Category: Health

Bristol Myers Squibb's Cobenfy drugCourtesy: Bristol Myers SquibbThe Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Bristol Myers Squibb's highly anticipated schizophrenia drug Cobenfy, the first novel type of treatment for...

Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an invisible killer, so world leaders are holding a high-level meeting at UN Headquarters on Thursday in New York to discuss the best ways forward,...

Mike Goetz has added bill collector to his list of responsibilities as mayor of Merritt in British Columbia's Interior.In June, Goetz sent the province an invoice for $103,831.87, the cost, he said, for...

Only hours earlier, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council that “hell is breaking loose in Lebanon” along the UN-patrolled line of separation, with exchanges of fire greater in “scope,...

A growing number of people in the province are getting treatment virtually in hospitals through a program that began as a pilot about a year ago in Springhill. The CBC's...

Ahead of the General Assembly’s high-level meeting on AMR on 26 September, here’s what you need to know:What is AMR?Since their discovery a century ago, antimicrobial medicines, from antibiotics to antivirals,...

A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk is seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024.Hollie Adams | ReutersNovo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic may decrease the...

“Hundreds of vehicles are backed up in queues at the Syrian border; many people are also arriving on foot, carrying what they can,” UNHCR reported. “Large crowds, including women, young...

The federal government is creating a new agency to improve Canada's ability to handle rapidly spreading infectious diseases and protect Canadians from future pandemics.Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said the agency...

28 minutes agoNewsDuration 2:11Whooping cough can cause severe symptoms, and case numbers are particularly high among older children. With the start of the school year, Quebec public health officials have...