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New mammography machines to help speed up screenings in Regina, Saskatoon
New mammography machines in Saskatoon and Regina should help speed up the screening process for women in Saskatchewan. The machines - which will be operated by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) ...
May 08, 2025 The provincial government has been working to improve breast screening in Saskatchewan after facing criticism for long wait times and an initiative sending patients to receive breast cancer diagnostics at a facility in Calgary. (Submitted)
Canada could lose its measles elimination status if spread lingers, PHAC advisor says
TORONTO - A senior medical advisor with the Public Health Agency of Canada says the country could lose its measles elimination status if the highly contagious disease continues to spread into the fall...
May 08, 2025
CN Rail hub set to proceed after Supreme Court dismisses appeal request
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal request that sought to halt construction of a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area, paving the way for the project to pro...
May 08, 2025
Quebec reports high immigration, record-low fertility in 2024
MONTREAL - Despite a downward trend, Quebec still reported nearly record-high population growth last year due to immigration, even as the province's fertility rate reached its lowest level on record. ...
May 08, 2025
Health authority warns of measles exposure risk in Preeceville
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning the public about a possible measles exposure risk in Preeceville. In a statement, the health authority said a case of measles has been confirmed in the com...
May 08, 2025 Measles can be prevented by vaccination, and the health authority noted that the vaccine is “safe, effective and free.” With two doses, the vaccine is nearly 100 per cent effective at warding off the virus. (Saskatchewan Health Authority/Submitted)
Canadian Blood Services says it needs 1 million new blood donors over next 5 years
TORONTO - Marc Parravano has donated blood 146 times. He remembers regularly going to the blood collection centre with his mother when he was a kid and followed in her footsteps after he turned 17 and...
May 08, 2025 Marc Parravano's son, Christian, wears his number 84 hockey jersey to celebrate his dad's 84th blood donation in Vaughan, Ont., in this Dec. 13, 2023 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Gabriella Parravano
Some Ontario mayors against communities' financial incentives to attract doctors
Several Ontario mayors have been calling on the province to ban financial incentives municipalities use to lure in doctors, saying the recruitment tactic is harming communities that can't pony up the ...
May 08, 2025
Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is tapping Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer with close ties to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as his nominee for surgeon gen...
May 07, 2025
Study finds no evidence to support New Brunswick's mystery brain disease
FREDERICTON - There is no evidence to support claims of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a new study that suggests the media may have played a role in feeding patients' fears. Published ...
May 07, 2025 The Moncton Hospital, part of the Horizon Health Network, is shown in Moncton, N.B., Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward
Ontario health minister defends province's approach amid worsening measles outbreak
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones defended on Wednesday the province's approach to the measles outbreak as new infections increase sharply and criticism mounts. The latest p...
May 07, 2025
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