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GSK is taking an innovative approach to improving health care in Canada. Here’s what you need to know
Preventive health care is also a key strategy in alleviating the growing burden on the health-care system, says Michelle Horn ...
Bird flu scare in Canada: First human case confirmed – Here’s what you need to know
A teenager in British Columbia has become the first person in Canada to test positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu. Health ...
Tracking respiratory viruses in Canada: RSV, influenza, COVID-19
As the country heads into the worst time of year for respiratory infections, the Canadian respiratory virus surveillance ...
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada: Update on Avian Influenza and Risk to Canadians
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) today confirmed a human case of avian influenza (also known as bird flu) caused by ...
Shared Health making preparations for patient notifications ahead of possible Canada Post work stoppage
Appointment letters and pre-appointment information for patients sent via mail are being temporarily paused, and patients ...
Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first human case of H5 bird flu
Canada has reported H5N1 bird flu in wildlife and domestic birds. This year, there have been at least 24 reports of the virus ...
New Brunswick's new premier wants federal health agency to probe mysterious brain illness
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt wants the Public Health Agency of Canada to help investigate a mysterious brain illness that ...
Human bird flu case presumed in Canada, teenage patient is hospitalized
The first presumed human case of avian influenza (H5N1, or bird flu) has been reported in Canada. An infectious disease ...
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Four-year typhoid fever outbreak in Canada linked to chronic carrier
In a rare occurrence of locally acquired typhoid fever in Canada, health officials in Ottawa recently traced an outbreak back ...
Teen Hospitalized as First Human Case of Bird Flu Detected in Canada
Investigations are underway after a teenager from British Columbia, now receiving care in hospital, was infected via an ...
Teen in Critical Condition After Contracting Canada's First ‘Presumptive’ Human Case of Bird Flu
British Columbia health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry shared in a news conference that a teenager, who contracted the first ...
Teen infected in Canada’s first bird flu case is in critical condition
A Canadian teenager infected with bird flu — that country’s first case involving a locally acquired infection — is in ...