Dr. Alec Cooper is spending time in front of a microphone reciting common sayings, elaborate poems and his favourite books as part of the process to clone his voice before his disease progresses further.
A woman who was excited to celebrate with her family at a graduation event for Indigenous women on Thursday says it's hard to look at her college certificate after the experience was tainted by comments Manitoba’s accessibility minister made about sharing the stage with a sign-language interpreter.
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. brought 49 Inuit from Nunavut's Kitikmeot region to the former Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton, where thousands of Inuit were sent to be treated for tuberculosis from the 1940s to 1960s.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the provincial government is ready to challenge the injunction against Bill 26 in court instead of moving to invoke the notwithstanding clause as a next step.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s health minister said she wasn’t fond of the approach, but she expects a deal is “imminent” with a team of doctors who threatened a mass resignation at St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John’s.
Tim Froese went above and beyond when he donated his kidney to a friend in need earlier this month — someone he hadn't seen since high school nearly 50 years ago.
The Trump administration's new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall's flu vaccinations for just about every American — but only if they use certain shots free of a preservative that has been safely used in vaccines for decades, a decision sparking concerns for medical organizations.
An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic started released its final report Friday, reaching an unsatisfying conclusion: Scientists still aren't sure how the worst health emergency in a century began.
Five doctors at a St. John's hospital have tendered a joint resignation notice, saying they'll be gone by Oct. 1.
Meaka Star saved her grandmother twice by recognizing the signs of stroke and acting fast. Now, during Stroke Month, she and fellow survivor Carmi Levy are sharing their stories to raise awareness.
National health data released Wednesday shows overdose deaths in Canada dropped in 2024 but the toll still remained much higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new study found that small, daily interventions which helped men cope with the physical and mental distress of prostate cancer is also saving Nova Scotia's health system money.
While campaigning, Premier Tim Houston said he would look into adding air conditioners to a list of special needs covered by the social assistance program.
Measles cases have been confirmed in the Interior Health and Fraser Health regions, officials in British Columbia said.
It sounds like something from a futuristic film: Technology that allows users to control their environment with mere thoughts. But for kids with disabilities in Ontario, it’s an emerging reality that’s helping them connect with the world around them in unprecedented ways.
A team of eight cyclists, led by the late Terry Fox's younger brother, is riding across the country with the goal of raising $1 million for cancer research. They were greeted by dozens of people in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Monday at the Terry Fox National Historic Monument, near where Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope was cut short 45 years ago. Here's how they're keeping Terry Fox's dream alive.
Researchers had just cracked the lid on a rich data set showing the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax was reducing sugar consumption and creating revenue for healthy programs in Newfoundland and Labrador…when the government killed the tax. The study’s authors explain why it was such an effective policy, and why some people hated it anyway.
A B.C. allergist and doctor say that climate change is worsening patients' allergy symptoms and prolonging allergy season.
Thousands of Canadians donate their organs annually, but so far in 2025 fewer than five of them are from Newfoundland and Labrador. A St. John's man who received a kidney transplant is speaking out because he wants that to change.
The Ford government has announced $235 million in new funding to support new and expanded primary care teams that will help connect more Ontarians to primary health care this year.
Much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec will continue to bake in high temperatures on Monday and Tuesday as a heat dome lingers over the region.
Natasha Chiam struggled to let go of the reassurance from the monitor that all was good with her child, when just a week earlier, his little seven-year-old heart had stopped. More than 10 years later, she still feels the trauma of almost losing him.
The health-care system and the courts are wrestling with the effects of legal high-potency cannabis products.
Insect-borne diseases are becoming increasingly common in southern parts of the province, with climate change playing a part.
Researchers say air pollution in Toronto is a complex problem that goes way beyond car exhaust fumes. A new study could make it clear what we’re breathing in - and where it's coming from.
A class-action lawsuit that hopes to help pregnant mothers who were red-flagged and had their newborns taken away by child welfare agencies has been certified to proceed against the Ontario government.
A CBC News investigation reveals that highly potent and potentially deadly restricted substances can be purchased with ease online and delivered to Canada.
Alberta's measles outbreaks have led to babies being born with congenital measles, the province has confirmed. Congenital measles can lead to severe complications, including death.
The Federal Court of Appeal is ordering Canada's Health Minister to rethink a 2022 refusal to grant exemptions to 96 health-care professionals from using dried hallucinogenic mushrooms as part of experiential training that will allow them to administer the drugs to patients.
Patients who identify as Indigenous, African or Black are generally spending longer in Winnipeg emergency department waiting rooms than white people, according to a new report examining how different racial groups experience patient care.
The U.S. has approved the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, maker Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday.
Quebec's death toll from drug overdoses pales in comparison to other provinces. But many places in North America are experiencing drops in drug overdose deaths, while Quebec is trending in the wrong direction.
Findings from a recent case study suggest that as family doctors treat a growing aging population, they will also need to start providing support for the young people who are increasingly sharing the burden of caring for loved ones.
The Alberta government continues to face fierce opposition to plans that will reduce access to publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines in the province.
Physician advocacy group Doctors Manitoba is calling on employers to get rid of sick note requirements in the workplace as a way of freeing up physicians to do less paperwork and more patient care.
DNA testing company 23andMe didn’t have adequate data protections and ignored warning signs ahead of a massive data breach almost two years ago, an investigation by Canada’s privacy commissioner found.
An external review says there is a "pressing need" to modernize the Task Force on Preventive Health Care. The arm's-length federal body is responsible for advising family doctors on when to send patients for routine screenings.
Health officials in British Columbia say there are 18 suspected and confirmed cases of measles in the northern region of the province as they continue to warn of the highly contagious disease circulating in a small community in the northeast.
The case, which the judge called "unusual," highlights the long and controversial legal history surrounding horrific acts of violence and claims of automatism — a term describing unconscious, involuntary behaviour.
A Thunder Bay, Ont., woman shares her experience with abuse, grief, addiction and recovery as she prepares to receive her high school diploma next week, supported by her son and the city's recovery community.
More than a year after Belleville, Ont., declared a state of emergency triggered by a spate of overdoses linked to the opioid epidemic, people at the heart of the crisis say things have gone from bad to worse.
Ontario currently has more measles cases than in all of the U.S. combined, and infections are climbing in Alberta and Manitoba. CBC’s Jennifer Yoon breaks down what’s behind the resurgence of a disease eliminated decades ago, and why those on the front line say it’s going to be really difficult to get this outbreak under control.
The deaths of seven men from drug overdoses while they were incarcerated at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, Ont., is scheduled to begin today and last about two weeks.
Doctors and scientists worry Alberta's measles outbreaks could signal the start of a new era when other dangerous infectious diseases of the past could re-emerge and pose new health threats.
A small specialty hospital in Toronto contains the province’s only supervised inhalation space - even as the number of Ontarians who appear to be dying of opioid overdoses after smoking drugs has more than doubled in seven years.
Northern Health officials have identified multiple confirmed cases of measles in the small northeast B.C. community of Wonowon.
Dermatologists agree that sunscreen, face wash and moisturizer are the three most useful products most people can buy, and suggest that consumers should be skeptical of products claiming to offer results that would usually require clinical treatment to achieve.
About 44 per cent of living in Canada will die prematurely from causes like suicide and the opioid crisis that are for the most part preventable, according to a new report
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her position at the end of next week.
Alberta's measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher Calgary did not have an NHL team, 'O Canada' was not yet the official national anthem and gasoline would set you back 24 cents a litre.