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A panel of experts is calling on the Public Health Agency of Canada to modernize and reform the task force responsible for preventive health guidelines for things like cancer screening.
Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her position at the end of next week.
Canada’s fentanyl czar says the fight against the deadly opioid would get a boost from proposed new tools for law enforcement in the Liberal government’s recently tabled border bill.
A group of homeowners near the St. John’s International Airport say runoff from foam used in decades of firefighting training has contaminated their drinking water and left them fearful of long-term health effects.
As a growing number of doctors adopt artificial intelligence tools in their offices and hospitals, British Columbia’s privacy commissioner is urging them to do their homework on privacy requirements.
Just eight days after Nova Scotian Gabriella Patey claims she was told her breast cancer diagnosis was meant for someone else, she says she’s received an apology from the IWK.
Hundreds of thousands of Ryobi-branded cordless hedge trimmers sold across Canada and the U.S. have been recalled due to laceration hazards
Riley is feeling better after a life-threatening allergic reaction at his school in midtown Toronto Tuesday morning.
Amid a resurgence of measles in Canada and around the world, some Canadians may be worried about catching the highly contagious disease in public places while travelling, such as airports and other indoor settings.
After a nearly two-hour seizure in February, Daxton Powell was airlifted to the IWK Health Centre in Halifax and given a series of genetic tests that revealed a rare genetic disease.
Alberta reached 868 measles cases Thursday, the highest the province has seen in 40 years.
New data shows more people are filing complaints about obstetrical and gynecological care in Ontario, with insensitivity, poor communication and lack of trauma awareness among the most common grievances.
There are always new trends circulating on social media platforms or YouTube, and one Utah family is raising awareness about how some of those trends can turn dangerous.
Five years on from the COVID-19 pandemic, wait times for key surgeries have yet to bounce back, new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information shows.
Karla Dzienkowski’s daughter was 11 when she started coming into her mom’s room at night saying she couldn’t fall asleep because of a stabbing feeling in her legs. She had to walk to make it stop.
Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s firing of an immunization advisory committee south of the border could bolster anti-vaccine sentiment in Canada.
