Category: Health

A former family doctor has been sentenced to 12 years for sexually assaulting seven women during medical appointments and examinations in Ste. Anne, Man.Court of King's Bench Justice Sadie Bond delivered the...

The World Health Organization said Thursday it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of...

This is putting young people at greater risk of sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions and unplanned pregnancies. The new data was published as part of the multi-part Health Behaviour in School-aged...

Just weeks after hosting the Olympics, Paris inaugurated the 2024 Paralympics on Wednesday with a nearly four-hour-long opening ceremony in the heart of the city.Against the backdrop of a setting...

The B.C. government is expanding access to drug-addiction treatment by launching a free telephone line for people to get medication and same-day care. The Opioid Treatment Access Line can connect people in...

A subscription service being offered by a Regina health clinic is coming under fire from critics and one of its patients for appearing to offer privatized health services. Cecilia Rands says that...

“This is totally unacceptable and the latest in a series of unnecessary security incidents that have endangered the lives of WFP’s team in Gaza,” said the UN agency’s Executive Director...

On 14 August 2024, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the rise of mpox, formerly monkeypox, a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Following his announcement,...

Dire conditions brought on by the war have caused the disease to resurface after more than two decades.  Last week, a case was confirmed in a 10-month-old.Countering vaccine misinformation During his...

Health Canada told CBC News they'll finish reviewing updated COVID vaccines by "early autumn" on the heels of the U.S. approving two updated vaccines to protect against hospitalizations and deaths. As...