Public Health

Organization has played a central role in shaping how pharmacy is regulated across the country.

HIV activists say there is mounting frustration in communities affected by the virus, amid near-silence from the federal government nearly 10 years after the Liberals pledged to reform laws surrounding HIV disclosure.

The agency's director of public health operations says nearly 75% of all eligible infants received more than 56,000 doses of the vaccine during the campaign. That's more than double the agency's initial target.

The WHO and the World Meteorological Organization released a joint report on Friday saying outdoor workers in construction, farming and other physically demanding jobs are at especially high risk of heat stroke, dehydration, cardiovascular damage and kidney dysfunction.

The company behind the only brand of nicotine pouches legally available for sale in Canada has launched a PR blitz against the federal ministerial order introduced last year that keeps the product behind the pharmacy counter.

The study examined 4,535 fatal drownings in that 10-year timeframe and found someone tried to rescue more than half of them.

Last week alone, three people—including two young children and a 24-year-old male kayaker—died in three separate drownings in Ontario.

Some Ontario beaches have been deemed unsafe for swimming during a heat wave in southern parts of the province, but experts say public beaches—especially those in urban areas—still provide crucial relief from blistering temperatures.