The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella infections involving six provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
Under a ministerial order that was issued Friday, April 5, 2019, all B.C. public schools will be required to provide free menstrual products for students in school washrooms by the end of 2019.
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Shingles are the name commonly used for herpes zoster, an infection caused by the varicella zoster virus. Shingles usually present as a painful, unilateral (on one side of the body) skin rash with blisters, in a restricted dermatomal distribution (like a strip).
Public Health Notice – Outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to raw chicken, including frozen raw breaded chicken products
Vancouver and Surrey, BC – Home support clients in the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions will have their care directly managed and…
Health Canada is advising Canadians that multiple lots of Losartan-containing drugs are being voluntarily recalled by Teva Canada, Apotex Inc., Pharmascience Inc., and Pro Doc Limitée because of the potential for a nitrosamine impurity, N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA).
Health Canada is conducting a safety review after issues were discovered during a clinical trial involving rheumatoid arthritis patients being treated with the drug tofacitinib (sold in Canada under the brand names Xeljanz and Xeljanz XR).