VANCOUVER — More than 52,000 Canadians left the country to seek medical care in other countries, according to a new study released on Tuesday by the...
BRUSSELS — Almost one in 20 people in northern Belgium died using euthanasia in 2013, more than doubling the numbers in six years, a study released...
SYDNEY — Australia’s highest professional medical body called on Tuesday for the sport of boxing to be banned after a boxer died. The renewed demand from...
EDMONTON — Seven years after Alberta abandoned regional hospital districts to centralize health care and save money, it is now moving back towards decentralization. Alberta Health...
MANILA — Health advocates from the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Alliance Philippines (FCAP) launched on Tuesday a petition...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Health regional office here is alerting the public on the resurgence of six summer diseases as the hot season is...
MANILA — “Controlling foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and other trans-boundary animal diseases at source should be a shared obligation among countries — both infected and uninfected —...
TORONTO — Ontario’s health minister says the province is now — “knock on wood” — measles free. Eric Hoskins says it has now been 21 days...
NEW YORK — Can a tetanus shot help treat brain cancer? A small study hints that it might. A dose of tetanus vaccine let patients live...
PHILADELPHIA — A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal criminal charge that it sold over-the-counter infant’s and children’s liquid medicine containing...