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- 11/7/2022
Do your patients (and you) need to take 10,000 steps a day?
Science-based, health promotion or marketing ploy? - 11/7/2022
Alberta Opposition demands Smith revoke call for advice from COVID 'bioweapon' doc
NDP health critic David Shepherd said Smith also needs to also reveal the names of the medical team she says is now providing her public health advice. - 11/7/2022
University of Calgary diagnostic hub aims to advance research into fighting infection
The Alberta Centre for Advanced Diagnostics aims to become a new hub in the global push to advance diagnostic technology. - 11/7/2022
Health talks end with no agreement as federal government withdraws
British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix, who called it a “disappointing'' end to the meetings, had previously said provincial and territorial ministers were united behind a request for federal funding to be increased to 35%, up from 22%. - 11/6/2022
Ontario considering letting pharmacists prescribe Paxlovid for COVID-19: Dr. Moore
Finding ways to ensure greater availability of medication to keep people with COVID-19 out of hospital is of particular importance for more rural communities, said Dr. Kieran Moore. - 11/6/2022
Trudeau tells health ministers money is there, but he wants to see results
Trudeau made his comments in Montreal today ahead of two days of meetings in Vancouver by Canada's federal, territorial and provincial health ministers. - 11/6/2022
Health Canada says there's a shortage of some antibiotics used to treat children
The federal agency says however that there are eight other drug producers offering medication with amoxicillin that are not currently reporting any issues with supply. - 11/6/2022
Death in CRISPR gene therapy study sparks search for answers
The lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now trying to figure out what killed him. - 11/6/2022
Monkeypox 'almost eradicated' in Montreal, once epicentre of virus outbreak in Canada
Doctors and members of the city's LGTBQ community are crediting the quick launch of a vaccination campaign. - 11/6/2022
Provincial and territorial health ministers meeting with federal counterpart in B.C.
All 13 provincial and territorial health ministers are expected to meet with their federal counterpart, Jean-Yves Duclos in Vancouver.