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Young Markham physician seeks Tamil and Indigenous teams to pilot Meducine worldwide health information platform – YorkRegion.com
August 20, 2025 Eureka Fellowship helps Tami Vasanthrakumaran develop app and platform. A “fundamental human right” is understanding your own health, says Tami Vasanthakumaran, a young Markham physician. Sixty per…
U of G Neuroscientist Named to Canadian Academy of Health Sciences – U of G News
Dr. Melissa Perreault, professor of neuroscience in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Ontario Veterinary College, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences…
First-ever tick-transmitted Rocky Mountain fever case confirmed in Quebec’s Eastern Townships – CTV
August 18, 2025 Doctors in Quebec’s Eastern Townships have found what they think is the first case of Rocky Mountain fever transmitted in the province. The infection is a bacterial…
Manitoba to begin offering single-dose RSV immunization – CTV
August 19, 2025 Manitoba is set to begin offering a single-dose immunization for RSV this fall. According to a provincial spokesperson, as of Oct. 1, Manitoba’s RSV Immunoprophylaxis Program for…
Provinces have different measles vaccine schedules. Is it time to harmonize them? – CTV
August 19, 2025 TORONTO — Moving from Ontario to New Brunswick didn’t just mean Jade Medeiros had to navigate a new province with two babies, she also had to figure…
Health Canada approves Ozempic to reduce kidney deterioration in people with diabetes – CTV
August 19, 2025 TORONTO — Health Canada has approved Ozempic to reduce the risk of further kidney decline among patients with Type 2 diabetes. Between 30 and 50 per cent…
Prince County Hospital’s intensive-care unit back up and running after 2-year closure – CBC
Staffing levels have stabilized, allowing Summerside hospital’s ICU to reopen, officials say Aug 19, 2025 P.E.I.’s second-largest hospital has its intensive-care unit back after a closure that lasted more than…
Breastfeeding could help prevent early puberty in girls and boys, South Korean study finds – CBC
Formula-fed kids more likely to have extra weight Aug 19, 2025 Girls and boys who were exclusively breastfed during their first four to six months showed a reduced risk of…
‘Live my life out loud’: P.E.I. woman battling cancer encourages others to ‘just live’ – CTV
August 17, 2025 Michelle Hughes is on a journey to ‘just live,’ and she’s encouraging others to do the same. The 38-year-old Prince Edward Islander from Cornwall is a mother…
Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer – CTV
August 18, 2025 TORONTO — Katie Hulan’s family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had started about a month and a half earlier, was getting progressively worse.…
