PUBLIC HEALTH
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Public health experts concerned by Alberta premier’s claim that pandemic is over
A maskless Premier Jason Kenney shakes hands, embraces Calgary Stampede visitors and stands shoulder-to-shoulder for photo-ops in a video posted…
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Vaccine passports ignite debate over privacy vs. public health
As a steadily rising number of fully vaccinated Canadians emerge from hiding to test the gradual return to pre-pandemic normalcy, a…
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Most Canadians could be vaccinated by end of 2021, says federal public health officer
Most Canadians could be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of next year, Canada's deputy chief public health officer said…
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Canada’s top public health doctor now recommends 3-layer non-medical masks
The Public Health Agency of Canada is now recommending Canadians choose three-layer non-medical masks with a filter layer to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as…
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Canada asks travellers from Chinese province hit by coronavirus to go into voluntary isolation
Canadian health officials are asking travellers who have returned from the Hubei province of China to go into voluntary self-isolation…
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‘No surprises’ expected in Ontario budget, Ford says
Premier Doug Ford says there will be “no surprises” for Ontario municipalities in his government’s spring budget. Ford made the…
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High rate of vaccination refusal at 12 Toronto alternative schools creates measles risk, officials say
A dozen Toronto alternative schools have enough students who aren’t vaccinated due to their parents’ personal beliefs to put their…
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Treating violence like a disease: Could the Glasgow model work here?
In the early 2000s, the Scottish city of Glasgow was in the grips of an epidemic. With a population of…
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Mouldy mattresses plague Canadian warships
Sailors aboard two Canadian warships unknowingly slept on mouldy mattresses last year, photographs and documents obtained by CBC News reveal.…
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Health authorities urging at-risk patients to get flu shot, as tough strain predicted this season
Tuccia Faustino doffs his baseball cap and makes the sign of the cross. At 84, he says he has a few things…
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Bat tests positive for rabies in Peel in 1st confirmed case of the year
A bat in Brampton tested positive for rabies, marking the first confirmed case of the viral disease in Peel this…
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Alarming’ increase in sexually transmitted infections found across Canada
Rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea across Canada have jumped, according to the latest figures compiled by CBC News, which comes…
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As Ontario summers get hotter, should outside workers have to labour in sweltering heat?
Many of Toronto’s workers are managing to escape this summer’s sweltering heat inside air conditioned offices, but outdoor workers have…
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Doug Ford reverses retroactive funding cuts amid fierce pressure from Toronto
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has reversed this year’s cuts to municipal funding, including child care, public health and EMS, but future…
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Majority of Ontarians oppose province’s cuts to public health, new poll suggests
Just over a month after the provincial government announced its plan to cut local health units and slash millions in…
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2 new cases of measles on Montreal’s West Island has public health scrambling to contain spread
Montreal’s public health authority is trying to track down anyone who was in one of six places, most of them in…
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Thousands gather at Queen’s Park to protest against Ford government health cuts
Thousands of demonstrators gathered on the south lawn of Queen’s Park Tuesday to protest against the Ford government’s cuts to public health…
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Top health officer calls on B.C. to ‘urgently’ decriminalize possession of illicit drugs
B.C.’s top health officer has recommended the province move urgently to decriminalize possession of illegal drugs for personal use, saying the…
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Clinicians, health advocates ringing alarms about province’s ‘short-sighted’ cuts to public health
Clinicians and public health advocates are ringing alarms about the province’s “short-sighted” cuts, citing major crises like the early-2000s SARS outbreak —…
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Reporting delays could be why vaccination rates for 7-year-olds so low, Toronto public health says
As many as one quarter of seven-year-olds in the public school system last year were listed as not fully vaccinated,…
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