Health

A machine designed and built in Edmonton is being hailed as a medical breakthrough, expected to revolutionize the way cancer is fought.

There are growing concerns that sexual assault victims in Canada are being impacted by acute shortages in nursing, forensics, and the judiciary with many vulnerable…

Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, access to cancer care in Canada remains inconsistent, with patients continuing to experience cancelled or postponed appointm…

Robert was recovering from frostbite on both feet at a pop-up St. Boniface Street Links warming space over the weekend, after spending hours outside Friday in freez…

British Columbia’s health minister says the province has done much to improve conditions in its long-term care homes, but is ready to do more if necessary to meet n…

Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates in British Columbia as the overdose crisis continues “unabated,” ne…

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Recent data from one U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database has detected a potential stroke risk link in older adults who received an update…

A new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says Canadian doctors spend 18.5 million hours per year on unnecessary administrative work.

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Two nurses who collect evidence after sexual and domestic assaults in Winnipeg say they’ve been forced to turn away dozens of survivors due to staffing shortages si…

An organization running a needle exchange program for harm reduction in Sudbury, Ont., says approximately 40 people may have received used needles over the last six…

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers will meet in Ottawa next month in a bid to find a new funding deal for health care.

As political pressure builds on the federal Liberals’ pledge to usher in Canada’s first ever national drug coverage program, questions are being raised about implem…

The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a prominent government scientist…

Drug poisoning deaths in Alberta have once again surpassed the 1,300 mark for a third year in a row.

Detections of the highly-transmissible new COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 have continued to rise in Canada, but so far it does not appear these infections are leading to …

Mila Goolab, a seven-year-old girl with a neurological condition that affects her mobility, isn’t able to walk on her own — but a specialized new device gives her m…

Premier Danielle Smith has struck a committee to investigate how the Alberta government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has appointed former Reform Party le…

New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Liberal government does not introduce and pass a pharmacare bill in the House of Commons this year, he will consider i…

In a bid to shore up staffing in Ontario’s hospitals, the Ford government is planning new legislation to allow health-care workers from other Canadian provinces imm…

A significant drop in the number of Americans who recently contracted cervical cancer in the U.S. highlights the importance and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine — a…

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the XBB.1.5 Omicron sub-variant of COVID-19 may be spurring more cases.

A Vancouver-born former Hollywood actor now living on the city’s Downtown Eastside is hoping he’s one step closer to overcoming his addiction.

A compound made, in part, from a B.C. sea sponge may offer clues into the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection in humans, a new study has found.

Amid shrinking access and demand, a Winnipeg doctor is urging Manitobans to get their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as the highly infectious XBB.1.5 subvariant spreads …

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Nour Alideeb and her partner are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of dollars they’re now saving on child care for their two-year-old son.

Eleven elective surgeries have been postponed at Winnipeg’s children’s hospital in the past three weeks as Manitoba’s only pediatric hospital continues to see high …

A total of 21 cases of XBB.1.5 COVID subvariant have been detected in Canada as of Wednesday, the country’s public health agency has confirmed.

As Canadians close the door to 2022 and look ahead to the new year, many may be hopeful they can also look forward to good news when it comes to COVID-19.

The World Health Organization is urging Chinese health officials to share more detailed and timely information on the COVID-19 situation in the country amid concern…

A phone, a smart home, a digitally connected car — these are the tools of digital domestic abuse that anti-violence experts say is on the rise.