A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has evaluated the efficacy of Ontario's policy implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic that required all long-term care homes to have air conditioning in resident rooms.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s chief medical officer of health is urging residents to get a flu shot ahead of the holidays.
When retired RCMP constable Jason Hydamacka heard the news that the insurance money for his amputated leg was coming, he sat in his truck and cried. Originally denied the coverage, Canada Life reversed its decision after CBC News reached out to it.
Long wait times for gynecological surgeries are putting many Canadian women at risk, doctors say. Surgical wait times vary across the country, but a 2020 study found that a gynecologist consultation alone can take up to four and a half months on average.
Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her late 30s, Sandra Demontigny pushed Quebec to allow advanced requests for MAID. While Quebec has become a leader internationally for the practice over the past decade, she hopes others keep up the fight in the rest of Canada.
Alberta has closed one of three supervised consumption sites in Edmonton, continuing the push to shutter such locations as the province moves away from overdose prevention to focus on recovery and treatment.
Citing injury risk and little-known laws around private e-scooter usage, emergency department physician Dr. Stephanie VandenBerg says she gives an “unequivocal nay” to gifting e-scooters for Christmas.
Nineteen more pistachio and pistachio-containing products have been recalled in Canada.
Health professionals in B.C. are asking parents to be vigilant this respiratory season as ER and primary care centre visits for children surge across the province.
A surge of influenza among school-aged kids is linked to the recent deaths of multiple Ontario children, prompting calls for Canadian families to get vaccinated as medical experts brace for a worsening wave of infections across all age groups.
The provincial government has floated the idea of closing Calgary's only supervised consumption site several times since 2021, and its latest promise to shut the site down next year still leaves many with questions about that timeline, and what will replace it.
Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health, says this year's flu season is expected to hit its peak earlier and could be worse than it usually is.
Sawyer Titus died this past October at age 11. Her parents know what it's like for sick children and their families this time of year. They began collecting toys in their community last month — and were amazed by the donations that flooded in.
Nearly half of Quebec seniors’ residences that house people at risk of wandering still lack the provincially mandated security measures meant to reduce that risk, Radio-Canada has learned. The recent death of an 88-year-old woman outside a seniors’ residence in Laval, Que., has raised questions about compliance with regulations first announced in 2022 by the Health Ministry.
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