Sask. outreach groups say HIV rates will suffer after federal funding cut

Two Saskatchewan organizations say they are left in the dark about why their federal funding was cut for AIDS and HIV outreach work.

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Organ donation after death on the rise in Canada, helping to ease some waiting lists, study finds

The rate of organ donation after death in Canada has risen by 42 per cent over the last decade, but the number of people donating kidneys or parts of their liver while alive has decreased.

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141 women at risk for infections after ultrasounds at Edmonton clinic, officials warn

Alberta Health Services is notifying 141 women who may be at risk of blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections after undergoing endovaginal ultrasounds at an Edmonton clinic.

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Woman in critical condition from liver failure can't get transplant due to protocols

The family of an Indigenous rights advocate from Newfoundland is considering legal action against an Ontario organ transplant agency after she was denied access to a liver transplant wait list based on a history of alcohol use disorder.

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Substance use among Ontario students down but concerns rise over fentanyl use: report

Ontario adolescents are drinking, smoking and using cannabis and other recreational drugs at the lowest rates since the late 1970s.

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Fentanyl test strips could lead to false sense of security, Health Canada warns

Fentanyl test strips don't always detect the presence of the deadly opioid and could give drug users a false sense of security, Health Canada is warning.

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Health Canada decides against banning wire-bristle BBQ brushes

Health Canada has decided against banning the sale of wire-bristle barbecue brushes, and is instead leaving brush safety mostly in the hands of industry and grillers, according to its latest risk assessment report.

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