Parliamentary Secretary of Health, Colin Carrie, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, was present as three registered nurses were recognized for their dedication, initiative and high standard of excellence in serving Canadian First Nations and Inuit communities in Canada. read more...

Health Canada is advising Canadians that Church & Dwight Canada has initiated a voluntary recall of its "Spinbrush Pro Clean SONIC Recharge Toothbrushes" distributed in Canada and the U.S. read more...

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today welcomed the release of the Mental Health Commission’s Mental Health Strategy for Canada. read more...

Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada are advising Canadians that the consumption of certain whole salted fish products like fesikh, a traditional dish in the Egyptian community, represents an increased risk of botulism because of the way they are prepared. read more...

Health Canada is informing Canadians of a labelling update for the prescription drug Cipralex (the brand name of the drug escitalopram) regarding a dose-related risk of abnormal heart rhythms. read more...

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced that the Harper Government will invest heavily in neuroscience research by creating the Canada Brain Research Fund. read more...

Health Canada is reminding Canadians of the importance of allergy awareness. For those individuals with food allergies, severe allergic reactions can occur quickly and without warning, and some foods can be life-threatening to people of all ages, particularly children. read more...

Health Canada is advising Canadians that Vita Health Products is conducting a voluntary recall of five lots of Compliments Extra Strength Acetaminophen Gelcaps 500mg (bottles of 120 gelcaps). read more...

Canada is a world leader in tobacco control. Smoking is at an all-time low in Canada, with smoking rates dropping to a historic low of 17%. The number of Canadians who smoke on a daily basis is even lower, at 13%. read more...

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, with the Honourable Keith Peterson, Minister of Health and Social Services, Government of Nunavut, today announced a new approach to health funding that addresses the unique challenge of delivering health promotion and disease prevention programs in the North. read more...

Health Canada is informing Canadians that it has requested companies to add new risk statements to the packaging and labelling of licensed benzocaine products. read more...

How to improve the quality of male sperm. Female reproductive system proved to have a natural sperm quality control. There is a mechanism that would ‘reject’ if it is not enough quality sperm to fertilize an egg. That’s according to research by a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, Australia.The test results found [...] read more...

Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals Inc., in consultation with Health Canada, is voluntarily recalling all lots of “Omega Alpha Kidney Flush” due to the omission of cautionary and warning statements on the product label. read more...