Ottawa pauses preventive health task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations

Ottawa pauses preventive health task force amid review over breast cancer screening recommendations

TORONTO — Federal Health Minister Mark Holland announced Tuesday he is temporarily suspending the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, which has come under fire for not recommending routine breast cancer screening for women under 50.

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