:00:00 EDTAlberta's health ministry has determined that more than 40 medical clinics in the province are advertising membership fees for services, nearly a year after one such plan landed a Calgary clinic in hot water. read more
Canadian doctors are using 'outdated' guidelines to screen for cancer, experts warn
News/Politics | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTFamily doctors use national guidelines to decide whether and when to send their patients for routine cancer screenings — but experts say Canadians' lives are at risk because those guidelines use old data, lack expert advice, and are updated too infrequently. read more
How this med school is trying solve the family doctor shortage
| Tue, 23 Apr 2024 22:11:00 EDTCanada is losing its family physicians to burnout and it’s creating a primary care crisis. Can a new program that prioritizes family doctor recruits help solve the shortage? The National's Nick Purdon gets special access to Queen's University and Lakeridge Health’s medical school program to see how it is preparing preparing students for the realities they’ll face on the job. read more
No more foam parties without meeting conditions, health unit tells nightclub
News/Canada/Ottawa | Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:22:10 EDTStages Nightclub in Kingston, Ont., must meet a list of specific conditions if it wants to host another foam party, following an investigation by public health officials into several cases of eye irritation. read more
Inuit leaders disappointed with budget's lack of money for tuberculosis elimination
News/Indigenous | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:45:59 EDTInuit leaders are concerned with the Trudeau government’s failure to spend any new money this year specifically on its goal of eliminating tuberculosis in Inuit regions by 2030. Advocates say budget 2024 was "a missed opportunity" and "a major disappointment" on that front. read more
Fewer medical school graduates choosing family medicine, Ontario doctors warn
News/Canada/Toronto | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:20:34 EDTAn organization that represents Ontario doctors is expressing concern about what it says is a declining number of medical school students choosing family medicine. read more
40 cases of eclipse-related eye damage reported in Quebec so far
News/Canada/Montreal | Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:16:53 EDTQuebec optometrists have confirmed 40 cases of eclipse-related eye damage since the solar event on April 8, and health officials say there could be more. read more
Peel Region has major childhood vaccination backlog
News/Canada/Toronto | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:00:00 EDTPeel Public Health’s acting medical officer is warning the regional government that a huge backlog in school immunizations is spelling trouble for communicable diseases. read more
Sask. officials knew COVID-19 was spreading at an 'exponential' rate in 2021, but refused restrictions
News/Canada/Saskatchewan | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:00:00 EDTNewly released documents highlight what provincial officials knew about the spread of COVID-19 in fall 2021. read more
Racism, discrimination may lead to First Nations patients leaving emergency rooms: Alberta study
News/Canada/Edmonton | Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:00:00 EDTSystemic racism and inequity in health care may be contributing to why First Nations patients in Alberta disproportionately leave emergency departments without being seen, or against medical advice, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. read more
Ont. doctors' college orders Toronto pediatrician to undergo 'further education' on breastfeeding drug
News/Canada | Mon, 22 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThe College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has expressed concern about the prescribing and oversight practices of a Toronto breastfeeding doctor in a case where a woman was prescribed domperidone, whose off-label use to induce lactation is controversial. read more
This teen was poisoned by carbon monoxide on the job. His parents say the employer got off easy
News/Canada/Saskatchewan | Mon, 22 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTA Saskatchewan teen who suffered severe carbon monoxide poisoning while working at his part-time job at a local grocery store may suffer long-term health problems, but the employer faced no serious consequences. A workplace safety expert says many provinces lack the authority to financially penalize employers that risk worker safety. read more
Who needs Paxlovid now? New guidelines suggest only highest-risk groups should get COVID drug
News/Health | Sat, 20 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThere are new Canadian recommendations for who should actually get Paxlovid at this point, guided by a growing body of research suggesting the drug’s life-saving benefits now apply to a narrower definition of high-risk individuals. read more
'Dying for doctors': Report cites concerns with health care in rural Saskatchewan
News/Canada/Saskatchewan | Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:32:41 EDTA report released this month cited hundreds of service disruptions over four years due to rural health-care staffing shortages along with morale issues among workers. read more
