Jean-Yves Duclos

• Ottawa announces $221M for Quebec’s long-term care homes

  Quebec's long-term care homes were particularly hard-hit at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost 4,000 deaths between March 2020 and June 2020.

  Health

  Jun 27
  
• Health Canada proposes new vape crackdowns on sale and ingredient disclosure

  This proposed regulations mean vaping product manufacturers would have to disclose information to Health Canada about sales and ingredients used.  

  Health

  Jun 17
  
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• Canada’s health minister, Jean-Yves Duclos, tests positive for COVID-19

  Canada's health minister Jean-Yves Duclos said in a tweet Saturday morning that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be isolating.

  Canada

  Jun 4
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• Canada will help rebuild Ukraine’s health system battered by war: Duclos

  Canada's federal health minister has pledged to rouse support from his international colleagues for rebuilding the besieged health-care system in Ukraine.

  Canada

  May 19
• Feds invest $6.7M on research project looking at impact of COVID-19 on youth

  The project will be led by Dr. Caroline Quach, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Montreal's Ste-Justine children's hospital.

  Health

  Apr 25
• Ottawa pledging $2B for pandemic surgery delays, warns universal health care ‘at risk’

  Duclos said delays in surgeries, diagnostics and treatments existed before the pandemic but that after five successive waves of COVID-19, provincial health systems are struggling.

  Canada

  Mar 25
• Medicago’s Canada-made COVID-19 vaccine faces WHO rejection due to tobacco industry ties

  Dr. Mariângela Simão, WHO's assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, spoke about the vaccine during a press briefing Wednesday.

  Health

  Mar 17
• Opposition parties push for emergency health committee meeting amid Omicron surge

  The push comes as the country battles a continued surge of the highly infectious Omicron variant, which is straining healthcare systems to their limits.

  Canada

  Jan 10
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• Provinces may need broader COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the future: Duclos

  Canada's health minister says he expects the country to reach a time in the COVID-19 pandemic when provinces consider implementing a broader vaccine mandate.

  Canada

  Jan 7
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• COVID-19: Alberta ‘will not revisit’ mandatory vaccination: Kenney

  After the federal health minister suggested provinces would eventually mandate COVID-19 vaccines, Alberta's premier defended the decision to remove it from the Public Health Act.

  Health

  Jan 7