Health

A second case of measles linked to a group that travelled to Southeast Asia has been identified in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, according to health officials.

British Columbia’s health minister has announced that the province is changing its safer-supply anti-addiction program to a witnessed model, in which users will be watched as they consume the drugs.

Canada’s public health agency has bought 500,000 doses of avian flu vaccines in what it called a 'proactive' measure to protect vulnerable people at risk of catching the virus.

Vatican officials have said Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating his recovery. The 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened. On Monday, doctors said he had developed a mix of infections in his respiratory tract.

Statistics Canada data says nearly one in four, or 24 per cent, Canadians aged 12 and older avoided a visit to the dentist in the last year, citing the cost.

A village in the densely populated Philippine capital region launched a battle against dengue Wednesday by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitos, dead or alive.

The health impacts of climate change are increasingly obvious, which is why one Canadian hospital is making climate change resilience central to its design.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to study how to expand access to in vitro fertilization and make it more affordable.

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.

Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola, health authorities reported, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month.

Researchers concluded that a particular case involved a distinct set of 'just right' conditions that allowed the virus to blow onto the chicken farm through the wind.

Some female physicians in the U.S. are considering moving north of the border to practice medicine due to the changing political landscape in their country.

The death rate from heart attacks is about 10 per cent higher in the winter, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, noting the danger can be even higher for older people. In addition to the strain of shoveling snow, cold weather raises blood pressure, which in itself is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke.

A popular outdoor gear company has issued a recall for certain children’s snowsuits due to the possible presence of mould.