Canada Post employee denied short-term disability claim because cancer diagnosis came during strike
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Toronto conserving rabies vaccine supply due to provincial shortage
Toronto Public Health says it is conserving its rabies vaccine supply due to a shortage in Ontario. The health agency instructed doctors Thursday to start rationing the city’s remaining supply.
Allergy alert: Chocolate bars recalled over undeclared nuts
A popular brand of chocolate bar is being recalled after a customer found it contained hazelnuts that were not declared on the wrapper.
U.S. FDA approves sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokers
Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International’s Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes.
Red dye No. 3 is now banned in the U.S. Is it legal in Canada?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday that it’s banning the use of red dye No. 3 in food and oral medicine due to the potential risk of causing cancer. Here's what Health Canada has to say about the synthetic additive.
Keep your red meat to these limits to protect your brain health, experts say
Reducing your red meat consumption could have many positive impacts — on your heart, the environment, and maybe even on your long-term cognitive health, according to a new study.
New research says mental health program in high schools reduces drug disorders
New research suggests that students who participate in a mental health program in their first year of high school develop fewer substance abuse disorders by the time they graduate.
U.S. FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump
U.S. Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon.
FDA bans red dye No. 3 from food and drinks in the U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of red dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs, more than 30 years after scientists discovered links to cancer in animals, the agency announced Wednesday.
Despite missed target, Ontario cities pin hopes on program for foreign-trained docs
More than two dozen internationally-trained family doctors are now treating patients in Ontario as part of an expedited licensing program that missed its initial target for 2024.
WHO says suspected outbreak of Marburg disease kills 8 in a remote part of Tanzania
The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania.
‘Getting worse by the day’: These patients say they nearly died as they waited to get health care in Canada
As a new report from SecondStreet.org found that thousands of Canadians have died waiting for various types of health services, CTVNews.ca spoke with a few Canadians about their struggle to get timely care.
Several provinces report spike in norovirus cases as temperatures plummet
Heather Wright reports on the enhanced measures in effect as several provinces are reporting a rise in norovirus cases.
Ontario funding new treatment for advanced-stage prostate cancer
Ontario’s health minister says the province will now publicly fund a new treatment for advanced-stage prostate cancer.