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An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City that led to seven deaths and 84 people hospitalized has ended, the New York City Department of Health announced in a statement on Friday.
Jilleen Niles sits in a bed at the Ottawa Hospital, fatigued from five hours of chemotherapy, but determined to speak out to prevent others from sitting in the same spot.
Toronto is seeing the return of summer’s least-welcome visitors: mosquitoes. As their unwelcome buzz hums again in the city, so do concerns about West Nile virus, after Toronto Public Health reported its first confirmed case of the year.
Three people have been treated for rabies exposure after coming in contact with a stray cat that recently was confirmed as having contracted raccoon rabies, the regional health board for the South Shore of Montreal said Thursday.
Experts are concerned about a resurgence in the popularity of tanning among young adults as social media has helped tanning in general make a comeback.
What will be Ontario’s first medical school devoted to training family doctors is getting a cash infusion.
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo, official data released on Thursday showed, marking a 50 per cent increase in around a week that shows the emergency continuing to outpace response efforts.
Toronto public health officials are reporting the first human case of West Nile virus in the city in 2026.
Concerns over dangerous tick-borne illnesses are higher than ever in Nova Scotia, alongside a rising number of reported diseases caused by tick bites.
Melina Tsagaropoulos was 37 years old when she died from ovarian cancer last month, a disease often referred to as the 'silent killer' because it rarely causes symptoms until it has reached an advanced stage.
Despite warnings from health officials, unauthorized peptides have exploded in popularity in recent years, as wellness experts, social media influencers, celebrities and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have endorsed the drugs.
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A first-of-its-kind U.S. study suggests invasive mould infections may be an underappreciated — and potentially deadly — threat.
Thousands of Torontonians who once had no dedicated physician to treat their routine medical care now have a family doctor to turn to, thanks to two new services being offered by a health team in the city that has connected more than 15,000 patients.
University of Alberta researchers are making slow but sure — pun intended — developments in organ transplant and heart surgery medicine inspired by snail hibernation.
When AI-powered cameras on bridges over Seoul’s Han River raise the alarm that someone may be about to jump, acting quickly is vital.
