What to know about Ebola outbreak as WHO declares global health emergency – National
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern...
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WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda a global health emergency – National
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international...
U.S. teenagers are sleeping less than ever. Is this the same for Canadians? – National
A study in the journal Pediatrics has found that American teenagers are sleeping less than ever before. Researchers found a consistent decline in sleep across...
CFIA warns of U.S. outbreaks of pseudorabies in commercial swine – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a notice to Canadian consumers about reports of outbreaks...
U.S. Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access as lawsuit continues – National
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a...
26 ‘low-risk’ Canadian air passengers may have hantavirus exposure – National
Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Joss Reimer, says 26 people across the country are being contacted by public health authorities to monitor for hantavirus...
PCOS, a condition that affects 1 in 10 Canadian women, is being renamed – National
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a chronic hormonal condition that impacts one in 10 Canadian women, is being renamed to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). The...
Canadians can now get Ozempic, Wegovy delivered to their homes. Here’s how – National
Canadian retail pharmacy Rexall is now offering home deliveries of Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, Novo Nordisk Canada, the drugmaker behind the GLP-1 drugs, said in...
1,700 confined on cruise ship amid suspected norovirus outbreak in France – National
French authorities on Wednesday confined 1,700 passengers and crew to a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux after a passenger died and about 50 fell ill...
Still ‘many steps to do’ in creating a hantavirus vaccine, experts say – National
With four Canadians currently isolating across the country after exposure on the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise ship, the outbreak raises the question of whether there...