WELLINGTON–Health authorities in New Zealand’s biggest city have warned of a typhoid outbreak after 10 people were hospitalized with the potentially deadly illness. The Auckland Regional...
VANCOUVER –A group of students at the University of British Columbia have turned to technology in an effort to address the opioid crisis by creating a...
VANCOUVER — The campaign to build a new hospital in Vancouver got a $75 million boost on Tuesday from billionaire businessman Jim Pattison. The president and...
As the political drama over health care legislation in Washington fades, the rest of the country faces a more immediate concern: Getting insurance for next year....
UNITED NATIONS–March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day, and UNAIDS is urging countries to do much more to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) deaths among people...
WINNIPEG—A Winnipeg woman is recovering in hospital after developing a rare type of strep throat that forced doctors to amputate both her legs and one of...
WASHINGTON –Time for talk running out, President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned wavering House Republicans that their jobs were on the line in next year’s elections...
RICHMOND, B.C. –Health Canada is warning that it seized a number of unauthorized health products from a business in Richmond, B.C. The agency says it has...
WASHINGTON –President Donald Trump is deploying an outside and inside strategy to fulfil his campaign promise to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” seeking support beyond Washington before...
MANILA–The number of smokers in the country has decreased by 1.1 million from 17 million in 2009 to 15.9 million in 2015, the Department of Health...