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The sheer scale of the U.S. bird flu outbreak is hard to fathom.  More than 100 million farmed birds have been infected with H5N1 since 2022, followed by roughly 170 herds of dairy cows, along with virus detections in more than 200 other mammals — humans included. Colorado is nowContinue Reading

Health Canada’s federal vaccine advisory body is now recommending a single dose of the HPV vaccine for children and youth, bringing the country in line with multiple others that have already reduced the number of required doses for young people. England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Australia have already made switch toContinue Reading

Health If too many meds create too many side-effects, deprescribing might be the answerTaking too many prescription pills may cause side-effects and potential problems. Deprescribing from medications that are no longer necessary to a patient’s health may relieve side-effects and improve health. Taking charge of your medications includes identifying onesContinue Reading

Health More Canadians should receive their main health care through teams of professionals so their increasingly complex needs can be met while not paying privately for it, the Canadian Medical Association says in a new report. 1st goal should be publicly funded primary care teams for 50% of Canadians, doctorsContinue Reading

Health Watch out for fake versions of popular weight-loss drugs, WHO saysThe World Health Organization say it has fielded several reports of fake semaglutide — the active ingredient in Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic — in all geographic regions of the world since 2022. Semaglutides are type of medicines usedContinue Reading

Health With millions under heat warnings from Ontario eastward, new research is shedding light on the health risks from exposure to unusually warm temperatures — particularly in cities with more renters. Statistics Canada study spanning 2 decades lays out risks of extreme heat as climate warms Benjamin Shingler · CBCContinue Reading

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Cleaning contaminated surfaces in hospitals is critically important to protect patients from drug-resistant superbugs, which are onContinue Reading

Health Health Canada says the move comes from concerns over bioequivalence test data, which is used to show that a pharma company’s generic prescription drug works the same as the brand-name counterpart. Lab that conducted tests is no longer reliable, Health Canada saysCBC News · Posted: Jun 08, 2024 2:27Continue Reading

Health·Second Opinion 4 years later, COVID remains a year-round threat. Here’s why this virus isn’t seasonal quite yetWhile SARS-CoV-2 is now a familiar threat, the virus isn’t neatly seasonal. It still circulates year-round, humming in the background. And for the fifth year in a row, some scientists are bracing forContinue Reading