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Canada lifting COVID-19 screening requirements for travellers from China, Hong Kong

Canada lifting COVID-19 screening requirements for...

3 days ago 6

World Health Organization updates variant names to track Omicron's rapid evolution

World Health Organization updates variant names to...

3 days ago 6

Life-changing surgery allows Quebec woman paralyzed from chest down to use hands again

Life-changing surgery allows Quebec woman paralyze...

4 days ago 6

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin suing Trudeau, federal government over his termination from vaccine rollout

Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin suing Trudeau, federal gover...

4 days ago 6

Can't sleep? Many natural products promise help but likely don't deliver, says sleep doc

Can't sleep? Many natural products promise help bu...

1 week ago 6

Want to feel better after clocks change this weekend? Here's what sleep experts suggest

Want to feel better after clocks change this weeke...

1 week ago 6

B.C. dropping COVID-19 vaccine rule for public servants as spring booster campaign launches

B.C. dropping COVID-19 vaccine rule for public ser...

1 week ago 6

Federal government to claw back $1.3M of New Brunswick health funding

Federal government to claw back $1.3M of New Bruns...

1 week ago 7

Duclos warns provinces to stop allowing clinics to charge patients for virtual health care

Duclos warns provinces to stop allowing clinics to...

1 week ago 7

Ottawa plans to crack down on doctors charging for medically necessary health care

Ottawa plans to crack down on doctors charging for...

1 week ago 7

ER physician's project uses donated cellphones to connect vulnerable with ongoing medical care

ER physician's project uses donated cellphones to ...

1 week ago 7

Premier 'astonished' at B.C. firm's claim it got Health Canada approval to make and sell cocaine

Premier 'astonished' at B.C. firm's claim it got H...

2 weeks ago 14

Health Canada denies terminally ill Sask. man permission to continue magic mushroom therapy

Health Canada denies terminally ill Sask. man perm...

2 weeks ago 15

Ottawa ends shipments of rapid COVID-19 tests to provinces as millions set to expire

Ottawa ends shipments of rapid COVID-19 tests to p...

2 weeks ago 63

How Ontario's new health-care deal could change the way your family doctor works

How Ontario's new health-care deal could change th...

2 weeks ago 13

Cambodia says 2 recent bird flu cases did not spread human-to-human

Cambodia says 2 recent bird flu cases did not spre...

2 weeks ago 15

Prescription birth control will soon be free in B.C. Here's what you need to know

Prescription birth control will soon be free in B....

2 weeks ago 13

Health minister disputes claim he sided with big pharma, interfered with drug price consultations

Health minister disputes claim he sided with big p...

2 weeks ago 11

Major drugmaker plans to slash some insulin prices by 70 per cent

Major drugmaker plans to slash some insulin prices...

2 weeks ago 12

15 per cent death rate, severe lesions reported in patients with mpox alongside advanced HIV: study

15 per cent death rate, severe lesions reported in...

3 weeks ago 12

Some parents are leaving Ontario because of frustrations with its autism program

Some parents are leaving Ontario because of frustr...

3 weeks ago 13

For $30/month, Ontario doctors offer rapid access to nurse practitioners

For $30/month, Ontario doctors offer rapid access ...

3 weeks ago 32

Long distance labour pains: In rural Alberta, giving birth can mean a road trip

Long distance labour pains: In rural Alberta, givi...

3 weeks ago 13

I was wide awake during my brain surgery for Parkinson's. Here's how it changed my life

I was wide awake during my brain surgery for Parki...

4 weeks ago 13

Internationally trained nurses who came to Canada feel forgotten as provinces recruit abroad

Internationally trained nurses who came to Canada ...

4 weeks ago 15

After years of waiting, this woman says Canada's delay to expand MAID is 'beyond hurtful'

After years of waiting, this woman says Canada's d...

4 weeks ago 26

Despite soaring death rate from opioids, Alberta steers away from harm-reduction approach

Despite soaring death rate from opioids, Alberta s...

4 weeks ago 13

Mpox remains a global emergency — and cluster of cases in Canada offers reminder it's still circulating

Mpox remains a global emergency — and cluster of c...

4 weeks ago 23

An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus has been confirmed. Here's what you need to know

An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus has been c...

1 month ago 18

B.C. man dies of heart attack while local ambulance not staffed due to illness

B.C. man dies of heart attack while local ambulanc...

1 month ago 14

Doctors brace for a nationwide shortage of abortion pills

Doctors brace for a nationwide shortage of abortio...

1 month ago 13

Quebec tables bill to include advanced consent in assisted dying

Quebec tables bill to include advanced consent in ...

1 month ago 35

Parents feel helpless as Saskatchewan's only pediatric gastroenterologist prepares to leave

Parents feel helpless as Saskatchewan's only pedia...

1 month ago 13

Fired Horizon CEO awarded record-breaking $2M in unjust dismissal case against province

Fired Horizon CEO awarded record-breaking $2M in u...

1 month ago 14

Premiers accept federal health-care funding proposal

Premiers accept federal health-care funding propos...

1 month ago 16

Demand for cosmetic surgeries is changing conversations around it

Demand for cosmetic surgeries is changing conversa...

1 month ago 15

A test of dark chocolate found traces of lead and cadmium. Do you need to give it up?

A test of dark chocolate found traces of lead and ...

1 month ago 15

'These are real people': With COVID deaths well above the norm, N.S. seniors share concerns

'These are real people': With COVID deaths well ab...

1 month ago 20

Gym and Peloton selfies dominate social media, but fitness may be less accessible than ever

Gym and Peloton selfies dominate social media, but...

1 month ago 35

This EV is wiping out indoor air pollution in arenas across Canada

This EV is wiping out indoor air pollution in aren...

1 month ago 41

What experts say you should know about ovarian cancer

What experts say you should know about ovarian can...

1 month ago 18

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect newborns, Canadian study suggests

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protec...

1 month ago 15

Federal funds must fix social issues to improve health, says architect of N.L.'s Health Accord

Federal funds must fix social issues to improve he...

1 month ago 16

Premiers will meet Friday to discuss Trudeau's health-care offer

Premiers will meet Friday to discuss Trudeau's hea...

1 month ago 17

PM and premiers haggle over billions — but the future of health care needs more than money

PM and premiers haggle over billions — but the fut...

1 month ago 16

New voluntary standards released today for long-term care homes devastated by the pandemic

New voluntary standards released today for long-te...

1 month ago 26

Why it's hard to find a family doctor — and what's being done about it

Why it's hard to find a family doctor — and what's...

1 month ago 24

Health Canada reviewing safety of controversial breastfeeding drug

Health Canada reviewing safety of controversial br...

1 month ago 26

Hay River, N.W.T., looks for ways to tackle deadly opioid crisis

Hay River, N.W.T., looks for ways to tackle deadly...

1 month ago 23

Women are suffering needlessly through menopause transition, physicians say

Women are suffering needlessly through menopause t...

1 month ago 20