Mark Carney's election win was a voter decision, not a media plot
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Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose vi...
Nov 14, 2024
Trump expected to choose vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, AP sources say
NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to two p...
Nov 14, 2024
New Brunswick's premier sends out minister mandate letters, outlines expectations
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has given marching orders to her new cabinet ministers to fulfil promises made during last month's election. The government released 18 mandate letters t...
Nov 14, 2024
P.E.I. residents asked to look out for health records 'carried off by strong winds'
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's health authority is asking for the public's help in finding a some paper health records that were "carried off by strong winds." Health P.E.I. says a small numbe...
Nov 14, 2024
Nova Scotia election debate: Leaders clash over pace of health-care improvement
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's NDP and Liberal leaders attacked Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston's claims of reviving the province's ailing health-care system, citing patient horror stories during...
Nov 14, 2024
Canada's first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.
Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu. The agency says in a st...
Nov 13, 2024 Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu. (The Canadian Press)
Vaccine stockpile, wastewater testing for H5N1 bird flu, experts urge
TORONTO - Health Canada has authorized three influenza vaccines that could be used if bird flu became a pandemic, the agency says. The federal government also has an agreement with vaccine manufacture...
Nov 13, 2024 There are no indications that H5N1 bird flu would spark a pandemic, but experts urged preparedness — including increased flu surveillance, early detection and vaccine availability. (The Canadian Press)
What do you do when a goose dies in your backyard, amid concerns about avian flu?
Carolyn Law didn't think much of it when a snow goose landed in her Richmond, B.C., backyard, on Halloween. But hours later it had barely moved. Then it started bobbing its head repeatedly. About eigh...
Nov 13, 2024
Nova Scotia election promise tracker: What has been promised by three main parties?
Voters in Nova Scotia go to the polls on Nov. 26. At dissolution, the Progressive Conservatives held 34 seats in the 55-seat legislature, the Liberals held 14 seats, the NDP had six and there was one ...
Nov 12, 2024
B.C. teen with bird flu is in critical care, infection source unknown: health officer
The teenager who tested positive for bird flu in British Columbia is in critical condition and "experiencing acute respiratory distress" while being treated at B.C. Children's Hospital, the provincial...
Nov 12, 2024
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