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Why the Iran war has renewed calls for a sovereign medical supply chain
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (1109+ words) Posted April 4, 2026 6:00 am. OTTAWA " The fallout from the war in the Middle East has led to cuts in helium supplies for health services in at least one province " and experts are warning that Canada still hasn't done enough to secure…...
California raw dairy farm recalls some cheese products as FDA investigates E. coli outbreak
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (479+ words) Posted April 3, 2026 1:26 pm. Raw Farm of Fresno, California, said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling more than a half-dozen varieties of its cheddar cheese made from raw milk. The recalled batches carry expiration dates spanning from May 2026 to September 2026. Interest in…...
Post-mortem indicates New Zealand rugby player who died by suspected suicide had CTE
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (480+ words) Posted April 2, 2026 1:23 am. The diagnosis was announced Thursday by Coroner Ian Telford, who is conducting a preliminary hearing into the death of Shane Christie who died in August aged 39. CTE is a disease which causes progressive damage to brain tissue…...
Ontario shuts down one way of funding nurse practitioners as province misses deadline
3+ day, 28+ min ago (325+ words) Posted April 1, 2026 2:43 pm. Ontario's health minister is shutting down one avenue of publicly funding all nurse practitioners, as the province misses a federal deadline for ensuring their medically necessary services are covered. The federal government gave provinces and territories until…...
Stephen Lewis awakened Canadians to the HIV-AIDS pandemic raging in Africa: experts
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (461+ words) By Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press Posted April 1, 2026 4:00 am. TORONTO " Experts say Stephen Lewis awakened the Canadian public's consciousness to the HIV-AIDS pandemic raging in Africa, and they credit him with galvanizing the political will to stop standing idle. Lewis,…...
Federal government taking over vaccine injury compensation, aims to address backlog
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1043+ words) Posted March 31, 2026 2:07 pm. OTTAWA " The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that compensates people who have been injured by vaccines, and pledging to review claims that were refused by a third-party administrator for being filed…...
Summer air quality alerts will become routine in U.S. without action: UWaterloo study
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (829+ words) By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Posted March 31, 2026 4:00 am. A new study out of the University of Waterloo is underlining how North American air quality could deteriorate by the end of the century unless efforts are taken to fight climate…...
P.E.I. to become first province to lower colorectal cancer screening age to 45
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (428+ words) By Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press Posted March 30, 2026 12:53 pm. Prince Edward Island is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age to 45 after several national health groups said the disease is increasingly impacting younger people. The province's premier Rob Lantz announced it…...
Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1176+ words) By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press Posted March 28, 2026 12:26 pm. It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands…...
Once a luxury for moms, doula care is going mainstream
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (1159+ words) Posted March 28, 2026 7:36 am. Bowens is a doula, a provider of physical and emotional support before, during and after birth " care that used to be seen as a luxury and was available only to those who could afford it. But doulas…...