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Canada’s new pandemic preparedness agency aims to speed up vaccine development

Canada’s new pandemic preparedness agency aims to speed...

Health Emergency Readiness Canada is tasked with boosting Canada's life-sciences...

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San Jose woman reflects on career leading nation's first nonprofit milk bank

San Jose woman reflects on career leading nation's firs...

At her home in San Jose, 91-year-old Terry Asquith looks back at how she's given...

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Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada

Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Ca...

The mRNA vaccine, called Comirnaty, targets the KP.2 subvariant of Omicron, repl...

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Something’s fishy: 1 in 5 seafood products are mislabelled, study finds

Something’s fishy: 1 in 5 seafood products are mislabel...

The fish advertised at a seafood counter or on a sushi restaurant's menu might n...

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Free COVID-19 tests will be back for fall 2024. Here's how to get them.

Free COVID-19 tests will be back for fall 2024. Here's ...

The government has already disbursed more than 900 million free at-home COVID-19...

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Obesity rate in U.S. adults no longer growing, new CDC data suggests

Obesity rate in U.S. adults no longer growing, new CDC ...

The latest CDC survey found 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. were obese. A map shows t...

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After controversial directive, Quebec now says anglophones have right to English health services

After controversial directive, Quebec now says anglopho...

It is meant to replace an older directive, published in July, that raised concer...

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Why non-alcoholic beer is gaining steam at Oktoberfest: ‘Nobody will judge you’

Why non-alcoholic beer is gaining steam at Oktoberfest:...

This year marked the first time an alcohol-free beer garden opened at Oktoberfes...

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Recall expands for Nutrabolics vegan bars over undeclared milk

Recall expands for Nutrabolics vegan bars over undeclar...

A recall notice was already issued in July for the frosted blueberry cobbler var...

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As weight loss drugs explode in popularity, are online marketplaces safe?

As weight loss drugs explode in popularity, are online ...

Weight loss drugs are exploding in popularity, with 1 in 8 Americans saying they...

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Deepak Chopra talks spirituality, personal growth through AI

Deepak Chopra talks spirituality, personal growth throu...

Deepak Chopra has been at the intersection of science and spirituality for almos...

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Whooping cough wave now worst in almost a decade amid back-to-school surge

Whooping cough wave now worst in almost a decade amid b...

Many of the pertussis infections have been reported in older children and adults.

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Health Canada approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Health Canada approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

The updated version of the Novavax vaccine, which targets new variants of COVID-...

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Is any amount of alcohol safe in pregnancy? What to know

Is any amount of alcohol safe in pregnancy? What to know

People who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant are advised by their health-ca...

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Tattoo inks recalled in Canada over contamination concerns

Tattoo inks recalled in Canada over contamination concerns

Two types of water-based tattoo pigments by the brand Bloodline were recalled on...

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Tyson misleads shoppers about carbon emissions, climate group says

Tyson misleads shoppers about carbon emissions, climate...

Meat processor's marketing of industrial beef products as "climate-smart" mislea...

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