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  1 in 12 hospitals around the world at risk of shutting down because of extreme weather events, report warns

  One in 12 hospitals around the world are at risk of total or partial shutdown from extreme weather events by the end of the century if countries fail to curb fossil fuel emissions, a new report warns.

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  At first-ever health day at UN climate summit, Canadian doctors push for action

  As global leaders prepare to meet for the first dedicated health day at a UN climate summit, Canadian doctors plan to use the platform to push for a new federal office dedicated to addressing the health effects of climate change.

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  Flu season has officially started in Canada, public health agency says

  The Public Health Agency of Canada says flu season is officially underway in this country. As of Nov. 25, 7.5 per cent of people tested for influenza across Canada were positive.

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  Pfizer nixes more study of twice-daily obesity pill treatment that made many patients nauseous

  Pfizer shares sank Friday when the drugmaker said it would abandon a twice-daily obesity treatment after more than half the patients in a clinical trial stopped taking it.

• What was a hospital like in medieval times? Researchers analyzed 400 skeletons to find out

  In medieval times, hospitals took care of the 'poor and infirm,' but how were inhabitants selected and what were their lives like? Researchers analyzed 400 skeletons to find out.

• 'Dramatic' increases in younger Canadians' deaths contributed to our reduced life expectancy

  Amid a declining life expectancy across the country, new national data released this week show that years on from the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19 and the opioid crisis have had lasting impacts on life and death in Canada.

• 'Last-minute' amendment to Quebec health bill would allow agency to revoke hospital's bilingual status

  A new amendment to Quebec's mammoth health-care bill would allow the new Sante Quebec agency to revoke a health-care institution's bilingual status — a move English-rights activists say is shocking.

• Here are the factors experts say are contributing to Canada's drug shortages

  Experts say drug shortages have gradually worsened in Canada over the last decade, putting patients in difficult and sometimes dangerous positions. But potential solutions like rethinking where drug manufacturing is concentrated and expanding pharmacists' prescribing privileges could help ease those impacts.

• Southwestern Ont. hospitals facing $480M class action after patient data breached, sold on dark web

  A group of southwestern Ontario hospitals is facing a potential $480-million class action lawsuit after at least 270,000 patients in the region had their data breached and reportedly sold by hackers on the dark web.

• Years in the works, Canada's new 988 suicide crisis line is now available

  In a massive step towards prioritizing the mental health and well-being of Canadians, the government has officially launched a nationwide, three-digit suicide crisis helpline.

• Create national breast-implant registry to help prevent complications: committee

  The House of Commons health committee is echoing long-standing calls from plastic surgeons and patient advocates for a national breast-implant registry to prevent illness and problems linked to the medical devices.

• Alternative healer faces manslaughter charge over woman's death at a U.K. slapping therapy workshop

  An alternative healer who advocates a technique known as 'slapping therapy' was charged Thursday over the death of a woman at one of his workshops in England seven years ago.