The prospect of safely handling leftovers can stir debate. And it has an impact: one in eight Canadians — about four million — are affected every year by a foodborne illness, according to the federal government.
In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how much longer you could live (and the emissions you could cut) if you swap out some read meat for plant-based proteins. We also explore how fracking causes earthquakes and see the greenery on Singapore's buildings that's attracting nature.
While different levels of government promise to speed up the accreditation of internationally trained professionals to prop up the healthcare system, it still takes months if not years for new immigrants to be able to practise in Canada.
The number of drug toxicity deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador doubled when the COVID-19 pandemic ended. The latest numbers show that trend continued in 2024, eclipsing the numbers from the previous year.
Seventeen-year-old Zeke Fox dragged Shawn Goodwin to safety on the night of Jan. 5 as a fire destroyed his encampment at Bayfront Park in Hamilton. They've since stayed in touch and have become close. "You go through something like that with someone and you feel like you’re almost family," Fox says.
Three employees at the Halifax Infirmary hospital were injured by a patient Wednesday, including two who were stabbed, according to sources.
A private medical clinic that launched an unsuccessful constitutional challenge of Canada's public health-care system must pay the B.C. government's legal costs, after what a judge calls a 'gruelling marathon' of a case.
Robert F. Kennedy has espoused views on a range of health issues that, for different reasons, have concerned Democrats and Republicans. If confirmed as U.S. President Donald Trump's health secretary, he will control a $1.7-trillion US agency with massive domestic and global reach.
Dr. Bonnie Henry led the province’s COVID-19 response, balancing politics and policy, regularly updating B.C. residents on the prevalence of the virus and deciding when to impose and lift public health restrictions.
Eric Bouchard, the UCP MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, said the findings of the report were “shocking” and that the information it presents to the public is “long overdue.” But NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi calls the report a waste of tax dollars.
A task force created by the UCP government to review the province’s pandemic response has issued its final report and, while it is currently being reviewed by the province, Alberta doctors are pushing back, saying it contains misinformation and poses a threat to public health.
As emergency calls for overdoses, intoxication and people without homes in crisis increase, CBC's Kwabena Oduro rode along with an Urgences-santé supervisor to witness what a typical day is like in their shoes.
Standing at about 30 centimetres tall, AIRO is the young inventor's latest creation: an AI-powered robot programmed to compassionately engage with humans and respond to their needs.
Nicotine control groups who have waited years for a nationwide ban on vaping flavours say they've now been given indications it won't happen — despite a promise from the Canadian government last fall the restrictions were coming soon. It comes as the country's top public health doctors have once again called on Ottawa to ban vaping flavours to protect youth.
Julianna Maggrah used to think she was broken. Now, after learning about multiple Indigenous views of autism, she considers herself gifted.
You'd think preschoolers at daycare dash around all day. But they're more sedentary than you'd expect — which can impact their development of movement and other skills. An expanding initiative aims to help ECEs get little kids moving more.
The jury in the Florence Girard coroner's inquest has made 13 recommendations to prevent similar deaths of vulnerable individuals in care in the future.
An Ontario court has thrown out a Charter challenge of a controversial long-term care law that allows hospitals to move people into homes they didn't choose, or charge them $400 a day if they refuse and want to stay in hospital.
The decision is a wake-up call for Canada to strengthen pandemic preparedness efforts, say experts.
The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority says no respiratory outbreaks have officially been declared in Jean Marie River, but it's monitoring the health situation in the small community.
Staff at the Montreal Heart Institute usually get CPR training once a year. With this new technology, which includes live instructions and feedback, the hospital is aiming to conduct four training sessions a year for nurses and patient attendants.
A seven-member team from Hamilton's Ron Joyce Children's Healthcare won several trophies at The First Lego League Provincial Championship in Oshawa. They are the only participants from a kids' hospital who've been in a Lego robotics competition in North America.
Attorney General Niki Sharma says B.C. can now proceed as a representative plaintiff on behalf of other Canadian governments with litigation aimed at recovering the costs of treating opioid-related diseases allegedly caused by the industry's conduct.
The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public, through at least the end of the month.
Montreal needs to come up with a plan to avoid dismantling homeless encampments and supervise them when necessary, according to a new city-commissioned report.
When Brenda Herback woke up the morning she was set to fly to France from Regina for a vacation, she had no idea she would be in a coma in a matter of days.
With the release of her new book, Ingrid Waldron speaks with CBC Hamilton about the need for change in the health-care and educational systems and how Canadians need to better understand the ways racism impacts mental health.
An expert says provinces will likely begin to closely tie influenza vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines together as part of future vaccination campaigns.
Ozempic was first approved to treat diabetes in Canada seven years ago. Now the largest study of its kind suggests it and other medications like it have a host of other potential health benefits beyond obesity, but could also bring increased risk of other conditions.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the Sweet Cream brand mini pastries have been distributed at bakeries, hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, and retirement residences and have been served at catered events.
City joins Toronto and Mississauga in calling on upper levels of government to increase social assistance rates to meet basic needs.
Health-care workers' associations in B.C. are welcoming a commitment, in the mandate letter for the health minister, to reduce the cost of health-care administration in the province.
Kaitlyn Braun’s rapid rearrest underscores the challenges of the criminal justice system in addressing perpetrators like her: A young, non-violent offender with well-documented mental health struggles who has appeared to be unable or unwilling to cease doing a very specific kind of harm. This story is also the subject of a new podcast from the CBC and BBC World Service — The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the Sweet Cream brand mini pastries have been distributed at bakeries, hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, retirement residences, and have been served at catered events.
Jean Marie River Chief Melanie Menacho said she and other community members don’t know yet what illness is going around, but it's spread to "about half" of households in the community of around 70 people in only two weeks.
Emily Ranft used to be an addict. When she got pregnant, she realized she needed to make some drastic changes to become the mom and person she knew she could be.
As global coverage of infectious diseases continues to evolve as a result of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say public health officials and media need to responsibly share information, including context for any given disease outbreak.
The massive scale of the Los Angeles wildfires means even people whose homes didn't burn down face health concerns from airborne compounds in the ash and smoke, researchers say.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall covers Compliments, Foremost, Golden Valley Eggs, IGA, no name and Western Family eggs.
Canada lags behind other developed countries when it comes to the length of time it takes to approve desperately needed cancer drugs. Patients and doctors say that's causing frustration and threatening lives.
Dr. Emil Prikryl, a medical officer of health with N.L. Health Services, says besides influenza, there’s COVID-19, RVS and hMVP floating around the province.
Announcements of job cuts in the health network have multiplied in recent weeks as Quebec tries to eliminate a $1.5 billion deficit in the public health-care system.
Florence Girard's caregiver told the coroner's inquest she had to reduce the frequency of pain medication and switch to a cheaper, less potent painkiller partially because Kinsight Community Society didn't pay for the prescribed medicine.
"It's challenging to know the full extent of the issue right now because... there hasn't really been like a like national report or study done on it like in detail," says Kahsenniyo Kick with the Survivor Circle for Reproductive Justice.
U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the additive called red dye No. 3 from the nation's food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.
In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived experience are proposing a major change to how obesity is diagnosed because they say current medical approaches don't reliably assess an individual's health.
Two Saskatchewan families want their nightmare stay at a resort in Mexico to serve as a warning for other travellers.
With a federal election potentially only months away, two of the Liberal government's landmark social programs are not fully in place. The majority of planned dental care recipients are still not eligible, and no deals have been signed with provinces and territories to pay for contraceptive and diabetes medications.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, said she was relieved to be in remission on Tuesday after visiting the London hospital where she received treatment for cancer to thank all the medics and staff there.
Los Angeles is already infamous for poor air quality. But the fires scorching the area now are sending up plumes of black smoke that pose threats to human health beyond that of standard wildfires.