WINNIPEG –A Manitoba man who received emergency medical treatment south of the border is going to be stuck paying the hefty bill on his own. Robin...
OTTAWA –The Liberals and NDP are working together to expedite the passage of a bill designed to help combat the country’s opioid crisis, including measures to...
MANILA –The Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday that 750 new cases of HIV positive cases were reported to its HIV/AIDS and ART (Antiretroviral Therapy) Registry...
OTTAWA –A mystery donor has stepped in to provide about $380,000 for youth mental health programming in a fly-in First Nation community struggling with youth suicides....
CHICAGO—Americans in certain struggling parts of the country are dying from cancer at rising rates, even as the cancer death rate nationwide continues to fall, an...
OTTAWA –Health Canada says it has seized unauthorized health products from a Toronto adult shop. The agency says three of the seized products are so-called “poppers,”...
WASHINGTON—E-cigarettes, widely promoted as an alternative to smoking, are actually attracting young people who might not otherwise have smoked tobacco products, a new US study suggested...
VANCOUVER—Natalie Harris was afraid to fall asleep. As a young paramedic in Barrie, Ont., Harris went to bed dreading her next nightmare. Nearly every night, she...
WASHINGTON—In an opening salvo against “Obamacare,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday night that appears aimed squarely at undoing the unpopular requirement that individuals...
TORONTO—One in 20 Ontario children and youth have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and many are prescribed antipsychotic drugs, despite having no other mental health diagnoses, researchers...