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• Contracting COVID-19 while pregnant could lead to a higher risk of obesity for the child: study

  A small study is presenting evidence suggesting a strange possible outcome of a COVID-19 infection during pregnancy: higher risk of obesity for the child.

  

• Hamilton family raising awareness about Strep A after sudden death of toddler

  A Hamilton, Ont., family is hoping to raise awareness about Strep A after the tragic death of their two-year-old.

  

• U.S. sues Walmart for firing deli worker with Crohn's disease

  Walmart Inc has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which on Tuesday accused the largest U.S. retailer of illegally firing a North Carolina deli worker with Crohn's disease.

  

• The right to 'live a bit longer': Montreal student losing access to ALS meds calls for change

  A 22-year-old McGill student who suffers from a terminal disease could soon lose access to the medication she needs because she's graduating from university.

  

• Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

  Canada violated the rights of hundreds of patients awaiting access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy when it rejected applications from health-care professionals to consume the restricted drug for training purposes, a lawyer for the workers argued in Federal Court on Tuesday.

• More research needed into discrimination against Muslim women in Canadian health-care settings: report

  A new report investigating discrimination towards Muslim women in health-care settings has revealed a lack of Canadian data on the topic.

• Shoppers Drug Mart moves away from medical cannabis, will send patients to Avicanna

  Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. is moving away from its medical cannabis distribution business and preparing to transfer patients to a platform run by biopharmaceutical company Avicanna Inc.

• At trial, Minnesota says e-cigarette maker Juul targets kids

  Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison personally opened his state's case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker of using 'slick products, clever ads and attractive flavours' to hook children on nicotine as the first of thousands of cases against the company reached trial.

• Nearly all Canadian adults had COVID antibodies for about half of 2022, most through previous infection: survey

  A newly released survey finds nearly all Canadian adults had antibodies against COVID-19 for about half of 2022, with most acquiring them through a previous infection.

• B.C. wants federal clamp on weight and diabetes drug Ozempic being exported to U.S.

  British Columbia wants a federal government clamp down on prescription rules after thousands of doses of the hyped weight-loss drug Ozempic went to Americans, doled out by a single practitioner in Nova Scotia.

• Getting an extra consultation before surgery might not give you a better outcome: Canadian study

  A new study that looked at more than 300,000 patients found that a medical consultation prior to a routine surgery wasn’t connected to a better surgical outcome, suggesting these consultations might not be necessary.

• Gender-affirming care bans expanding, access being cut: U.S. laws now targeting transgender adults

  In some U.S. states, proponents of gender-affirming care bans have argued for the last few years that minors are too young to make these medical decisions — but in 2023, legislative attempts to limit the health-care options for transgender youth have expanded to a new age group: adults.