«A former chief medical officer of #health 4 #Alberta says provincial gov should b embarrassed by role Alberta has played in Canada’s #measles outbreaks & loss of country's measles elimination status

The #PublicHealthAgency of #Canada announced on Monday the #PanAmericanHealthOrganization had notified it that Canada has lost the designation, achieved in 1998.

“My gut reaction is sadness,” said Dr. #JamesTalbot, a former chief medical officer of health for Alberta»

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-measles-status-eliminations-9.6973822

It’s time to shut the alcohol industry out of health policy in Aotearoa

Alcohol is our most harmful drug, yet industry groups have inside access during the development of alcohol harm…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #alcohol #CommentsEnabled #Lobbying #NewZealand #NZ #Opinion #Politics #PublicHealthAgency
https://www.newsbeep.com/12207/

#COVID19: Canada not ordering #Novavax vaccine this year | CTV News https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-government-not-ordering-novavax-s-protein-based-covid-19-vaccine-this-year-1.7058121 “The #PublicHealthAgency of Canada #PHAC says it is not providing Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine this respiratory virus season, citing low demand.

The agency says a very small portion of the doses ordered in 2023 were used and that its decision reflects efforts to limit vaccine wastage.”