Health

Quebec’s blood supply agency says Health Canada has lifted a longstanding ban on blood donations in the province that stemmed from fear of mad cow disease.

Veterinarians in Canada say they are experiencing extreme burnout and plummeting mental health due to staff shortages, a booming number of animal patients and the r…

Allergy sufferers, grab your tissues as fall gets underway in Canada, stirring up the spread of pollen and mould into the air.

The Cobourg Police Service has added a new utility terrain vehicle (UTV) to its fleet thanks to a grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation of Canada.

Racism and the lack of primary care providers mean off-reserve First Nations, Metis and Inuit women and girls have poorer health overall compared to their non-Indig…

Delaying the onset of dementia, without pharmaceuticals?

Getting out to do yardwork is definitely a challenge for anyone in Calgary’s scorching temperatures this week.

Several frozen desserts are being recalled in Canada because of possible Listeria contamination.

Whether in a pool, a bathtub or a lake, drowning can happen quickly and quietly. It is also one of the leading causes of injury-related deaths for young children in…

Federal health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of new m…

The first probable human case of West Nile virus in Toronto in 2023 has been reported, health officials say.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a safe and efficient tool for breast cancer detection and boosting the accuracy of diagnoses, a new early-stage study in <em>The Lancet …</em>

A specific gene may explain why some people have naturally lower viral loads of HIV, which slows down the virus from replicating and transmitting, according to rese…

As scorching heat waves relentlessly sweep across many countries, Canadian tourists travelling abroad may fall ill to the extreme heat, potentially landing themselv…

Canadian Blood Services is calling on Calgarians to donate blood as blood bank levels dip.

McMaster University researchers seeking to answer the age-old question of what weight training is best for building muscle and strength say it depends on which you …

The death of a nine-year-old B.C. boy whose asthma was exacerbated by wildfire smoke is a horrific example of how dangerous poor air quality can be for people suffe…

The heatwave engulfing the northern hemisphere is set to intensify this week, causing overnight temperatures to surge and leading to an increased risk of heart atta…

In medicine, before a doctor treats a patient’s illness, they first try to get a sense of the person’s health.

Penticton, B.C., RCMP and bylaw officers will be ramping up their ticketing this summer, but in a positive way.

A star blanket was hung at Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon Thursday to signify a partnership between Indigenous communities and the Jim Pattison Child…

The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months — the first time there’s been local spread in 20 years.

An Alberta clinical pharmacology professor is studying whether listening to music improves how our bodies metabolize medicine.

Parts of eastern Ontario and cottage country to the north of Toronto were blanketed by air quality warnings Sunday as forest fires continue to burn in Quebec and On…

Shared Health and the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals have tentatively agreed on a new contract for more than 6,000 health-care workers, averting …

A Hanover resident and an 84-year-old Toronto woman are the grand prize winners of the spring Dream Lottery in London, Ont.

A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a…

Some Nova Scotians will now have a better idea of how long they’ll have to wait before accessing care when arriving at a hospital.

Two retinologist surgeons at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital ophthalmology clinic in Montreal have performed groundbreaking gene therapy on an 11-year-old boy.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has failed to persuade the House of Commons to condemn the Liberal government‘s approach to fighting drug addiction.

Interior Health has issued an alert for a street drug in Kelowna.

Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old man from the Netherlands, is able to walk for the first time in 12 years.

An app designed by a doctor at Charles-Lemoyne hospital in Montreal is dramatically improving patient care.

As barbecue season heats up across the country, a food safety expert is warning Canadians of bacterial hazards that may accompany the smoky aromas and sizzling gril…

B.C.’s health minister says there’s no gag order on doctors at the province’s busiest hospital.