TORONTO—Ontario adolescents are drinking, smoking and using cannabis and other recreational drugs at the lowest rates since the late 1970s, suggests a biennial survey of Grade...
HARTFORD, Conn. — Anguished mothers with mentally ill children have sought out Liza Long for help ever since she wrote an essay, “I am Adam Lanza’s...
MANILA — The Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID), amid the Dengvaxia issue, called on the public to return to the basic strategies on preventing...
MIAMI — A Florida day care has shut down following the deaths of two toddlers a week apart from possible meningitis infections. The Miami Herald reports...
A review of scientific literature suggests those who believe ‘man flu’ is more intense than the female version have some evidence to back up their views....
WASHINGTON—Consumer advocates reported some glitches Monday in the final days for “Obamacare” sign-ups, although the Trump administration largely seemed to be keeping its promise of a...
Ottawa must withdraw its plan to charge tax on medicinal marijuana or risk having an adverse effect on patients, a group of more than 50 doctors...
MONTREAL—The country’s ongoing opioid crisis topped the agenda on Monday during Ginette Petitpas Taylor’s first official visit to Montreal as federal health minister. Petitpas Taylor met...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — The Department of Health’s (DOH) dengue vaccination program which used the controversial Dengvaxia did not reach Palawan. This was assured Monday morning...
DALLAS — Federal officials have warned that patients at a psychiatric hospital in Dallas are in “immediate jeopardy” two years after Texas regulators threatened to close...