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• Canada to test wastewater for polio

  Canada plans to start testing wastewater for poliovirus in a number of cities “as soon as possible” following new reports of cases abroad, the Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed on Friday.

  

• About 14 per cent of Ontario hospitals reporting less than a week supply of epidural catheters: Ontario Health

  Approximately 14 per cent of hospitals in Ontario are reporting they have less than a week’s worth of epidural catheters in stock, according to an Ontario Health memo sent to hospital chief executive officers on Friday.

  

• Vancouver agencies among those to receive funding for monkeypox awareness campaigns

  Three community organizations will receive a combined total of $550,000 from the federal government to raise awareness and reduce stigma about monkeypox.

  

• Polio detected in NYC's sewage, suggesting virus circulating

  The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City's wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn't been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.

  

• Vitamin D supplements could treat depression symptoms, analysis finds

  Vitamin D supplements could alleviate depression symptoms in adults who have been diagnosed with depression, a recent meta-analysis has found.

• Health Canada recalls Crescent brand sliced deli meats over Listeria concerns

  Health Canada has recalled Crescent brand sliced pastrami and Tuscan turkey breast sold in Ontario over Listeria concerns.

• WHO plans to rename monkeypox over stigmatization concerns

  The World Health Organization says it's holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations.

• What to know about polio spreading in New York

  The polio virus has been found in New York City sewage, but officials are stressing that the highest risk is for people who haven't been vaccinated.

• 300,000 Canadians at 'severe' or 'moderate' risk of gambling problems

  While problem gambling affects a minority of the Canadian population, more than 300,000 are at “severe” or “moderate risk” for gambling-related problems, according to a Statistics Canada study of gambling behaviour.

• Global experts race to understand rare cases when monkeypox leads to death

  Out of tens of thousands of monkeypox cases around the world this year, there have been a dozen deaths linked to the virus, and for the first time, some of them have been outside Africa, in countries where the virus doesn't usually spread.

• Ontario health minister says health-care access through OHIP won't change

  Ontarians will not have to pay out of pocket for health-care services, the province's health minister said Thursday, a day after she came under fire for refusing to rule out further privatization in the system.

• Doctors call for action as intentional sodium nitrite poisoning deaths rise in Canada

  Doctors are among those calling for tighter regulation of sodium nitrite as a growing number of Canadians are dying after intentionally ingesting unsafe quantities of the common food preservative in its pure form.