Health

London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health-care workers across the country continue to grapple with increasing violence.

The black concrete walls outside Saskatoon’s only safe consumption site show the wake left by the city’s drug crisis.

With an estimated 6.5 million Canadians lacking a family physician, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) says it’s time to seize a rare opportunity: attracting American-trained doctors to Canada.

The sex change mechanism in ricefield eels remains a mystery to scientists to this day. However, warmer temperatures may play a role in inducing the sex change, according to a new study from a team of researchers in China.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning consumers across multiple provinces that two brands of frozen pastries have been recalled due to salmonella concerns.

A new Canadian study has raised concerns about the long-term cognitive risks associated with cannabis use, particularly in older adults.

Health Canada has issued two separate recall alerts due to concerns over incorrect dosing – one involving melatonin supplements and other involving acetaminophen tablets.

The White House on Friday morning launched a new website championing the theory that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was a manmade pathogen that leaked from an infectious disease laboratory in Wuhan, China.

A brisk walking pace may lower the risk of heart rhythm abnormalities, a new study suggests.

Measles has spread to 109 more people in Ontario over the last week, bringing the province’s total cases to 925 since an outbreak began in October.

'Matter of Time,' a documentary featuring Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder that is set to debut this summer at the Tribeca Film Festival, is being billed as much more than a concert film – it’s a rallying cry for action.

Quebec’s ministry of health says it’s on the verge of declaring its measles outbreak over, just as cases reach new heights in other parts of the country.

A product from a popular U.S. and Canada toy company is being recalled nationally for containing lead.

Authorities in Newfoundland and Labrador say highly potent cocaine is circulating in the province, and killing more people than fentanyl.

As measles outbreaks popped up across the U.S. this winter, pediatricians waited for the nation’s public health agency to send a routine, but important, letter that outlines how they could help stop the spread of the illness.