Category: Health

On some level, the human liver in the operating room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago was alive. Blood circulating through its tissues delivered oxygen and removed waste products, and...

Signage is displayed on a Humana Inc. office building in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Humana is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 6.Luke Sharrett |...

In a stark assessment of the closure of 750-bed facility Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the World Health Organization (WHO) maintained that aid teams had been waiting for “days and...

Claire Hafner's chin is tucked in protectively behind her gloves. Just above them, her eyes are laser-focused, looking for an opening. Her arms shoot out like twin pistons, forcing the...

Firefighters work on the zone of a forest fire in the hills in Quilpue comune, Valparaiso region, Chile on February 3, 2024.Javier Torres | Afp | Getty ImagesA quiet revolution...

A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday.The patient is being...

At least one person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu following contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected, state officials said on Monday.The announcement adds a worrying...

This First Person column is the experience of Winnipegger Jo Davies. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.You know things are going off the rails with Manitoba's...

A Markham man was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for being the oldest man to receive a kidney transplant. Walter Tauro was 87 years old when he underwent the...

The Quebec government has failed to meet its goal of reducing its surgery backlog despite the adoption of a catch-up plan by the Health Ministry almost a year ago. The number...