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Statistics Canada researchers in Sudbury, as part of national health survey
Canada’s national statistical agency has partnered with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada on the Canadian ...
Canada’s top doctor Dr. Theresa Tam steps down amid alarming health crises
Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, will leave her role in June 2025. She served for eight years, dealing with major health crises like COVID-19. Tam also worked on SARS, Ebola and ...
Report calls for modernization and reform of health screening task force
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has been under review since last May after updating its recommendations on ...
Public service shrinks by nearly 10,000 in Canada, with tax, immigration hit the hardest
The federal public service shed almost 10,000 people last year, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada losing the most employees. The last time the public ...
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Public service shrinks by nearly 10,000, with tax, immigration hit the hardest
The federal public service shed almost 10,000 people last year, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Immigration, Refugees and ...
Health screening task force to re-launch next spring after report calls for reform
OTTAWA - A panel of experts is calling on the Public Health Agency of Canada to modernize and reform the task force responsible for preventive health guidelines for things like ...
RECALL: Salmonella outbreak in Canada prompts recall warning
Certain meat products have been recalled in Canada with dozens of illnesses reported. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...
Patient advocate calls for retraction of mystery brain disease report from U.S. medical journal
An advocate for New Brunswick patients suffering from unusual neurological symptoms is calling for the retraction of a recent scientific report that found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in the ...
Job cuts at U.S. FDA raise red flags over safety of food imports to Canada
Industry experts warn that having a weaker federal food regulator in the U.S. will compromise the inspection regime ...
B.C.’s mental health law is on trial — and so is our commitment to human rights
One of the key reforms that CCD has long advocated for is the right for people to name a family member or friend to be ...
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When Wildfire Smoke Arrived from Canada, Federal Safety Experts Were Gone
Health specialists were put on leave, and a report on how to protect 20 million workers from wildfire smoke has stalled ...