Health

Quebec’s ministry of health says it’s on the verge of declaring its measles outbreak over, just as cases reach new heights in other parts of the country.

A product from a popular U.S. and Canada toy company is being recalled nationally for containing lead.

Authorities in Newfoundland and Labrador say highly potent cocaine is circulating in the province, and killing more people than fentanyl.

As measles outbreaks popped up across the U.S. this winter, pediatricians waited for the nation’s public health agency to send a routine, but important, letter that outlines how they could help stop the spread of the illness.

Five years after COVID-19 triggered national lockdowns, economic uncertainty and killed millions, the World Health Organization’s member countries agreed on a draft 'pandemic treaty' that sets guidelines for how the international community might confront the next global health crisis.

There’s a new specialized MRI at Toronto’s SickKids hospital for babies like Yalman—a critically ill newborn—where they can get scanned without even having to leave the neonatal intensive care unit.

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and Opposition NDP claim that recent staffing and capacity pressures has led to some mothers and their newborns forced to seek treatment in North Dakota, a claim the provincial government has outright denied.

U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal.

For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has released new guidelines on how to treat children and teenagers living with obesity.

With the first generation of people exposed widely to technology now approaching old age, how has its use affected their risk of cognitive decline?

Denmark aims to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040 thanks to a national HPV vaccination campaign and screening programme, the Danish Cancer Society said on Monday.

French healthcare workers and relatives of colleagues who killed themselves have filed a legal complaint against two ministers over “deadly working conditions” in public hospitals that they say are causing suicides, their lawyer said Monday.

Pfizer said on Monday it has discontinued development of experimental weight-loss pill danuglipron after a trial patient experienced potential drug-induced liver injury that resolved after the medication was stopped.

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on track to become the first new antibiotic for gonorrhea since the 1990s.

Canadian health experts warn the fallout from thousands of job cuts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on April 1 could disrupt the flow of safety information on drugs, medical devices, and food to Canada.