Health

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Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.

The Ontario government says it would like to see up to 20,000 more orthopedic surgeries, such as hip and knee replacements, performed at private community surgical centres around the province over the next two years and is providing $125 million to make it happen.

Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and follicular fluid, according to new research.

Once their hospital treatment ends, patients without housing are discharged back onto the streets, often without a phone, family doctor, health card or shelter. Many return to hospital with worsened health conditions and the cycle continues.

As Ontario enters peak summer season, infectious disease experts are warning that some viruses — from respiratory bugs to mosquito-borne illnesses — thrive in the heat.