Advocates across Alberta are looking to the government to reassess the rules around the province’s Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program. Some say the program penalizes people with disabilities when they want to have children.
At a time when Canada is vastly expanding its child-care system, and just eight months after a major E. coli outbreak in Calgary child-care centres, an Alberta Health Services analysis shows the province is lagging in its rate of daycare inspections, falling short of its guideline of at least one health and safety inspection per year at each of the province's licensed daycare centres.
A Federal Court judge recently granted a judicial review forcing Health Canada to reconsider a Calgary man's request to use medical grade psilocybin to treat extreme pain from cluster headaches. The decision also highlights the need to consider a patient's Charter rights in requests to access controlled substances.
Another Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu, the third human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows, health officials said Thursday.
The newly-launched Pan-Canadian Milk Network is conducting ongoing tests of the Canadian milk supply in an effort to spot any fragments of the H5N1 virus in case any dairy cows become infected here amid an unprecedented outbreak of bird flu in herds across the U.S.
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland said Wednesday he needs new powers to unilaterally take dangerous products off the shelves if they're hurting people and are not being used as intended.
Toronto's top doctor is calling the opioid overdose crisis a drug toxicity epidemic and is pushing for an empathetic health response as officials release preliminary annual data on the city's overdose deaths.
Many people who shared a meal of bear meat, harvested from northern Saskatchewan, at a family gathering in South Dakota were infected with trichinellosis, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say it’s a common occurrence in wild meat.
One in eight pregnant people in Ontario has a disability, but many face barriers to accessible care and disrespect from health-care providers, according to a new report.
Homeless people in Saskatchewan spend longer in hospitals than a standard stay, according to recent data, illustrating a need for more housing to ease some pressure on hospital capacity.
Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink is pitched as a brain implant that will let people control computers and other devices using their thoughts. Turning brain signals into computer inputs means transmitting a lot of data very quickly. Now, the company is seeking a new algorithm that can transmit that data in a smaller package through a public challenge.
A growing number of doctors trained in family medicine are splitting their time doing other duties or, in some cases, not doing family medicine at all.
The City of Ottawa's plans to put some non-urgent patients in taxis has been blocked by the Ontario Ministry of Health, leaving paramedics with one less option to deal with backed-up emergency rooms.
Drug-related deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador nearly doubled in 2023 over the previous year, according to the latest numbers, with cocaine being the main culprit.
Disasters that bring people to the emergency room — like fires, floods, heat waves and other extreme weather — often also strike the hospitals themselves. With the number of climate-related emergencies expected to worsen in coming years, experts caution that some parts of the country will need to move quickly to disaster-proof life-saving infrastructure.
Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services spent more than $90 million across its four health zones on travel nurses last year. Meanwhile, says the president of the provincial nurses’ union, her members are being “nickel and dimed.”
Experts say cognitive health is about much more than forgetting someone's name or where you put your phone. But studies have shown there are lots of things we can do to help our brains stay sharp — from exercise to sleep to social connections.
Videos and tutorials about walking backwards have been popping up on social media recently, but biomechanist Janet Dufek has been studying this form of exercise for about 20 years.
Shirley Bremault was shocked when she found out the family doctor who visits her Calgary seniors community once a week is closing up shop at the end of August.
The retail and pharmacy chain had to shut down its nearly 80 stores across B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba for a week after the cyberattack was reported on April 28.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a multi-million dollar funding commitment to build a vaccine plant in Montreal to churn out Canadian-made COVID-19 shots by the end of 2020. Four years later, not a single vial of vaccine has rolled off the line.
The B.C. First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) has confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack, and that some employee personal information was likely impacted in the breach.
For years, Jason Evans says people treated him like he was "crazy and a conspiracy theorist" when he talked about the contaminated blood scandal that killed his father.
A doctor from Nepal who is now living on P.E.I. with his wife and young son says getting a health-care job is starting to seem out of reach.
In six years, the number of Naloxone kits for opioid overdoses distributed in Quebec pharmacies has jumped from fewer than 7,000 a year to 78,000.
A Michigan farm worker has been diagnosed with bird flu, becoming the second U.S. case tied to dairy cows.
The province of Nova Scotia acknowledged in a recent interview with CBC News that it intends to have standards and enforcement in place by 2030, but it will not be barrier-free by 2030.
CBC News reported earlier this year that 2023 was expected to be the deadliest year from drug poisonings on record — and now, provincial numbers confirm it.
In a new report, a think-tank within Employment and Social Development Canada names 35 "plausible" global disruptions that could reshape Canada and the world in the near future.
A chemical plant in Sarnia, Ont., that has been shut down over benzene emissions says complying with certain conditions set out by the provincial government can't be done safely and will cost up to $50 million.
Last year's record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country, and now Environment Canada says it is following in B.C.'s footsteps to improve how it measures and reports air quality risks to the public.
An Ontario child’s death from measles this year offered a grim reminder: When vaccination rates drop and this virus rears its head, the youngest among us bear the brunt.
The federal government has rejected a request from Toronto to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal use within the city.
Vancouver General Hospital launched a six-month pilot project with chef Ned Bell to overhaul the facility's meals and deliver a healthier, tastier menu.
Canada's vaccine advisory group said Friday it recommends building toward immunizing all infants from respiratory syncytial virus.
An Ottawa tech worker is building on his brother's experience with cerebral palsy to improve voice recognition software and help people with speech impairment connect with the world.
The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that the province's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health-care workers was justified, based on the significant risk posed by the virus when the province's mandate was renewed in October 2023.
The P.E.I. government is hoping a ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after a certain date will help create a new generation of smoke-free Islanders.
A total of 1,702 candidates scored at least 57 per cent, the exam's minimum passing grade. The exam was held on March 26 and was open to all candidates, regardless how many times they have failed it.
Having more female surgeons and anesthesiologists in operating rooms could mean better post-op outcomes for patients, according to a new Canadian study.
Residents of a social housing building in Kenora say they don't feel safe due to the escalating drug crisis. While some have threatened to take matters into their own hands through acts of vigilantism, others are calling for a more collaborative approach between the northwestern Ontario city and community agencies.
Canadians who applied to be part of a class action lawsuit against LifeLabs Inc. are now receiving cheques and e-transfers.
Over the weekend, wildfire smoke rolled into Calgary and surrounding areas — marking the beginning of what could be another long summer of smoky conditions.
The coroner's inquiry into the death of Raphaël André, who died at the height of the pandemic in 2021, will also shine a spotlight on public health restrictions that many said were unfair to people living on the streets.
Cape Breton University says its new medical school will open as planned next year, despite local doctors' concerns about their capacity to take on teaching duties on top of patient care and medical resident training.
An Ottawa dentist who signed up to provide care under the new public dental insurance program says he hasn't seen mouths in such bad shape since he did mission work overseas. The number of oral health care providers in the plan is growing, despite some dentists's concerns about how the program is being run.
New effective medications specifically designed for migraine have changed the outlook for many patients of this often misunderstood neurological disorder, experts say.
Niagara Emergency Medical Services began including nurses to handle 911 calls in 2019, one of only three in Canada to do so, says Marty Mako, commander of mobile integrated health care with Niagara EMS.
A business billing itself as Canada's first postnatal retreat has launched in Toronto. For a minimum of $850 a night, new parents get 24/7 support adjusting to life with their babies — a business model some doctors say points to a need for better postpartum care across the board.
Some provinces, to help facilitate a match, have created centralized waiting lists where people can register and eventually be matched with physicians who are seeing new patients. But are these lists effective?