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• New mothers' hallucinations and paranoia: Postpartum psychosis signs, symptoms and treatment

  Patricia Tomasi, the co-founder of the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative, is raising awareness on postpartum psychosis and how new moms can find support.

  

• B.C. launches Canada's first lung cancer screening program for high-risk residents

  British Columbia has launched the country's first provincewide lung cancer screening program for residents who are at high risk of getting the disease.

  

• Journalists face 'alarming' levels of stress, trauma and harassment, report suggests

  Members of Canada's news industry are suffering “alarming” levels of work-related stress and trauma, a new report suggests, and researchers are calling for better supports to help journalists cope with covering COVID-19 and other crises.

  

• Two new suspected cases, one probable case of monkeypox in Toronto

  Toronto Public Health says there are two new suspected cases of monkeypox in the city, as well as one probable case of the virus that's under investigation.

  

• Severity of COVID-19 infection linked to air pollution: Canadian study

  An extensive study of thousands of COVID-19 patients in Ontario hospitals found links between the severity of their infections and the levels of common air pollutants they experience.

• Vaccines bring optimism as COVID-19 cases soar in South America

  After a reprieve of months, confirmed cases of COVID-19 are surging in the southern tip of South America. But officials in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay hope high vaccination rates mean this latest wave will not be as deadly as previous ones.

• What vaccines, treatments do we have to combat monkeypox?

  With cases of monkeypox inexplicably on the rise outside of Africa - where the viral disease is endemic - public health officials are using contact tracing, isolation and targeted vaccination to curb its spread. Here's what we know about the existing range of vaccines and treatments.

• Pfizer won't sell drugs for profit in poor nations

  Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit prices in some of the world's poorest countries.

• Germany: Fake doctor gets life in prison for patient deaths

  A German court on Wednesday sentenced a woman who posed as a doctor to life in prison for causing the deaths of several people she treated.

• Baby formula: Health Canada monitoring 'potential' sunflower oil shortage

  Health Canada says it is preparing for the possibility that a shortage of sunflower oil could further strain baby formula supplies in Canada.

• Moderna testing potential monkeypox vaccines

  Moderna Inc is testing potential vaccines against monkeypox in pre-clinical trials as the disease spreads in the United States and Europe.

• U.S. birth rates rose slightly in 2021 after a steep drop in the first year of the pandemic, CDC data shows

  Early speculation that the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a baby boom has been turned on its head, with early data showing more of a baby bust -- and worsening rates of some adverse outcomes.