Category: Health

A fake nurse who treated nearly 1,000 patients at medical facilities in Vancouver and Victoria wept Friday as she pleaded guilty to assaulting victims with the weapon of her would-be...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed two additional cases of bird flu in Colorado poultry farm workers.Last week, Colorado reported four confirmed infections of H5N1...

This year's presidential election is already sending health-care stocks on a wild ride. Historically, shifts in political control have created "increased volatility" across the sector, sending investors "to look for...

Ahead of the new school year, P.E.I's Chief Public Health Office is reminding post-secondary students to get a free meningitis B vaccine. The provincial program administered 1,900 doses of the vaccine in...

In a statement, Christian Lindmeier, spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) had been identified at six locations in sewage samples collected on...

The head of the Montreal's Children's Hospital trauma centre is recommending Quebec change — and better enforce — its rules for electric scooters before more young people endure "life-altering" injuries.This...

Alberta Health Services is trying to find dozens of emergency room doctors to fill vacant positions across the province.The health authority said it's recruiting for 39 full-time equivalent ER physician...

A Montreal-based HIV/AIDS research network is expanding its scope in response to a dramatic rise in rates of some sexually transmitted infections.Dr. Marina Klein of the McGill University Health Centre...

Ruth Winter tears up as she remembers learning she secured a space in transitional housing in Thunder Bay, Ont."I just felt so much weight coming off my shoulders," said Winter....