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• Consumers Warned of High Levels of Lead in Pizza Playset and Fishing Game
• Health Canada is advising consumers to immediately discard the Pizza Playset and Fishing Game, two toys manufactured by Ningbo Ftz Zhengbao International Trading Co., Ltd in China. Health Canada’s sampling and evaluation program has revealed that these toys contain lead in excess of the allowable limit.
• Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | Health Canada RSS - Media Room
• Consumers Encouraged to Use Digital Food Thermometers When Cooking
• Health Canada is reminding Canadians to make sure that their meat, poultry, fish and seafood dishes reach safe internal cooking temperatures before serving. The only reliable way to ensure that your food has reached a safe internal cooking temperature is by using a digital food thermometer.
• Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | Health Canada RSS - Media Room
• Public health, influenza experts agree H5N1 research critical, but extend delay
• 17 February 2012 -- Public health and influenza experts reached consensus on two urgent issues related to the newly created H5N1 influenza viruses: extending the temporary moratorium on research with new laboratory-modified H5N1 viruses and recognizing that research on naturally-occurring H5N1 influenza virus must continue in order to protect public health.
• Fri, 17 Feb 2012 | WHO news
• Proton pump inhibitors (antacids): possible risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea
• Health Canada is informing Canadians of a possible association between the use of prescription stomach antacids known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and an increased risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD)
• Thu, 16 Feb 2012 | Health Canada RSS - Media Room
• WHO upholds guidance on hormonal contraceptive use and HIV
• 16 February 2012 -- WHO has concluded that women living with HIV or at high risk of HIV can safely continue to use hormonal contraceptives to prevent pregnancy. The recommendation follows a thorough review of evidence about links between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition.
• Thu, 16 Feb 2012 | WHO news
• Insecticide Chalk Contains a Highly Toxic Substance
• Health Canada is advising Canadians not to buy an unregistered, highly toxic pesticide product being imported from China and sold in various retail outlets as “insecticide chalk.” The product is sold under names such as “Miraculous Insecticide Chalk,” “Insecticide Chalk,” and “Cockroach Chalk.”
• Wed, 15 Feb 2012 | Health Canada RSS - Media Room
• Sodium Chlorite Solution Not Authorized for Oral Consumption by Humans
• Health Canada is advising Canadians that using “MMS”, also known as Miracle Mineral Solution or Miracle Mineral Supplement may cause serious health problems.
• Wed, 15 Feb 2012 | Health Canada RSS - Media Room
• WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV
• 3 February 2012 -- Current WHO guidelines call on health service providers to remind patients, that neither hormonal contraceptives nor intrauterine devices known as IUDs offer protection against HIV or other sexually transmitted infections. Protection against both unwanted pregnancy and STIs including HIV is called "dual protection" and condoms are the mainstay of dual protection.
• Fri, 03 Feb 2012 | WHO news
• Dr Margaret Chan nominated for a second term to be WHO Director-General
• 18 January 2012 -- Dr Margaret Chan was nominated today by the WHOs Executive Board for a second term as Director-General of the Organization. If confirmed by the World Health Assembly, Dr Chan's new term will begin on 1 July 2012 and continue until 30 June 2017.
• Wed, 18 Jan 2012 | WHO news
• Executive Board appoints the Regional Director for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
• 17 January 2012 -- Dr Ala Alwan will take up his appointment as the Regional Director of WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO/EMRO) for a five-year term starting on 1 February 2012.
• Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | WHO news