The 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline will be available across Canada on November 30, 2023 Toronto – Suicide is a serious public health issue that impacts people of all ages and backgrounds across the country. The Government of Canada is taking steps to ensure that everyone in Canada has access to suicide prevention resources and other crisis supports – whenever and …
New Brunswick – As part of the annual conference of Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture, Ministers confirmed their commitment to respond to animal disease outbreaks through the establishment of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine bank. Budget 2023 committed $57.5 million over 5 years, with $5.6 million ongoing, to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to establish an …
Toronto – As part of Toronto Public Health’s (TPH) commitment to restoring pre-pandemic programs and services, TPH is opening a new fixed-site vaccination clinic near Scarborough Town Centre on August 1. The clinic will provide access to life-saving vaccines for residents in all four quadrants of the city. Residents will now have access to four fixed-site clinic locations, ensuring equitable …
London – Updated results from the HIMALAYA Phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi (durvalumab) plus Imjudo (tremelimumab) demonstrated a sustained, clinically meaningful overall survival (OS) benefit at four years for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who had not received prior systemic therapy and were not eligible for localised treatment. These results from HIMALAYA will be presented today at the 2023 European Society for …
UK – Amid deadly heatwave in Europe, the United Kingdom and various parts of Europe are helping ticks that carry the Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, or CCHF virus, to grow. It can be fatal in the worst cases, amid warmer temperatures and are a result of climate change. The virus is sensitive invitro to the antiviral drug ribavirin.
London – AstraZeneca and Sanofi’s Beyfortus (nirsevimab) has been approved in the US for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in newborns and infants born during or entering their first RSV season, and for children up to 24 months of age who remain vulnerable to severe RSV disease through their second RSV season. Beyfortus will be available …
Ottawa – A key drug used to perform tests on the heart is in low supply in Canada is in short supply. The antiplatelet medication, called dipyridamole, is used to artificially relax arteries in the heart and dilate blood vessels so doctors can monitor blood flow through the heart muscle during a stress test. It is used on those who cannot …
Australia – A new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry says more than one in five patients with treatment-resistant depression saw severe depression symptoms disappear after receiving ketamine injections in a clinical trial, while one third reported their symptoms improved by at least 50 per cent. Lead author Colleen Loo said in a news release: “We found that …
Toronto – The City of Toronto has partnered with David Cornfield Melanoma Fund, Douglas Wright Foundation and Shoppers Drug Mart to deliver the 7th annual #BeSunSafe program this summer. The #BeSunSafe program aims to help prevent skin cancer by providing park users sunscreen and an opportunity to take a break in the shade to people enjoying some of Toronto’s parks. …
NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has announced that it has entered into a manufacturing capacity reservation agreement with the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) of the European Commission (EC), which provides the European Union (EU) access to doses of a mRNA-based vaccine should one be developed to protect against a future pandemic-causing disease. The agreement is …
