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CBC News - Health

Canadian government taking over vaccine injury compensation program - The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that compensates people who have been injured by vaccines, months after Health Minister Marjorie Michel ordered an audit of the program following complaints about its administration. Sarah Ritchie - News - Health - | 6 hours ago

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NDP giant Stephen Lewis remembered as someone who demanded better of all -- Catharine Tunney

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Most people across Canada will no longer need to pay nurse practitioners for primary care - Amina Zafar - News - Health - | 12 hours ago - |

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Video - P.E.I. will lower colorectal cancer screening age to 45 - March 30

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Brain and heart health are tied together. Here are 5 ways to control both -- Amina Zafar

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Dad speaks out after teen ordered banned testosterone booster online -- Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco -- -

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'MAID is not death on demand': Physicians decry proposed Alberta assistance in dying bill -- Emily Rae Pasiuk -- -

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Northern Manitoba, Sask. communities working to resolve cross-border health-care issues -- Eric Westhaver -- -

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Transgender Quebecers face surgery delays, out-of-province patients get faster care -- Charlotte Glorieux -- -

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Calgary for-profit plasma clinic rated 'non-compliant' during Health Canada inspection -- Jennifer Lee -- -

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More than 67,500 Ontario kids waiting for core autism funding as demand grows -- Nicole Brockbank -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Toronto -- |

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First Person -- I've lived in 3 provinces. Canada's health care is anything but universal -- Shannon Flaman -- News

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As patents on weight-loss drugs expire, doctors and patients hotly anticipate cheaper generics -- Abby Hughes -- News -- - -- Health

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Warning about potent tranquilizer in Alberta's drug supply that defies overdose treatments -- Cameron MacCuish -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Edmonton -- |

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Patients of Ontario dental clinic speak out after hepatitis, HIV tests urged due to sterilization lapses -- Lauren Kuivenhoven -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Kitchener-Waterloo -- |

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Second Opinion -- Does hitting menopause before 40 cause major health issues later in life? Scientists are aiming to find out -- Lauren Pelley -- News -- - -- Health -- |

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Evacuated NASA astronaut says he couldn't speak in space. Why remains a mystery -- Marcia Dunn -- News -- - -- Health

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Asthmatic girl's treatment at Gatineau Hospital under review following her death -- Guy Quenneville -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Ottawa -- |

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'Massive overdose' of sedative led to man's cardiac arrest, brain injury at Winnipeg hospital: lawsuit -- Ozten Shebahkeget -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Manitoba -- |

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2 people experiencing homelessness died in past 24 hours, says Montreal mayor -- News -- - -- Canada

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Ontario budget boosting home care funding, but unlikely to reach long-term care bed goal -- Allison Jones and Liam Casey -- - -- |

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Physicians want N.L. to hit pause on a mandatory, province-wide electronic health information system -- Mark Quinn -- - -- |

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Alberta Health Services taking legal steps to try and recoup $49M for medication never received -- Janet French -- News -- - -- Canada -- - -- Edmonton -- |

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Inside the Classroom - Country schools, modern problems and the long haul to help kids - Collin Gallant - News - Canada - Calgary - | March 26 - |

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Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial -- News -- - -- World -- |

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