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CBC News - Health

Hospitalization rates for illnesses like COVID, flu have doubled since pre-pandemic, report finds - Striking new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows hospitalization rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases more than doubled in 2024, compared to pre-pandemic levels, all while vaccination rates are backsliding. Lauren Pelley - News - Health - | April 16 - |

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Ontario inquest hears how hospital system 'failed' Indigenous woman who died after 2 days of seeking help - News - Canada - Hamilton - | 10 hours ago

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Alberta doctors urge province to offer free RSV shot to all newborns to cut health risks, hospital visits -- Jennifer Lee -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Calgary -- |

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Health Canada approves 1st needle-free epinephrine treatment for severe allergic reactions - News - Health - | April 15

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Ottawa 'very seriously' considering age restrictions for social media, AI chatbots - Catharine Tunney - News - Politics - | April 15

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5 people died in 2 weeks after using drugs in Winnipeg. 'The drug supply is poisoned,' RaY director says -- Lauren Scott -- -

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First Nations people disproportionately impacted by B.C.'s toxic drug crisis, officials say -- Ashley Joannou -- -

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CBC Investigates -- N.L. health minister calls new details of travel nurse agency billings 'egregious' -- Rob Antle -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Nfld. & Labrador

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Concerns grow as ER in Mission faces its longest stretch of overnight closures yet -- Baneet Braich -- -

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B.C. declared toxic drugs a public health emergency 10 years ago. Has it made a difference? -- Courtney Dickson -- -

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Alberta moves to allow private diagnostic tests without a doctor's referral -- Emily Williams -- -

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Province seeks new home for Saskatoon drug testing machine -- Phil Tank -- -

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Shoppers Drug Mart gave her the wrong medication. Months later, she landed in the ER -- Rosa Marchitelli -- News

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Young adult cancer survivors at twice the risk of later cancers, study suggests -- Nicole Ireland -- News

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Cancer remains top cause of death in Canada as new study shows multiple types rising -- Lauren Pelley -- News -- - -- Health -- |

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The R-word was taboo as a slur for people with disabilities. Now it's being normalized again -- Padraig Moran -- Radio

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Other countries are looking to end animal testing. In Canada, there's a holdup -- Amanda Buckiewicz -- Radio

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More than 3 dozen new measles cases recorded in Manitoba in late March, early April -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Manitoba

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Immunization rates in B.C. falling since COVID-19 pandemic, data shows -- Tara Carman -- -

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Indigenous Nurses Day celebrates their contributions to the nursing profession -- Candace Maracle -- News

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THE FIFTH ESTATE -- The ostrich con: Arguments to save birds from cull in B.C. were based on falsehoods, evidence shows -- Krista Hessey -- News -- - -- Canada

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Maritime provinces to create public travel nurse agency, P.E.I. health minister says - Thinh Nguyen - News - Canada - PEI - | April 10 - |

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More accommodation requests being refused, federal unions say -- Estelle Côté-Sroka -- -

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Health Canada warns against injecting unauthorized drugs promising anti-aging, weight loss or wellness - News - Health - | April 9

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She travelled 900 km for an abortion. Years later, Quebec access issues remain urgent -- Rachel Watts -- -

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