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- 11/27/2022
Respiratory infections in early life may increase risk of future disease
Research shows early respiratory tract infections can predispose individuals to chronic conditions such as asthma - 11/27/2022
What is the real impact of routine childhood immunization on reducing preventable diseases?
Sustaining high immunization coverage rates is key for lasting impact, study shows. - 11/24/2022
'All we're waiting for is action' Doctors Manitoba renews call for help from province
Manitoba has the third-lowest rate of doctors in the country, said the organization's president Dr. Candace Bradshaw, and it's only going to get worse. - 11/24/2022
What do we know about vitamin B12 deficiency?
Certain segments of the population are at higher risk of not getting enough of this critical nutrient. - 11/24/2022
Quebec reverses policy and makes flu vaccine free for all residents
Previously, shots had only been free for certain high-risk groups and for healthcare workers. - 11/24/2022
Federal health minister says 1M units of imported kids' pain meds now hitting shelves
The Canadian Pharmacists Association confirmed to the Canadian Press shipments have started to arrive. - 11/24/2022
Now run clinics seven days a week? A joke right?
Dr. Sohail Gandhi offers up an open letter to Nadia Surani, director, Primary Health Care Branch of Ontario's MOH. - 11/24/2022
Health Canada reviewing RSV vax for those over 60
As pediatric hospitals fill up with young children sickened by respiratory syncytial virus, doctors are worried that older adults will be the next wave to become seriously ill. - 11/24/2022
B.C. has plan to cancel surgeries to make room for flu cases in overcrowded hospitals
Health Minister Adrian Dix says postponing non-urgent surgeries is one way to create room at hospitals for patients, especially children, who are fighting flu and other respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19. - 11/24/2022
Canadian pediatricians ditch toddler screen time limits in new guidance
New guidance still urges no screens at all for kids younger than age two, except to video-chat with others, such as grandparents. - 11/24/2022
Quebec study confirms practice of forced sterilizations of Indigenous women
The study, out of Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue, says it's the first of its kind to document the forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in the province.