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Black youth face barriers in mental health care access: experts
Black youth in Canada face multiple barriers in getting access to mental health services and health-care providers can make the situation more difficult, experts say.
Advocacy groups decry federal government's shutdown of mental health website, app
Mental health and addictions experts are slamming the federal government's decision to shut down an online service that offered help with finding free counselling and peer support over the last four years.
Homeless people in Toronto more likely to get COVID again compared to housed population: study
Homeless people in Toronto who had COVID-19 were more than twice as likely to get it again as people who had housing, said lead author Lucie Richard, a senior research associate at the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael's Hospital.
Canadian Blood Services finds 'really great response' from donors after lifting mad cow-related ban
More than 4,000 people came forward to donate blood between Dec. 4 and Jan. 19 after Canadian Blood Services allowed those who been in the U.K., Ireland or France decades ago.
Association of ER doctors wants Quebecers to keep seeking care if they have health concerns
The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians says it is "concerned" about Quebec Health Minister Christian Dub suggesting unnecessary ER visits significantly contribute to overcrowding.
Growing number of homeless people turning to ERs for shelter and warmth in Ontario, study says
There's been a significant increase in the number of homeless people taking refuge in downtown Toronto emergency departments over the last few winters. A new study found that across Ontario, non-urgent emergency department visits among people who are homeless increased by 24 per cent since 2018.
Health Canada lifts lengthy mad cow-related blood donation ban nationwide
Canadian Blood Services says research clearly shows there is now virtually no risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease through new blood transfusions.
Lung cancer still biggest cancer killer, but death rates are improving, report finds
Canada's annual report on cancer statistics says more people with lung cancer are surviving.
It's time to allow Ontario pharmacists to prescribe birth control, association says
Pharmacists in Ontario can now diagnose and treat 19 common ailments but they still can't prescribe birth control or emergency contraception.
Indigenous men at higher risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer, study finds
Indigenous men have more serious and later-stage prostate cancer when they're diagnosed than non-Indigenous men, a new Canadian study says.
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