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Healthy eating can be a confusing, emotional topic for many people. Fortunately, the province’s dietitians are available to offer Islanders good advice on food and health. Diana MacLennan, a dietitian and diabetes nutrition educator with the Provincial Diabetes Program and...
A chronic disease affecting many adults and children in Prince Edward Island (PEI), asthma is the result of hyper-responsive airways leading to chronic airway inflammation and an abnormal narrowing of the airway.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD is a term for multiple chronic respiratory diseases that include chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics, are used in agriculture across all livestock sectors to treat infections in animals. In Canada based on 2020 data, approximately 82% of antimicrobials that are important to human medicine were distributed and/or sold for use in food...
Year one progress report (June 2022 - May 2023) on the implementation of Awareness to Action: A Health Strategy for Women and Islanders who are Gender Diverse (2022-2027)
Islanders are encouraged to take time this flu season to get their flu shot to help protect themselves and their loved ones. The flu vaccine will be distributed free of charge throughout the province beginning next week at public health clinics, pharmacies, and nurse...
Distributed at the request of Medavie Health Services - Prince Edward Island paramedics recognized with the Governor General’s Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal during a ceremony at Government House. The exemplary service medals recognize those persons in high...
Year two progress report (June 2023 - May 2024) on the implementation of Awareness to Action: A Health Strategy for Women and Islanders who are Gender Diverse (2022-2027)
The Capital Budget is delivered each fall in the Legislative Assembly. It details provincial capital spending priorities for the coming year to build and maintain critical public infrastructure such as health and learning facilities, roads and bridges, public buildings a