Category: Health

The Alberta government says long-term care and supportive living programs will no longer be under the purview of the provincial Health Ministry.   Instead, Seniors and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon...

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that a response plan had been activated to strengthen surveillance, contact tracing and water sampling. The case was confirmed in Akkar,...

Canada needs to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and take action before the next health emergency strikes, an expert panel of doctors and researchers say in a new independent report."Most scientists...

Prince Edward Islanders diagnosed with blood cancer could soon have to travel outside the province for treatment. P.E.I.'s only oncologist specifically trained in that field, Dr. Pierre Whitlock, is leaving Health P.E.I. at the...

A new study projects that millions more Ontarians will live with major illness by 2040.The report comes from the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and is published...

Medical device maker Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday delivered better-than-expected quarterly results and upped its earnings guidance for the third straight quarter. Shares rose more than 1%, shaking off an initially...

A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands.Patrick...

New Brunswick has taken steps to make Paxlovid more affordable for some people at higher risk of becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19, now that the federal government has stopped...

The Alberta government continues to divvy up its provincial health authority, with the health minister saying the new agency responsible for primary care is expected to be up and running...

The crisis is unfolding as Yemeni Government forces, who are backed by a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels – also known as Ansar Allah – continue their nearly decade-long war.Mr....