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U.S. territory of American Samoa to begin mass measles vaccination this week
Health officials in the U.S. territory of American Samoa say they will begin mass measles vaccinations beginning Friday.
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'It's just like a chess game': Glut of patients awaiting more appropriate care costs Ottawa hospitals millions
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Laurie Fagan
Canada -Ottawa ||
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'A really positive thing': Wider prescription range for pharmacists applauded
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Brooklyn Currie
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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How students are making hospital intensive care units less intense for patients and their families
Radio -The Sunday Edition ||
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Phone line created for patients to report sexual complaints against doctors
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Carolyn Ray
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
Ottawa Health Team model will improve patient care, minister pledges
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Laura Glowacki
Canada -Ottawa ||
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These THC vape brands were most commonly linked to hospitalizations, CDC says
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Singh calls for funding to maintain N.B.'s only privately funded abortion clinic
Cassidy Chisholm
Canada -New Brunswick ||
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From zero tolerance to open dialogue: How harm reduction is shifting the conversation on drug use
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |
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Phone line created for patients to report sexual complaints against doctors
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Carolyn Ray
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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'We're backsliding': Surge in measles cases reported globally
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Our brains could be collateral damage in our body's fight against infection
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Regulators in Canada, Europe and U.S. probe diabetes drug metformin for carcinogen NDMA
Health ||
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Measha Brueggergosman returns to the stage with 'so much to live for' after heart surgery
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Emma Smith
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Newcomers say they're left in limbo by 'unfair' changes to Manitoba health card requirements
Caitlyn Gowriluk
Canada -Manitoba |
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Scientists surprised to discover women lacking olfactory bulbs can smell just fine
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Violence against health workers complicating measles outbreak in Ebola-ravaged Congo
Adam Jacobson
Health |
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Vaping-related illnesses rise in Canada and U.S.
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Drug deaths are down, but thousands are still overdosing in B.C, coroner says
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Nova Scotia to become first province to ban sale of flavoured e-cigarettes and juices
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
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Hospital in Spain saves British hiker after 6-hour cardiac arrest
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Vape Fail
'It is not harmless:' Dentists voice concern over vaping
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Marcy Cuttler
Health ||