As Winnipeg is blanketed under snow and an orange-level extreme cold warning, several outreach organizations say people experiencing homelessness are in a "life and death situation" while some shelters are operating over capacity.
The Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program provides a variety of health care benefits for eligible First Nations and Inuit, with dental care accounting for the third largest expense for the program. But healthcare advocates and users of the program said NIHB is leaving First Nations and Inuit clients more vulnerable to poorer oral health outcomes.
Health Canada is warning people not to buy or use fake or unauthorized versions of GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy. The health agency says it has found retailers in Canada selling unauthorized GLP-1 products — sometimes referred to as "fauxzempic" — both in stores and online.
New data is raising concerns about ambulance staffing levels in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., months after hours were cut at the local emergency department.
The Non-Insured Health Benefits program covers things like prescription drugs and glasses for eligible First Nations people and Inuit. However, health-care advocates say the paperwork involved is a heavy burden on clients and the program isn't keeping up with standard reimbursement rates.
A provincewide shortage of respiratory therapists threatens to get worse with an exodus of retirees anticipated in the coming years and an inadequate number of Manitoba-based respiratory therapy graduates "in the pipeline," warns a union that represents thousands of allied health-care workers.
A Vancouver palliative care doctor, who says she chose to resign rather than authorize patient transfers for the purpose of medical assistance in dying (MAID), took the stand in the B.C. Supreme Court case that will determine the constitutionality of faith-based, publicly funded health-care facilities prohibiting MAID in their buildings.
Dr. Barry Lavallee, a prominent Indigenous physician whose work focused on improving health care for First Nations and Métis people in Manitoba, has died, Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin said Tuesday.
A Toronto hospital network will double its unique permanent housing program for homeless people who frequently visit emergency departments that has seen great success.
A new study released on Tuesday shows the proportion of individuals who use their screens more than two hours a day for leisure activities increased by 13 per cent between 2018 and 2025.
A relatively new class of autoimmune diseases that affect the brain is throwing psychiatrists for a loop.
Alberta emergency room doctors have counted what they say are six potentially preventable deaths as well as numerous close calls for patients who they say waited too long for care in emergency rooms across the province.
Canada Health’s new front-of-package labelling is giving consumers more nutritional information at a glance. A magnifying-glass graphic is now mandatory to alert shoppers about foods high in saturated fat, sugar or sodium.
Under Canadian laws, drivers must accommodate service animals. But CBC’s Go Public interviewed several customers in Ontario who say they’ve been denied rides by Uber drivers within the past few months, because of their service dogs.
As Toronto and Vancouver gear up to co-host FIFA World Cup games this summer, an emergency doctor worries that Canada’s overburdened health-care system won’t be able to handle the extra demand from possible infectious disease outbreaks or weather-related illnesses.
Even from a few kilometres away, Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira is able to perform a critical diagnostic procedure, thanks to an internet connection and a remote-controlled robot. It’s still early in its development, and the robot necessary is expensive, but Pereira says it could provide greater access to surgeries for patients who live in remote parts of the country.
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