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Johnson & Johnson recalls baby powder in U.S. as a precaution

October 19, 2019 Admin 'precaution', baby, Johnson, powder, recalls, U.S.

Johnson & Johnson is recalling a single lot of its baby powder in the U.S. as a precaution after government

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Heartburn drug Zantac recalled in Canada, U.S. over contamination fears

October 19, 2019 Admin Canada, contamination, drug, fears, heartburn, over, recalled, U.S., Zantac

Drugmaker Sanofi is recalling its over-the-counter heartburn drug Zantac in the U.S. and Canada because of possible contamination. The French

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Ebola in Congo still qualifies as global emergency, World Health Organization says

October 18, 2019 Admin Congo, Ebola, Emergency, global, health, Organization, qualifies, says, still, world

The World Health Organization says the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo still warrants being classified as a global emergency, even

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World’s 1st Ebola vaccine gets green light from EU regulator

October 18, 2019 Admin Ebola, from, gets, Green, Light, regulator, vaccine, world's

The European Medicines Agency has recommended that the world’s first Ebola vaccine be approved, after it was administered to hundreds

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Vaping and e-cigarette regulations across Canada

October 18, 2019 Admin across, Canada, Ecigarette, regulations, vaping

The federal government and eight provinces have adopted e-cigarette legislation, according to the Canadian Cancer Society. The legislation includes bans

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Juul suspends online sales of fruit, dessert flavours for e-cigarettes in U.S.

October 17, 2019 Admin dessert, Ecigarettes, flavours, fruit, Juul, Online, sales, suspends, U.S.

Juul Labs will stop online sales of fruit and dessert flavours for its electronic cigarettes in the U.S., nearly a

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Opioid prescriptions dropping in some provinces, report says

October 17, 2019 Admin Dropping, opioid, Prescriptions, provinces, report, says, some

About eight per cent fewer people in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia were prescribed opioids in 2018 than in 2013,

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Canadian breakthrough that became the world’s most expensive drug, then vanished, gets second chance

October 17, 2019 Admin became, breakthrough, Canadian, chance, drug, expensive, gets, most, Second, vanished, world's

A made-in-Canada medical breakthrough that disappeared from the market because it wasn’t profitable is being revived by the National Research

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First probable case of vaping-related illness confirmed in B.C.

October 17, 2019 Admin B.C., case, Confirmed, first, Illness, probable, vapingrelated

B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, has confirmed the first probable case of vaping-related illness in the province and

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Deadly Eastern equine encephalitis virus found in mosquito pool in Windsor, Ont.

October 16, 2019 Admin deadly, Eastern, encephalitis, equine, found, mosquito, Ont., pool, virus, Windsor

The rare but deadly mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) has been found in Windsor, Ont., according to the Windsor-Essex

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