Canada faces shortage of measles vaccines amid rise in cases, demand
Canada is facing a shortage of measles vaccines amid a rise in cases across the country and around the world, and an increase in demand. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/New Brunswick Source Type: news
Homeless people in Edmonton are dying at 8 times the rate as pre-pandemic
Over the past five years, the number of homeless people who die annually in Edmonton has increased dramatically — from 37 in 2019 to 302 in 2023, according to data provided by Alberta Justice. In Calgary, that number has risen from 51 to 294 in the same time period. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Edmonton Source Type: news
As Ontario faces a certified class action, former recipients of basic income pilot share their struggles
Tracey Crosson is left with just $22 after paying rent. Single dad Joshua Hewitt feels his dignity has been "stripped away." As Ontario faces a certified class action lawsuit, some of the thousands who benefited from the basic income pilot project share stories of how life has been since it was scrapped early, in 2018, by the Ford government. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Thunder Bay Source Type: news
Ontario cancer patients forced to choose between treatment and jobs
An Ottawa doctor says he's speaking out after watching patients being forced to choose between treatment and employment. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Ottawa Source Type: news
Stripped of dignity, $22 left after rent — stories emerge as Ontario sued for halting basic income pilot
Tracey Crosson is left with just $22 after paying rent. Single dad Joshua Hewitt feels his dignity has been "stripped away." As Ontario faces a certified class action lawsuit, some of the thousands who benefited from the basic income pilot project share stories of how life has been since it was scrapped early, in 2018, by the Ford government. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Thunder Bay Source Type: news
Woman says she had to wait for ER to open as husband had seizure
A Prince Rupert woman says emergency room closures plaguing the B.C. port city forced her to make an "impossible" choice when her husband had a severe epileptic seizure early Monday morning. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Marketing of nicotine pouches must stay ‘away from our kids,’ says health minister
Minister of Health Mark Holland says he has written to provinces and territories asking for their cooperation on restricting the sale of nicotine pouches with flavours that appeal to children. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gaza and Haiti face catastrophic-level food crisis. Here's what that means
What it means for a region to fall into famine (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Toronto Public Health urges people to get vaccinated against mpox amidst rising cases
Toronto Public Health (TPH) is advising people to get vaccinated against mpox amidst an increase in confirmed cases of the virus in the city this year. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
On board a flying ER getting injured Palestinians to safety
CBC chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault boards a medical evacuation flight transporting war-wounded Palestinians to Doha for treatment. She talks to patients about what they endured in Gaza and the extraordinary journey to safety. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quebec and Ottawa reach deal to increase federal health transfers by $900M
Premier François Legault was one of the provincial leaders most vocal about the need for a deal with Ottawa — but he bristled at being held accountable to Ottawa for meeting certain targets. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Salmonella infections across Canada linked to snakes and their rodent feed
An ongoing outbreak of salmonella infections in eight provinces is linked to snakes and rodents used to feed them, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Surge in fatal suspected overdoses as potent synthetic opioids found in unregulated drug supply: TPH
Health officials are warning of a surge in suspected overdose deaths in Toronto as two powerful synthetic opioids were recently found in the unregulated drug supply. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Financial incentives not enough to retain nurses, critics say
While monetary incentives will soon be available to nurses interested in working in B.C's remote and rural communities, some say more supports are needed to help bridge staffing gaps in the province's health-care system. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Incentives attract visiting doctors to northern Ontario ERs but they're not sticking around
The Temporary Locum Program has helped keep emergency rooms operating in northern Ontario including through the COVID-19 pandemic, but some say it may be working against recruiting efforts that would provide a lasting fix to the doctor shortage. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Sudbury Source Type: news
