Head of Canada&#39;s new public health agency named
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WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Paul Martin introduced Dr. David Butler-Jones on Friday as Canada&#39;s first-ever chief public health officer as part of a national plan to prepare for health crises.
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Canada&#39;s chief medical officer of health says &quot;in theory, it makes sense&quot; to vaccinate all Canadians against the flu.
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An increasingly acrimonious meeting over health care is starting to raise questions about the stability of Canada&#39;s new minority Liberal government, but one minister
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First ministers made good progress at health talks. But Canadians expect transparency and we should not give up on open, public. The public had high expectations for significant progress toward fixing health
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With the first ministers meeting in Ottawa, governments at last seem to be heading down the right track. For the first time in years, the tough questions about the true costs associated with specific health
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TORONTO - Canada&#39;s public health agency wants to commission the country&#39;s major flu vaccine maker to produce trial batches of a vaccine to protect against the lethal avian strain -- known as H5N1 -- that experts fear may provoke the next flu pandemic.
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Ottawa - On the eve of the First Ministersâ meeting on health care, a strong majority of Canadians in every region â-ncluding Alberta â -agree with Alberta premier Ralph Kleinâs opposition to conditions being imposed on new federal health
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President Bush has chosen EPA administrator Mike Leavitt (LEH&#39;-vitt) to be his second-term secretary of health and human services.
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President George W. Bush tapped Mike Leavitt, chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Monday to be his next secretary of health and human services.
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TORONTO -- Ontario&#39;s chief medical officer of health will be more independent and assume some ministerial powers under proposed legislation, the provincial health minister said Thursday.
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Doctors always talk about how it&#39;s important to eat right, exercise, quit smoking and steer clear of drugs. The new chief of the Cleveland Clinic, home of the nation&#39;s top-ranked heart center, thinks the health system has a duty to lead by example.
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WINNIPEGâCanada&#39;s newly minted &quot;doctor to the nation&quot; says although the threat of infectious diseases such as SARS remains real, the health-care system&#39;s ability to deal with them has improved greatly since 44 Toronto-area people died in an outbreak
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GENEVA -- Bird flu and SARS battler Margaret Chan was elected Thursday to head the World Health Organization, the highest U.N. post ever won by a Chinese national, and she immediately pledged to give highest priority to the health of women and Africans.
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Description: President Bush announces Environmental Protection Agency head Michael Leavitt as his choice for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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The U.S. General Services Administration has a new CIO: Casey Coleman, who had been serving in the post in an acting capacity and replaces Mike Carleton. He took a similar job at the Department of Health and Human Services.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - The provinces can do a better job of delivering health care to First Nations than Ottawa does and the idea of the provinces and territories taking it over will be broached at next week&#39;s first ministers conference, BC&#39;s health minister
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WINNIPEG - Prime Minister Paul Martin was in Winnipeg Friday to introduce Dr. David Butler-Jones as the country&#39;s new chief public health officer.