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Health Canada

Department of the Canadian Government that oversees public health

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Dec 14, 2025
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Which companies are planning to sell cloned meat or meat from clones in Canadian supermarkets?

Health Canada moved in 2025 to remove cloned cattle and swine (and their offspring) from its “novel foods” definition, which means meat from cloned animals or their offspring can enter Canadian superm...

Nov 8, 2025
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What side effects have been reported for the newest COVID-19 vaccine and how common are they?

The newest COVID‑19 vaccines commonly cause —injection‑site pain, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, chills, fever and nausea—while . Public safety reports from multiple jurisdictions put serious advers...

Dec 9, 2025
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What are the approved off-label use risks and legal considerations for prescribing ivermectin for cancer?

Ivermectin is not approved for cancer treatment and clinical evidence is limited to early-phase trials, preclinical studies and case reports; large randomized trials showing benefit or safety in cance...

Nov 20, 2025

What are the reported long-term side effects of the Janssen COVID vaccine since 2021?

Regulatory reviews and surveillance from 2021 onward identified a small number of rare but serious adverse events after the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine — chiefly thrombosis with throm...

Dec 17, 2025

How quickly do sexual side effects from SSRIs and SNRIs typically appear and do they resolve after stopping treatment?

Sexual side effects from SSRIs and SNRIs commonly appear soon after starting treatment — often within days to weeks — and many patients experience improvement while still on or after stopping the drug...

Dec 17, 2025

Which global companies are developing cloned-animal meat and have expressed plans to enter the Canadian market?

Canadian reporting and industry releases show a regulatory shift that would allow beef and pork from cloned animals or their offspring to enter Canada without pre-market novel‑food review or mandatory...

Dec 13, 2025

Did Canadian government pass legislation to allow cloned meat to be sold in Canadian supermarkets

Health Canada moved in 2025 to reclassify foods from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloned cattle and swine and their offspring so they would no longer be treated as “novel foods,” a change that...

Dec 2, 2025

Have Pfizer and Moderna released all raw study data for Covid vaccines

Pfizer has been subject to court orders and Freedom of Information battles over release of its trial documents; a judge ordered the FDA to release Pfizer data at 55,000 pages a month after the agency’...

Dec 2, 2025

What are the risks and side effects of ivermectin overdose in people?

Ivermectin is safe when used at prescribed doses for approved parasitic diseases but overdoses can cause serious, sometimes fatal, effects including nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, neurological ...

Nov 30, 2025

Has gelatide been evaluated by FDA or other health regulators?

Available sources do not mention a product or molecule called “gelatide” being evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or other named health regulators; there are multiple FDA documen...

Jan 12, 2026

What are the documented cases of liver injury linked to green tea extract or 'fat burner' supplements?

Medical literature and regulatory reviews describe dozens to over a hundred reported cases worldwide tying green tea extract (GTE) and multi-ingredient “fat‑burner” supplements to clinically apparent ...

Dec 17, 2025

Which SSRIs or SNRIs have the highest risk of causing sexual dysfunction?

Large reviews and regulatory reviews conclude SSRIs and SNRIs carry the greatest and best‑documented risk of sexual dysfunction among modern antidepressants; older and new analyses single out paroxeti...

Nov 7, 2025

Are genetically modified foods safe?

The scientific literature and major public health institutions largely conclude that foods derived from genetically modified crops are , based on multiple authoritative reviews and regulatory framewor...

Oct 31, 2025

What precursors and reagents are tracked by law enforcement for illicit fentanyl production and how are they diverted?

Law enforcement and regulators track a defined set of chemical precursors, reagents and equipment linked to illicit fentanyl manufacture—commonly cited examples include —and seizures show shipments fr...

Oct 31, 2025

What are the potential side effects of long-term use of Lipo Max for weight loss?

The available material shows while ingredients sometimes listed in its formulations—most notably alpha-lipoic acid—have short-to-medium term safety profiles but not comprehensive long-term studies. Re...

Jan 18, 2026

How do regulators (FDA, Health Canada, EU) currently label or restrict green tea extract in dietary supplements?

Health Canada now permits standardized green tea extract (GTE; EGCG/catechins) as a supplemental ingredient but requires compositional limits and explicit cautionary labelling to reduce liver‑injury r...

Dec 13, 2025

is health canada really allowing cloned meat

Health Canada has proposed and moved toward changing how it treats foods from cloned cattle and swine: several reports and Health Canada documents show the agency concluded foods from somatic cell nuc...

Dec 4, 2025

Which companies manufacture or distribute Neurocept brain supplements and where are they registered?

Neurocept is presented in multiple press releases, review pages and an official website as a U.S.-formulated brain‑health supplement and a market entrant in 2025, but available sources do not name a c...

Dec 2, 2025

Has Laellium been approved by FDA or other regulators and for what indications?

Available sources in the provided set show no mention that a drug or product named “Laellium” has received FDA or other regulatory approval; searches of December 2024–2025 FDA approval roundups and dr...

Nov 27, 2025

What are the risks of taking veterinary ivermectin formulations meant for animals versus prescription human ivermectin?

Public health agencies and major outlets warn that veterinary ivermectin formulations differ from human-approved products and have caused cases of harm when people self-medicate with animal products; ...