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CP NewsAlert: Ottawa pauses preventive health care task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations

Mar 4, 2025 | 9:53 AM

TORONTO — Federal Health Minister Mark Holland has paused the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending breast cancer screening for women under 50.

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Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press

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Health Minister Mark Holland speaks at the SOS Medicare conference, Monday, Feb.24, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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