Hope dwindled for Julie and Paul Devigne as a treatment-resistant tumour in their baby’s belly swelled so large it restricted his ability to eat, sleep and breathe. Then, in a surgical feat, doctors at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children gave…
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Health Canada is proposing expanded restrictions on the use of talc in some cosmetic and personal cleansing products due to the possibility of lung damage and cancer risk. The new restrictions would expand warnings on the use of talc in…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford apologized to Ontarians Thursday morning, days after his government faced intense backlash for introducing a number of additional COVID-19 restrictions that were not recommended by health experts and then nixed earlier this week. Ford, who is isolating at his late mother’s…
Some Alberta pharmacies say they have little to no stock of AstraZeneca despite being included in the province’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Alberta opened up eligibility for AstraZeneca to people between 40 and 54 on Tuesday and the uptake was swift.…
A B.C. nurse is pleading with people to do a few “simple things” to get the pandemic under control after an emotionally crushing shift in a COVID-19 ward. Kendall Skuta, who works at Abbotsford Regional Hospital, posted a photo of herself…
Ontario reported another 4,212 cases of COVID-19 and 32 more deaths linked to the illness on Wednesday, as the government confirmed “enhancements” to the federal paid sick leave program are coming. According to the Ministry of Health, public health units…
Ontario reported another 4,212 cases of COVID-19 and 32 more deaths linked to the illness on Wednesday, as public health units administered a new high of 136,695 doses of vaccines. The previous single-day high for vaccine doses was 115,634 on…
An influential Canadian doctor and top adviser to the World Health Organization has come under fire from international experts for his controversial comments downplaying the risk of airborne spread of the coronavirus. Dr. John Conly, an infectious diseases physician and…
When Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the current stay-at-home order on April 7, he said the province’s COVID-19 crisis had become worse than predicted. “The capacity at the ICUs and these variants have taken off even beyond what they told…
Europe’s drug regulator has found a possible link between Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who received doses in the United States, but backed its overall benefits against any risks. The European Medicines Agency…