Category: Health

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...

Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersA version of this article first appeared in...

This First Person column is the experience of Barbara Reul, who lives in Regina. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ."Bad hair day or chemo?" I was...

Brett Favre presents at the NFL Honors show at the YouTube Theater on February 10, 2022 in Inglewood, California.Michael Owens | Getty ImagesFormer Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said...

Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, told ambassadors in the Security Council, that strikes and exchanges of fire across the Blue Line, which have been going on...

Speaking from Beirut in the aftermath of Lebanon’s “worst day in 18 years”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) deputy representative in the country, Ettie Higgins, said that unless the violence...

Shannia Hall says art was an outlet for her in some of her darkest moments as a former child in care."You feel so alone, and the pain is heavy," Hall...

Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk, speaks during an interview in New York on Aug. 10, 2022.Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNovo Nordisk's top executive is slated to...

The Quebec government has issued a new directive in an effort to clear up any confusion around the use of language in the health network: English speakers have the right to...