St. John’s hosted the 2025 Canadian Symposium on Long COVID earlier this month, a gathering of top researchers, clinicians, and people living with long COVID. As the CBC’s Adam Walsh reports, those on the symposium floor say more needs to be done to bring awareness to the condition as it continues to impact people of all ages.
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Video | How Trump’s cuts to the CDC could threaten Canadians’ public health
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has long been a global leader in disease tracking and evidence-based medical guidelines, but recent funding cuts and firings have caused many to wonder whether the institution is still a trusted source. CBC’s Nisha Patel breaks down how some of those changes could put Canadians at risk.
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Video | Caroline Kennedy accuses cousin RFK Jr. of being a ‘predator’
CNN’s Arlette Saenz reports on video shared by Caroline Kennedy warning senators to reject her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary ahead of confirmation hearings on Wednesday.
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Video | Mpox virus found in wastewater, no confirmed cases in N.L.
Public health has found trace amounts of the mpox virus in wastewater, but there are no confirmed cases in this province.
The news comes just two days after the world health organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern.
NTV’s Becky Daley reports.
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Video | Questions about plans to axe Ontario’s wastewater monitoring network
During Question Period on June 6, 2024, Jeff Burch, MPP for Niagara Centre, asked some questions about the Ford government’s plans to eliminate Ontario’s wastewater monitoring program: “[…] with a serious gap in the federal government’s current ability to test wastewater in Ontario, why would this government abruptly cut this extremely low cost but highly valuable program?”
The government’s response was misleading. “The program is continuing through an expanded option with the federal government,” said Andrea Khanjin, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.
That’s not actually true. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is not taking over the program. The Ontario government is planning to shut the existing extensive program that has been developed over years, with 58+ monitoring stations and expert researchers at 13 Ontario universities. In its place, there will be a much more limited network operated by PHAC, covering just five cities in Ontario.
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Video | Feds to stop providing free COVID-19 rapid tests
The federal government, which spent billions on COVID-19 rapid tests during the height of the pandemic, says it will stop supplying provinces and territories with those tests. Heidi Petracek explains the move, and the reaction from some provinces and doctors.
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Video | COVID-19 cases straining Alberta hospitals
Doctors say COVID-19 cases are spreading rapidly in Alberta, putting strain on hospitals. Chelan Skulski has the details.
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Video | Study finds no link between COVID vaccines and fatal heart problems in young people
A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there is no evidence to suggest COVID vaccines cause sudden cardiac death or other fatal heart problems in young people.
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Video | Third case of measles confirmed in Toronto
Public health officials say they were able to notify all individuals with direct exposure to the third confirmed case of measles in Toronto.
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Video | Four years in, Dr. Raj Bhardwaj discusses how far we’ve come in Canada since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in 2020
CBC Calgary’s weekly health columnist, Dr. Raj Bhardwaj, discusses what we’ve learned and how far we’ve come with science and treatments since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Video | Doit-on craindre une épidémie de rougeole ?
Microbiologist and Cégep de l’Outaouais professor Patrick Fillion answers your questions about measles.
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