Health Canada is hosting the Primary Health Care Transition Fund 2007 National Conference : Legacy for Change.

Ministers Clement and Baird Take Immediate Action Towards the Safe Management of Chemicals
The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, and the Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, today announced the launch of the Challenge to Industry for the safe management of chemicals.

New funding to the Rick Hansen Foundation
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that Canada’s New Government intends to provide $30 million in funding over five years for the Spinal Cord Injury Translational Research Network (SCI-TRN), established by the Rick Hansen Foundation.

Health Canada advises consumers not to use herbal sleep supplement Sleepees which contains a habit-forming drug
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use a product called Sleepees, because it was found to contain an undeclared drug estazolam, which can be habit-forming when used for as little as a few months.

Health Canada examining information linking antiviral drug to development of treatment-resistant HIV
Health Canada is informing Canadians of new information submitted by the manufacturer of the antiviral drug Baraclude that suggests the drug may be linked to the development of a treatment-resistant strain of HIV in one patient with HIV.