Various Canadian provinces are rolling out spring COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, allowing higher-risk individuals to get an extra dose. read more
Allergy causing pollen has been arriving earlier in many parts of Canada in recent years. Researchers say climate change is having an effect on allergy seasons, making them weeks longer and contributing to higher concentrations of pollen in the air. read more
The Ontario College of Pharmacists says it's working with a legal team to explore its options after thousands of pharmacy employees came forward to share "deeply troubling" stories about corporate pressure to perform billable services — sometimes at the expense of patient care. read more
Manitoba's health minister is examining why a staffing agency has little to show for itself after signing a contract to bring 150 family doctors to the province. read more
Doctors and community members in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say some people are getting paid more than $100 a month for their prescriptions even though the practice of pharmacies giving out incentives has been prohibited for years. read more
If you're one of the estimated more than six million Canadians who can't find a family doctor, it might be because they're focusing on providing other services, the results of a new report suggest. read more
Ontario nursing associations say the province needs to phase out health-care staffing agencies after a woman worked in long-term care homes in Hamilton and Toronto without any credentials for seven months. read more
A Hamilton, Ont., musician and actor who is fighting fourth-stage colon cancer is calling on his provincial government to lower the minimum age for colonoscopy screening from 50 to 30. read more
Ontario is set to inject billions of new dollars into health care, the budget for the upcoming fiscal year shows. read more
Notebooks and naps help keep Sheila Willis on track most of the time. But when things go awry, she can only hope people will be understanding of her situation. read more
Canada will soon have a second laboratory capable of working with the most dangerous pathogens in the world, home to Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research. It will be the only non-government Level 4 facility in the country, part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization. read more
A number of Nova Scotia psychologists and psychiatrists are sounding the alarm over a provincial program meant to help address the growing waitlist for autism and ADHD testing, saying the pilot could drive badly-needed public health professionals into the private sector. read more
Evidence shows there are health benefits to stretching as its own physical activity — not just before or after a workout. read more
A November 2023 staffing agency update obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom of information request shows that agency use increased from 2021-22 to 2022-23 by every metric — in hospitals and long-term care, in hours worked and in total costs. read more
The company behind a first-of-its-kind overdose prevention device says 15 people in British Columbia are alive today after LifeguardLite called for help when they couldn't. read more
Brain injuries are misunderstood and isolating. They can have little to no external signs but completely upend someone’s inner workings and daily life. In the absence of robust, consistent supports across Canada, survivors turn to one another. read more
As measles cases keep rising at home and abroad, Canadian health officials are on high alert. There are now warnings about global travel and calls for people to ensure their families are up-to-date on the measles vaccine. read more
Physicians are sounding the alarm after more than 100 spaces reserved for training new family doctors in Ontario went unfilled this year. read more
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has revealed that she is receiving a preventative course of chemotherapy for an unspecified type of cancer. Here is what we know about the treatment and her diagnosis. read more
The chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation says overcrowding and poor access to health-care services in his community can make tuberculosis cases harder to monitor and contain. read more
A New Brunswick family is struggling to get health care for their young daughter with epilepsy. They're now raising money to get treatment outside the province. read more
Ottawa has signed a new $3.7-billion health pact with Quebec that has the province committing to countrywide health-data collection efforts and benchmarks to measure improvements. read more
A survey published Tuesday by Dalhousie University, Halifax, estimates that between 900,000 and 1.4 million Canadians use GLP-1 receptor agonists. read more
A Nova Scotia woman says she would rather keep her family doctor five hours away than risk being put on the waitlist, which now sits at 156,000 people. read more
As measles cases continue to rise across the country, an Ipsos poll shows that most Canadians see the disease as dangerous. Fewer said the same for COVID-19 and the flu. read more
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago read more
Dr. Matthew Strickland and his team will study the affects of microgravity on cancer by studying how patient-derived cancer organoids behave in space. read more
The working hours of male physicians in Canada have sharply declined over the past 30 years, a new study says, amid increased burnout and health-care staffing challenges. read more
MP Ryan Turnbull says the benefit, which is designed to help keep people with disabilities out of poverty, is a 'legacy social policy' for the government. read more
Elon Musk's X says it's funding legal bills for a Canadian doctor previously chastised by regulators for her tweets about COVID-19. read more