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Canada updates travel notice for the Caribbean, first chikungunya cases reported

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The Public Health Agency of Canada updated their travel notice for Chikungunya in the Caribbean and the Americas Aug. 5 as the number of locally acquired cases of the mosquito borne virus in the Western...

Ebola Virus Disease

Canada to donate experimental Ebola vaccine, VSV-EBOV, to battle outbreak

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The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, today announced that the Government of Canada will donate doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada to the...

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Canada: Traveler from Nigeria being tested for Ebola

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William Osler Health System’s Brampton Civic Hospital is currently testing a patient who recently traveled to Canada from Nigeria and presented with symptoms including fever, headache and malaise. This...

Salami

Marc Angelo salami recalled due to possible Listeria contamination

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Concord Premium Meats Ltd. is recalling Marc Angelo brand Genoa Salami from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)...

Second hantavirus death reported in Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan health officials are advising the public  to take precautions against hantavirus infections after reporting the fourth case and second fatality of 2014 in a  northern Saskatchewan adult. They...

Canadian officials issue statement on Ebola

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The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, and the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular), today issued the following statement regarding the Ebola outbreak in...

Saskatoon sees HIV, hepatitis C decline, while gonorrhea and syphilis rates go up

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Saskatoon Health Region reveal HIV and hepatitis C rates continue to steadily decline, while sexually transmitted infection (STIs) rates are less encouraging, according to a Better Health for All online...

All oral ribavirin regimen, IBAVYR, gets Health Canada approval for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infections

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Quebec-based PENDOPHARM, a division of Pharmascience Inc., today announced Health Canada approval and market availability of IBAVYRTM (ribavirin tablets), the first stand-alone oral ribavirin for the...

Extra ‘Queijo de Mistura’ cheese added to Canadian recall

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The food recall warning issued on June 24, 2014 has been updated to include an additional product. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food...

Health officials advise patrons of the Mainstay Motel and Restaurant of hepatitis A risk

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Public health officials are advising residents that a small risk of Hepatitis A exists for people who visited the Mainstay Motel and Restaurant near Riverhurst between June 1 and 22, 2014.  Those who...