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ALS drug funding approved for patients in B.C., up to 183 patients to benefit
VICTORIA — British Columbia's Health Ministry has negotiated an agreement with a manufacturer to allow for coverage of a drug used to slow the symptoms of ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. About 480 people in B.C. have been diagnosed with the fata...
Canadian company urges human trials after COVID-19 vaccine results in mice
OTTAWA — A Canadian company is telling the government today that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know whether it has found a possible cure for the
Tam says feds, experts discussing COVID-19 vaccine orders amid concerns of delay
OTTAWA — Active discussions are taking place to potentially pre-order COVID-19 vaccine doses for Canadians, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Tuesday. She said an independent vaccine task force is advising the government on options for C...
B.C. pauses controversial overdose bill affecting youth, but groups say drop it
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has paused legislation aimed at detaining youth under 19 in care after they overdose but the representative for children and youth joined advocates calling on the province to withdraw it altogether....
Senator urges Ottawa to support Canadian vaccine company awaiting funding
OTTAWA — An Alberta senator is urging Ottawa to fund a Canadian company so it can develop a domestic COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have wait in a line on a foreign-made pandemic cure. "I really do believe
Proposed B.C. legislation to detain youth who overdose could harm them: doctor
VANCOUVER — Indigenous and civil liberties groups say the British Columbia government failed to consult them before proposing legislation that would force youth under 19 to stay in hospital after an overdose. The province announced its plan to ame...
British Columbia sets another record with 175 overdose deaths in June alone
VANCOUVER — Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia, prompting the former provincial health officer to call for radical steps to reduce fatalities including access to phar...
B.C. legislation would keep addicted youth in care for maximum of seven days
VICTORIA — The mother of a teen who fatally overdosed says legislation in British Columbia that would allow youth to be involuntarily hospitalized for up to a week must be backed up with more residential treatment beds. Rachel Staples, w...
TPP will cause unnecessary suffering by making medicines unaffordable, MSF warns
The recently released text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership confirms that the deal contains dangerous provisions that would dismantle public health safeguards enshrined in international law and restrict access to price-lowering generic medicines for millions of people leading to unnecessary suffering
TPP: A good deal for Big Pharma
On Oct. 5, negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a a multi-nation deal held in secret between twelve Pacific Rim nations, reached an agreement said to cover more than 40 per cent of global GDP. Those participating countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada,