Health

More than 2.8 million courses of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid have been made available at pharmacies around the United States, with the B…

Just one week after a leaked draft opinion showed the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn reproductive rights, online searches for how to find and use the abortion…

Quebec’s auditor general says the province overpaid on personal protective equipment during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic by almost $1 billion.

Ontario is reporting 1,528 people in hospital with COVID on Wednesday, with 176 in intensive care.

Quebec recorded another 23 deaths associated with the COVID-19 health crisis as hospital numbers continued to fall Wednesday.

A case of severe acute hepatitis has been reported in a child in Manitoba.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.

Ontario is reporting 1,555 people in hospital with COVID on Tuesday, with 188 in intensive care.

A new report completed by staff at the City of Vaughan says the opening of a full-service hospital in the city last year saved the provincial healthcare system from…

SickKids Hospital says seven probable cases of severe acute hepatitis have been reported at the downtown Toronto hospital for children.

Things are looking up for London, Ont., and Middlesex County as the region sees an ongoing decline in COVID-19 case volumes that’s on par with what’s happening in t…

A northeast business has been charged with selling vaping products to minors.

Canada needs to turn its COVID-19 aid attention to expanding vaccine production everywhere or the virus will continue to run wild, mutate and bring new waves of dis…

Ontario is reporting 1,213 people in hospital with COVID on Monday, with 201 in intensive care.

If the U.S. Supreme Court reverses its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing abortion rights nationwide, demand for abortion pills, which can be prescribe…

A year after the federal government announced a $45-million fund for organizations making sexual and reproductive information and services more available, advocates…

The U.S. Supreme Court draft ruling on overturning the right to abortion in Roe v. Wade demonstrates why Canada must continue to “stand up” to protect access to abo…

One lot each of Pharmasave Advanced Relief Eye Drops and Compliments Advanced Relief Eye Drops are being recalled because of a packing error.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is closely monitoring two new COVID-19 subvariants of Omicron, the highly transmissible variant of concern now dominant around t…

A B.C. court judge has rejected the provincial government’s bid to have a case against its COVID-19 vaccine orders for health-care workers thrown out.

Canada’s top doctor said Friday that indicators show decreasing transmission of COVID-19 in many areas of Canada.

Canada’s top doctor said Friday that there have been no cases of a rare blood clotting syndrome from Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine so far in the country …

U.S. health officials on Friday said they are investigating 109 cases of severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children, including five reported deaths, updating a …

Ontario is reporting 1,662 people in hospital with COVID on Friday, with 210 in intensive care.

Quebec reported 22 new deaths and a 68-patient decrease Friday amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Barriers to accessing abortion pills in Canada need to be addressed immediately as the procedure’s future in the United States comes under threat, advocates warn.

Nova Scotia reported 22 new COVID-19 deaths in its latest weekly update.

U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson‘s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots.

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million died directly or indirectly from COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.

Ontario is reporting 1,676 people in hospital with COVID on Thursday, with 205 in intensive care.

It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year.

Flu infections are increasing in Canada – an unusual trend for this time of year when cases typically are in decline.

China’s capital on Wednesday closed 60 subway stations, more than 10% of its vast system, as an additional measure against the spread of the coronavirus.

Canadian politicians who support reproductive rights have wasted no time in stepping into the outcry boiling over following news that the U.S. Supreme Court appears…

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he will be speaking with the Canada Border Services Agency to make sure its staff know Americans seeking abortions can c…