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Find out how indoor air pollution can affect your health, who is at risk for getting sick and what symptoms …

Record Modified: Oct 5, 2020
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Publisher: Health Canada
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Keywords: Health air pollution indoor air polution poor quality air.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a diverse group of chemicals characterized by a high vapour pressure, as they are emitted …

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Keywords: Indoor Air Reference Levels Chronic Exposure Volatile Organic Compounds diverse group of chemicals gas from solids or liquids.

Many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are present in the indoor air of Canadian homes, some of which may pose a …

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Keywords: Indoor Air Reference Levels volatile organic compounds indoor air of Canadian homes risk to human health exposure concentrations exposure limits adverse health effects.

Health Canada scientific reviewers evaluate data to assess the potential benefits and risks of a drug or vaccine. They also …

Record Modified: Oct 2, 2020
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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic drug and vaccine authorizations authorize the drug or vaccine for sale potential benefits and risks of a drug or vaccine health care practitioners and consumers benefits of the product potential risks

The purpose of this notice is to communicate minimum values of sensitivity for COVID-19 antigen testing devices.

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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic testing devices antigen testing devices minimum values of sensitivity for COVID-19 antigen testing devices

Under the Interim Order, manufacturers and importers must report medical device shortages related to COVID-19 to Health Canada. The devices …

Record Modified: Oct 2, 2020
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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic reporting medical device shortages Interim Order manufacturers and importers list of Medical Devices notification of Shortages

COVID-19 is a new disease not previously identified in humans. Health Canada is closely tracking all potential drugs and vaccines …

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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic health product advertising new disease potential drugs and vaccines expedite the development and availability of treatments prevent and treat COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is adding to the ongoing public health crisis related to high rates of opioid overdose and deaths, …

Record Modified: Oct 2, 2020
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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic people who use substances during the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis opioid overdose and deaths acute substance use harms

Health Canada (HC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), with the collaboration and participation of the Canadian Association …

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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic treating preventing mitigating or diagnosing COVID-19 Joint Statement Clinical Trial conduct clinical trials safety and efficacy of a drug safety and efficacy of a vaccine safety and efficacy of a medical device

This guidance document presents the criteria for safety and effectiveness that apply to test swabs used for COVID-19 sampling. It …

Record Modified: Oct 2, 2020
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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic testing devices test swabs sampling criteria for safety and effectiveness