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An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Ontario into snooping incidents at Lakeridge Health has revealed that the hospital network repeatedly failed to protect the personal health information of people in their care when staff inappropriately accessed patient files.
Health Canada has approved the first generic version of brand-name Ozempic.
A cryptosporidium outbreak has been declared at the Butterfield Acres Petting Farm in Calgary.
One New Brunswick father is speaking out after Fredericton Police released statistics that show the number of overdoses – and fatalities – have dramatically increased over the last few years.
The federal health minister says she is looking into legislation that would permanently ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2008.
One Quebecer recorded 362 appointments with a family doctor in 2024 — the most in the entire country, according to a think tank.
Some parents who have already limited their kids’ access to social media say a proposed government ban would make their efforts to protect their children far more effective.
A new study suggests that post-traumatic stress disorder may leave measurable biological traces throughout the body that can be detectable through routine blood tests.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina — the largest the United States has had in decades — has ended, state health officials announced Monday.
Two new clinical trials, one in Canada and the other in the U.K., are shedding new light on the funding, prescription, and consumption of a well-known – and somewhat pricey – COVID-19 drug.
New Brunswick’s English health authority is looking to hire 11.5 full-time dedicated Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs), which would more than double their current number of the specialized positions.
A pizza product sold at Costco stores in Canada is being recalled due to “the potential for mould growth.”
A Saskatoon teenager living with Parkinson’s has been seeking out-of-province treatment due to the rarity of his disease.
Several Ontario hospitals have announced job cuts in recent months as they try to climb out of financial holes, a situation critics say will likely keep repeating.
A proposed bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives failed Friday as parliamentary time ran out following an effective filibuster by unelected lawmakers in the revising chamber that blocked the will of elected members.
Investigators estimated that an outbreak along the Arizona/Utah state line has been at least 6.5 times larger than the number of known cases.
