Health
Facing a fall COVID surge, Tam calls on Canadians to get their bivalent booster shots
Tam says public health measures help 'buy time' when Canada's health care system is under strain Canada's chief public health...
New COVID-19 wave underway as more respiratory illnesses enter the picture: OPH
COVID strategies help protect you from other viruses, says Ottawa Public Health Ottawa Public Health says the city is entering...
Major immigration backlog leaving thousands of trained health-care professionals on the sidelines
As hospitals across the country struggle under the weight of major staffing shortages, an immigration backlog described by lawyers as...
Scars of COVID-19 persist for some of sickest survivors, families
Freddy Fernandez almost wasn’t here, on his couch in his Missouri home, his baby on his lap, gnawing on the...
WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe
LONDON - The World Health Organization was holding an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox,...
Tips for Canadian parents who may be facing a baby formula shortage
A serious infant formula shortage in the United States caused by a major recall has left American parents going to great...
Next battle over access to abortion will focus on pills
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws,...
Cancer in Canada: What the latest projections are
The overall rate of cancer diagnosis is declining in Canada, but an aging and growing population means the number of...
Higher-paid agency nurses could pose ‘dangerous challenge’ to health system: union
A nursing union boss wants Canada's auditor general to find out how many privately contracted nurses are working for health...
B.C. agriculture minister confirms avian flu outbreak at Okanagan farm
An avian flu outbreak has been confirmed at a farm in B.C.'s Okanagan, the province's agriculture minister said in a...