Does microdosing magic mushrooms help people with mental health issues? Science is trying to find out

Researchers are exploring the effects and safety of psilocybin in tiny doses.

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Salmonella-tainted cantaloupe is killing Canadians. How scientists track the outbreak

When an outbreak like this happens, food inspectors race to track down the culprit. In the case of the contaminated cantaloupe, they were able to trace the salmonella back to produce from a few specific companies by checking invoices from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. 

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Ottawa getting $40 million refund from former parent company of Quebec COVID vaccine maker

Ottawa will be getting a $40 million refund after it gave Quebec City-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago more than $300 million to develop and manufacture a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine that never made it to market.

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1 in 9 Canadian adults have experienced long-term COVID symptoms, StatsCan says

About one in nine Canadian adults have experienced long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday. That amounts to 3.5 million Canadians, and more than half of those who ever had long-term symptoms still had them as of June 2023.

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5 now dead in cantaloupe salmonella outbreak as Canadian cases nearly double

Five people have died in a salmonella outbreak linked to two brands of cantaloupes sold in six Canadian provinces, according to federal officials.

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It's not just COVID anymore, or a triple-demic. Welcome to the 'new norm' of seasonal illnesses

As health-care teams remain dangerously overstretched, they’re also grappling with the pressure of what some physicians are calling a “new norm” for seasonal illnesses — a range of viral and bacterial infections all back in circulation, with COVID-19 still chief among them.

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Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation declares state of emergency over opioid crisis

The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation has declared a state of emergency over the opioid crisis as overdoses and deaths continue to devastate the community.

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