'The CRA lied to us' about tax credit, say diabetes advocacy groups

Diabetes Canada and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation obtained an internal Canada Revenue Agency memo outlining a new procedure to assess disability tax credit applications.

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Broken or too-small birth control pills reported to Health Canada

Health Canada says it has received reports that some packages of the Alesse birth control pill contain broken tablets or pills that are smaller than normal, potentially making the medication less effective.

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Is a do-it-yourself gene editing kit on your holiday wishlist?

Biohacking in your basement? And should doctors respect your last wishes if they're expressed on a tattoo?

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Brand name drug sales soar in Canada, while R&D sags

Canada's manufacturers of brand name medicines have failed to invest 10 per cent of their annual sales into research and development as they have long promised. The industry earned a record $20 billion in 2016, yet spent just four per cent of that on in-house R&D in Canada.

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Philippines puts dengue immunization program on hold

The Philippines on Friday put on hold its dengue immunization program, the world's first, after new findings by the vaccine manufacturer that severe cases of dengue can occur in the longer term among those vaccinated without prior infection.

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HIV in Canada: Why haven’t we beaten HIV/AIDS?

Canada has all the tools to potentially eradicate HIV/AIDs, but infection rates aren’t coming down.

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1 in 5 Canadians infected with HIV doesn't know it

One in five Canadians infected with HIV doesn’t know it, so federal scientists are looking for ways to make testing more accessible.

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