Health

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is expanding once again on a recall for pistachios and pistachio-containing products linked to a salmonella outbreak in multiple provinces.

A New York City hospital and another city-run building were sources for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Harlem that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others, health officials announced Friday.

British Columbia’s attorney general says the province has begun to receive the initial payment from its multi-billion-dollar share of the settlement in a pan-Canadian lawsuit against big tobacco companies over health damages.

The medical director of a health centre in Port Hardy, B.C., is calling for the reopening of the community’s overnight emergency room that has been shut for 31 months, saying the community has plenty of doctors.

About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada, due to a projectile hazard that has resulted in fractures and other injuries among some consumers.

Brandon Schafer-Kovacs died sick and unseen in 2022. Now, his family and a coroner’s jury demand accountability from Saskatchewan’s child welfare system.

Sault Area Hospital has launched a new pilot program designed to reduce crowding in its emergency department by allowing patients with non-urgent conditions to wait at home.

The director of the United States’ top public health agency has been fired after less than one month in the job, and several top agency leaders have resigned.

Mexico has recorded 5,086 cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals as of August 17, a 53% jump from the number of cases reported in July, according to Mexican government data seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Everything started off fine after Ravinder Kaur Sidhu gave birth to her third child, but she would never make it back to their home in Brampton, dying days later at the hospital.

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) is sharing anonymous letters from nurses on social media, citing unsafe conditions in maternity wards in Saskatoon and Regina.

The news comes following confirmation of 25 additional cases.

A Canadian parent advocacy group is calling for new regulations that would prevent children under 16 from accessing social media, citing growing concerns over mental health and online safety.

He’s a best-selling author with millions of people around the world watching his TED Talks and interviews, but Dr. Gabor Maté still calls Vancouver home and wants his fellow British Columbians to educate themselves about the many factors leading to drug use and what he calls “deaths of despair.”

Researchers say pediatricians, family doctors and parents need to learn more about what kind of performance-enhancing substances kids are using when they work out or play sports.