Health

Some P.E.I. doctors say they’ve been “blindsided” by a draft operating guide that sets patient-load benchmarks they feel are unsustainable and unsafe.

A Quebec man who has spent years fighting for access to a promising prostate cancer treatment says he was overcome with emotion when the province finally approved it last week.

A coalition of doctors’ groups and public health organizations sued the U.S. government on Monday over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women.

You’ll probably wind up using a combination of the four, and they all have their pros and cons.

More than 1.3 million people are expected to visit the Calgary Stampede, and this massive event is taking place at the same time the province is experiencing a measles outbreak.

Two outbreaks of tuberculosis in Nunavut have been declared over after a yearslong public health battle.

A brand of anchovy fillets is being recalled in multiple provinces due to histamine.

A researcher says the experimental use of gene therapy for a rare inherited disorder is saving almost as much money for treatment of five patients as the study itself costs.

Stressing about getting a good night’s sleep may be preventing you from having restful sleep every night, according to an Ottawa sleep expert.

A Public Health Ontario report released today suggests a continuing downward trend in new measles cases.

An Australian man has died from an “extremely rare” rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday.

There is strong evidence that there is “no safe amount” of processed meat to eat, nutrition experts say in response to a new study on the connection between diet and the risk of major diseases.

The World Health Organization is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50% over the next 10 years through taxation, its strongest backing yet for taxes to help tackle chronic public health problems.

Front-of-the-package labelling will be mandatory for prepackaged foods by Jan. 1 2026, the label is needed if the product exceeds 15 per cent of the recommended daily intake of those ingredients.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.