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The Centre for Health Protection and the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department will follow up on the reports that some Mainland dogs tested positive to human swine flu virus, Secretary for Food & Health Dr York Chow says. Speaking to...

It took awhile for the "swine flu" vaccine to arrive, but there's been no shortage of takers since. There's plenty of demand for the so-called seasonal flu shot, too. As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the...

Researchers continue to baffle us by selecting really out-of-the-way subjects to find out answers to odd questions. A study carried out in Wales over the last 10 years has come up with 10 reasons on why sex is good for...

NEW advice on treating HIV patients at an earlier stage will inevitably present "an enormous challenge" to the international community, a British minister has warned. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is also recommending for the first time that breast- feeding...

Nearly 100 patients died in "serious" incidents in public hospitals during the year to June 30, according to a report out today. The Quality Improvement Committee (QIC), appointed by the Minister of Health, published its third annual compilation of "serious...

Many patients need another service they're even less likely to get than routine prescription counseling: medication therapy management. This review of all the medications a patient is taking -- including over-the-counter medications, herbal products and dietary supplements, as well as...

British Columbia — The World Health Organization is sending a representative to the 2010 Winter Olympics to monitor for potential disease outbreaks, and organizers and health experts have taken steps to protect against the H1N1 virus. Planning for any impact...

The current wave of H1N1 activity may have peaked in all provinces and territories, the Public Health Agency of Canada says in its latest assessment on the state of the pandemic. But if transmission of the virus is indeed on...

Ontario cancer patients fighting colorectal tumours will now have extended access to a pricey drug. Two months after the province's ombudsperson said the previous 16-week cap on Avastin treatment "verges on cruelty," the Ministry of Health announced it was extending...

The Senate is set to begin debate on its health-overhaul bill Monday, with Democrats and Republicans planning to offer amendments on divisive subjects such as abortion and taxes that could hamper passage of the bill...Democrats would like to pass a...