Health

A new report calling for a complete overhaul of Manitoba’s adult disability services marks a 'historic' day for residents living with disabilities, says an advocate who helped spark the review.

Pakistan’s government is set to abolish sales tax on sanitary products, in a sweeping new measure that reproductive justice advocates say could de-stigmatize ubiquitous social taboos around sexual health.

The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries following his sudden death at age 36.

The EU parliament Tuesday passed a ban on marketing plant-based foods as “steak” or “bacon” -- though veggie “burgers” will get to stay on European menus.

A new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver has found that alcohol “significantly reduces” the chance of rescue in a youth drowning accident.

The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) is warning that the province’s emergency departments are already facing crowding as the busy summer season begins.

Fertility may not be a reason for men to avoid GLP-1 medications. In fact, they could see an improvement.

A Western University student who was seriously burned in a frat house fire in December of last year has received a revolutionary new treatment in a world first, thanks to burn experts in Hamilton, Ont.

The federal government says the toxic drug crisis continues to have devastating effects despite a decrease in opioid-related deaths last year.

When taking oral medication, the liquid used to take it with often doesn’t get a second thought. But new research suggests it matters more than people may realize.

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has increased to 782, with 181 deaths, the Congolese Ministry of Health said in a statement on social platform X on Sunday evening.

A new Ontario Dementia Task Force, involving more than 35 organizations, will spend the next year creating a care co-ordination model.

Amid months of labour unrest in England, a new report published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has revealed that doctors and medical specialists in that country are looking to make the jump across the Atlantic, with some eyeing a move to Canada to set up their practice.

A researcher was able to find 13 ticks in just one hour, highlighting a growing public health concern in many parts of North America.

Senior doctors in the U.K. are feeling ‘increasingly unvalued’ and burned out, ‘quiet quitting’ and looking to move to Canada or Australia as a result, according to an article in a medical journal.