Canada highlights next step to universal access to free contraceptives

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Toronto – At Snowdon Pharmacy in downtown Toronto, Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, highlighted the government’s plan to rollout the first phase of national universal pharmacare—an initiative that will be a part of the upcoming Budget 2024. This plan will break down …

Health Canada warns against purchasing unauthorized prescription drugs

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Ottawa – Health Canada, in its advisory, has warned against purchasing unauthorized prescription drugs from the website, Dr Pooja. the site sells pills labelled to contain mifepristone and misoprostol, commonly used as morning after pill used as a form of emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy in unprotected sex case. The agency says it could be ineffective, expired, mislabeled, subject to …