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‘Young people should not drink’: World study challenges alcohol guidelines
A study, the first of its kind in the world, has found that people under the age of 40 risk their health if they drink more than a few sips of beer or wine per day,…
19 Jul 2022 | Health -
Random COVID-19 testing returns Tuesday at Canada’s 4 major airports
If you’re travelling back to Canada from an international trip through four of the country’s major airports — Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto — you may be …
19 Jul 2022 | Health -
‘She couldn’t take the pain’: N.B. couple get turned away at several ERs
When Morgan Lanigan’s wife, Kelly, began feeling some intense pain, they headed for the hospital emergency department in Saint John, N.B.
18 Jul 2022 | Health -
Doctors say health system has ‘collapsed’ as patient surges fuel ER closures
With surging demand forcing emergency room closures across the country, front-line physicians say more immediate help is needed before things get worse.
18 Jul 2022 | Health -
Extreme heat is scorching Europe. How should Canadians prepare for summer travel?
Scorching weather has disrupted travel in the United Kingdom as an extreme heat wave is sweeping across southern Europe.
18 Jul 2022 | Health -
COVID cases soaring in Canada’s LTC homes as country enters 7th wave. What can be done?
As a seventh wave of COVID-19 makes its way in Canada, long-term care facilities in some provinces are seeing a major spike in infections.
17 Jul 2022 | Health -
WHO declares highly-infectious Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana
The World Health Organization has declared Ghana‘s first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease after labs confirmed the infections in two cases announced…
17 Jul 2022 | Health -
Overcrowding in Montreal Children’s Hospital urges patients to avoid emergency room
The Montreal Children’s Hospital is currently experiencing a high volume of patients requiring hospitalization or critical care and asking the public to avoid bring…
17 Jul 2022 | Health -
Risk of losing abortion access can be stressful, experts say. Here’s how to cope
Losing or potentially losing access to abortion could be distressing for many. Jessica Shaw, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Calgary, say…
17 Jul 2022 | Health -
COVID cases are on the rise in Canada. Here’s what to know about reinfections
As research suggests that COVID-19 has infected roughly half of the Canadian population, the emergence of an even more contagious version of the virus means some pe…
17 Jul 2022 | Health -
Can Canadians travel safely as BA.5 subvariant spreads globally? Here’s what to consider
As the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant of Omicron continues to spread around the world, experts are urging Canadians who are travelling this summer to have hea…
16 Jul 2022 | Health -
Here’s how Roe v. Wade overturn is impacting other medical care in U.S.
A sexual assault survivor chooses sterilization so that if she is ever attacked again, she won’t be forced to give birth to a rapist’s baby. An obstetrician delays …
16 Jul 2022 | Health -
Canada is seeing an uptick in cases of unexplained hepatitis in kids. What does this mean?
Canada is reporting a higher number of children diagnosed with unexplained severe hepatitis, but experts remain cautious about whether this indicates a major increa…
16 Jul 2022 | Health -
More monkeypox vaccines soon to be sent to U.S., health officials say
More than 100,000 monkeypox vaccine doses are being sent to states in the next few days, and several million more are on order in the months ahead, U.S. health offi…
16 Jul 2022 | Health -
Public split on B.C.’s plan to decriminalize hard drugs, but support may be growing: poll
British Columbians are split on the province’s plan to decriminalize possession of small quantities of hard drugs, according to a new poll.
15 Jul 2022 | Health -
B.C.’s top court upholds dismissal of private health care challenge
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a Vancouver surgeon’s challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, saying bans…
15 Jul 2022 | Health -
Premier Blaine Higgs replaces N.B. health minister after patient dies in ER
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is replacing his health minister and the CEO of the Horizon Health Network after a patient died this week in an emergency departm…
15 Jul 2022 | Health -
Monkeypox cases spike in Canada – has the risk level changed in the country?
Since its unusual emergence in the West this spring, monkeypox has been a topic of discussion among Canadians as officials work to limit its spread.
15 Jul 2022 | Health -
Quebec no longer requires ultrasound to access abortion pill: physicians’ order
Quebec will no longer require people wishing to terminate a pregnancy to undergo an ultrasound before accessing the abortion pill, the provincial physicians’ order …
14 Jul 2022 | Health -
4th COVID-19 dose: What is the value of an additional booster?
As a seventh wave of COVID-19 takes shape in parts of the country, more Canadians are now being offered a fourth vaccine dose.
14 Jul 2022 | Health -
COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 available in N.S. in early August
Health Canada has approved the first COVID-19 vaccine available for children under the age of five.
14 Jul 2022 | Health -
Quebec reports 93 patient increase in COVID hospitalizations, 18 more deaths
Quebec is reporting an increase of 93 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and 18 additional deaths linked to the novel coronavirus on Thursday.
14 Jul 2022 | Health -
Global COVID-19 cases continue rise for fifth week in a row, WHO reports
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported worldwide rose for the fifth week in a row while the number of deaths remained relatively stable, the World Health Organiz…
14 Jul 2022 | Health -
Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
Health Canada has approved Moderna‘s COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers, making the vaccine the first of its kind approved for that age group in the coun…
14 Jul 2022 | Health -
Monkeypox cases in Canada rise by 59% in 9 days
Canada now has 477 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country, with numbers climbing in three provinces over the last week, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHA…
13 Jul 2022 | Health -
Georgia woman left paralyzed, in ICU after chiropractor visit, family says
A Georgia woman has been left paralyzed after a visit to a chiropractor last month, her family claims.
13 Jul 2022 | Health -
U.S. FDA approves new Novavax COVID-19 shot for adults
The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults.
13 Jul 2022 | Health -
Gender pay gap narrowing in Canada’s health sector. Will COVID reverse that progress?
Gender pay gaps in the Canadian health sector are narrowing, but employment loss during the COVID-19 pandemic affected women more than men, according to a new repor…
13 Jul 2022 | Health -
Patient dies in waiting room of N.B. emergency room, eyewitness speaks out
Officials have confirmed a patient died in the waiting room of the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton this week, after a Facebook post from a wit…
13 Jul 2022 | Health -
Despite health-care ‘crisis,’ internationally-trained doctors, nurses face barriers to work
Health worker shortages may be at “crisis” levels across Canada, according to those on the front lines. But for Suzanne Harris, a nurse trained in the U.K. who want…
13 Jul 2022 | Health -
Russia Today covered ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests more than any foreign outlet: research
Russia Today (RT) covered Canada’s so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests far more closely than any other international outlet, according to new research.
13 Jul 2022 | Health -
Health minister confident Ottawa will meet deadline to implement dental care
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he’s confident the federal government will be able to set up its proposed dental care program by the end of the year, though h…
12 Jul 2022 | Health -
Federal government has no plan on safe drug supply to reduce overdoses, MP says
More than a year since the federal government’s expert task force recommended it create a safe supply of substances to reduce people’s reliance on toxic street drug…
12 Jul 2022 | Health -
Federal government announces program to fight opioid poisoning in Edmonton
The federal government will spend more than $1 million to fight opioid poisoning in Edmonton.
12 Jul 2022 | Health -
Omicron BA.5 COVID subvariant spreading at ‘very intense level,’ WHO warns
COVID-19 cases are rising across the world as the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant of Omicron spreads at a “very intense level,” the World Health Organization (…
12 Jul 2022 | Health