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U of M researchers head to West Africa to study how Ebola affects reproductive system
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Nicholas Frew
Canada -Manitoba ||
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How Zantac went from world's best-selling drug to being pulled from store shelves
Health ||
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B.C. man's death at trampoline park was an accident, coroner's report finds
Rhianna Schmunk
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Tories propose mandatory vaccinations for N.S. public school children
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston tabled amendments to the Health Protection Act on Tuesday that would require children entering the public system to have proof they've been vaccinated, or a medical exemption.
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Michael Gorman
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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'We have more work to do' on helping Mounties with PTSD: RCMP commissioner
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Eva Uguen-Csenge
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Should nurses be allowed to prescribe certain drugs? Ontario wants to know
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Shawn Jeffords
Canada -Toronto ||
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Drug companies in opioid epidemic settle with Ohio counties, avoiding 1st federal trial
Business |
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'Powerful piece of circumstantial evidence' that virus causes paralyzing illness in kids
Health ||
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Second Opinion
Could a common treatment for joint pain do more harm than good?
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Adam Miller
Health ||
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'That's a crisis': P.E.I. senior spends 9 nights in ER waiting for long-term care bed
Sarah MacMillan
Canada -PEI ||
Point of View
Living with saving a life: How I saved my son from a life-threatening allergy
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Jean Paetkau
Canada -British Columbia |
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Heartburn drug Zantac recalled in Canada, U.S. over contamination fears
Health ||
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Changing the tune on tortured artists and musicians' mental health
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Jessica Wong
Entertainment ||
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More beef products recalled due to possible E. coli contamination
Canada |
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Kathy Woudzia's daughter is dead and she wants people to know why
Canada -British Columbia |
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Regulations, funding keep Canada from becoming world leader in cannabis research, scientists say
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Aidan Geary
Canada -Manitoba ||
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A cuddle from mum instead of morphine: How rooming in helps opioid-dependent newborns combat withdrawal
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |
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Ebola in Congo still qualifies as global emergency, World Health Organization says
Health ||
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Johnson & Johnson recalls baby powder in U.S. as a precaution
Health ||
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Canadian breakthrough that became the world's most expensive drug, then vanished, gets second chance
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Kelly Crowe
Health ||
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World's 1st Ebola vaccine gets green light from EU regulator
Health ||
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Unable to get treatment here, N.S. woman with endometriosis to leave province
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Emma Smith
Canada -Nova Scotia |
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Vaping and e-cigarette regulations across Canada
Canada |
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B.C. man sues Monsanto, Bayer, alleging Roundup herbicide caused his cancer
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Liam Britten
Canada -British Columbia ||
Indigenous communities face 'abhorrent' housing conditions, UN report finds
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Idil Mussa
Canada -Ottawa |