| Health Canada | statements
Today is National Physicians' Day – a day to recognize the tireless work of physicians to care for their patients and build a stronger healthcare system.
| Health Canada | statements
On April 25, 2021, Health Canada issued a statement regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent inspection of the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore, Maryland, which noted multiple areas of concern. The Department continues to work with Janssen, AstraZeneca, and the FDA to ensure the facility meets manufacturing standards, and that all vaccine supplies for Canada are of high quality. Since issuing our statement, Health Canada has learned that a drug substance produced at the Emergent site was used in the manufacturing of the initial Janssen vaccines received on April 28 and intended for use in Canada.
| Health Canada | statements
Health Canada is aware of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent inspection of the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore, Maryland, which noted multiple areas of concern. Health Canada would like to reassure Canadians that all AstraZeneca vaccines imported into Canada from this facility are safe and of high quality. Janssen vaccines produced at this site have not entered the country.
| Health Canada | backgrounders
Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada have completed a final screening assessment of talc under the Chemicals Management Plan. This final screening assessment is based on the latest scientific evidence, and supports the draft screening assessment released in 2018 by concluding that inhaling loose talc powders and using certain products containing talc in the female genital area may be harmful to human health. It also confirms that talc is not harmful to the environment.
| Health Canada | news releases
Under the Chemicals Management Plan, Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada have completed a final screening assessment of talc, a mineral used in many consumer products. Most uses of talc are not a concern to human health. However, based on the latest science and the final screening assessment completed in 2021, the Government of Canada concludes that talc may be harmful to lungs when inhaling certain loose talc powder products, and it may cause ovarian cancer when using certain self-care products containing talc in the female genital area.
| Health Canada | statements
The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development tabled his spring report and presented the results of the audit on Health Canada’s Natural Health Products Program. The audit focussed on natural health products available for sale in Canada to ensure that they are safe, effective and accurately represented to consumers.
| Health Canada | media advisories
Officials from Health Canada will hold a media technical briefing to discuss the final screening assessment of talc.
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announced the signature of a bilateral agreement with Ontario to enhance the province’s virtual health services. Under the agreement, the province will invest federal funding in keeping with agreed-upon pan-Canadian priorities for accelerating virtual health care services during the pandemic.
| Health Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announced nearly $1.7 million in funding to projects led by the Community Addictions Peer Support Association (CAPSA) and Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH) to help organizations take action against stigma related to substance use and support families who are trying to help loved ones living with addiction or who have lost someone to overdose.
| Health Canada | media advisories
Government of Canada officials to hold a technical briefing on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines on April 14, 2021.
