Sweden has strict regulations to keep chickens and other animals salmonella-free. As a result, few people in that country get sick from the bacteria, while outbreaks caused by contaminated food continue to happen in Canada.
Tina Fontaine's tragic free fall has been painstakingly detailed so often that many now have the series of missed opportunities that preceded her death seared into memory.
A nurse in Moncton was fired after allegations labour was induced without consent, Horizon Health confirmed Saturday.
Toronto Public Health is warning the public about possible measles exposure at the Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre earlier this March.
Although the Ford government gave barely 24 hours notice of a public hearing on its sweeping health-care reforms, people swamped Queen's Park with requests to speak.
For years government agencies and industry have told consumers that frozen chicken pieces must be thoroughly cooked, but people kept getting sick. So now there is a rule banning salmonella in frozen breaded chicken products destined for the grocery store.
Congo records biggest one-day rise in Ebola cases since the current outbreak was declared last August, according to the country's health ministry.
FDA official raised concerns about produce industry after repeated E. coli outbreaks linked to romaine.
New York is suing the billionaire family behind the company that created OxyContin, seeking to hold not only the firm but its owners accountable for opioid crisis in the U.S.
Some Iqaluit residents go to creative lengths to avoid buying food at the grocery store — where a 24-pack of bottled water can cost $29.99. Marketplace explores why people in the North still pay so much more despite the fact the grocery industry there receives millions in federal subsidies.
A licensed producer of the non-impairing marijuana extract says it will take months to get stock on shelves in Nova Scotia and elsewhere, and even longer to catch up with the soaring demand for the product.
The Health Action Network Society (HANS) has received $428,500 in Community Gaming Grants since 2007, the earliest year included in online records for the program.
It's been about 25 years since residents in a fly-in Ojibway community in northwestern Ontario have been without clean, safe drinking water. It looks like they might have to wait at least a couple more years to have the longest standing boil water advisory in Canada lifted.
Surgeons in Baltimore have performed what's thought to be the world's first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV.
In 2006, Tammie-Lee Ballinger underwent major surgery on her shoulder and was told she would never lift more than five pounds. Now she's a national powerlifting champion.
Scientists discover genetic mutation that helps block pain and improve healing
A Langley, B.C., mother is filing a human rights complaint because she says the Fraser Health Authority won't provide funding for her to look after her epileptic daughter at home, but instead only offers government care.
CBC spoke with infectious diseases specialist Dr. Caroline Quach about how to spot the symptoms and who's at risk for infection.
Ashley Humby wants you to know that endometriosis is more than just a bad period.
New data on wait times for priority medical procedures in Canada suggest B.C. patients are waiting longer than other Canadians.
Over the last 12 years, a Vancouver group has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants from the B.C. government, while screening anti-vaccination movies, sharing content from anti-vaccination websites and complaining about "censorship" that blocked anti-vaccination propaganda.
Cancer patients who've been hospitalized for mental health problems before their cancer diagnosis face a higher risk of dying from the malignancy, say medical researchers in Canada and the United States.
An English same-sex couple cherishes the twin toddlers they have as the result of an arrangement involving a Canadian surrogate and Canadian surrogacy laws they feel are more progressive than those on the books in the United Kingdom.
The glucose test used in all pregnant women in Ontario could predict future heart disease, even if the women tested have mildly elevated blood glucose levels, a new study suggests.
Real Cloutier, the head of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, acknowledges that employees are mired in a "valley of despair" two years into a massive transformation of the province's health-care system.
All U.S. women getting mammograms would receive information about breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot, under a government proposal.
A Quebec coroner has concluded teenager Athéna Gervais drowned in February 2018 after drinking large quantities of a high-alcohol sugary drink.
As a paramedic specialist, Bryan Twaites is part of a medical network that doesn’t have the privilege of shutting down for the night.
Medically-assisted dying advocates are hoping to open the first of its kind home for patients seeking help in dying. MAIDHOUSE would provide an option for patients when their home or hospitals are not an option.
An Ontario judge has ordered the federal government to pay $20 million for placing mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, with the money earmarked to boost mental health supports in correctional facilities.
Helped along by major funding increases from Ottawa, the McNeil government is attempting to address concerns over clogged emergency departments and doctor access.
A county in New York City's northern suburbs is banning unvaccinated minors from public places to fight a measles outbreak.
A Canadian team of Red Cross medical responders is headed into the heart of a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique after a cyclone devastated the country and surrounding southern African nations.
It's tempting to think your DNA holds clues to your ideal diet. But research in the field is still limited.
The National's health panel answers your questions about type 2 diabetes, and the steps you can take to prevent it, manage it and possibly even reverse it.
OxyContin maker Purdue agrees to settle Oklahoma opioid case, state attorney general's office says.
The potential case comes days after a handful of cases were confirmed in the Detroit area.
Improving the quality and availability of food could help reduce mental health issues among Indigenous populations in Canada, say researchers who analyzed survey responses from 14,000 Indigenous adults.
New numbers show that 629 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses in the first six months of 2018. That's an approximately 15 per cent increase from the same time period in 2017, when 549 people died from opioid-related causes.
The total is now 1,009 cases, Congo's health ministry says.
Patients, plastic surgeons, makers of breast implants, regulators and Health Canada officials participate in two-day meeting hosted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
A civil trial is set to begin this week for two doctors accused of ignoring an elderly man's wishes to stay alive and allegedly imposing a "do not resuscitate" order without consulting him or his substitute decision-maker.
A group of doctors from the U.K. has started mentoring those who are also considering a big move abroad through a private Facebook group. Those doctors are filling gaps in the transition process that one physician says would have made a big difference during his relocation to Bedford from Hastings, England, six months ago.
An Ottawa woman who lost both her legs and one of her arms after a dog bite sent her into septic shock says a new foundation designed to spread awareness about sepsis and connect survivors will save lives.
An Ottawa family says the changes coming to OHIP+ will put a "huge financial strain" on their budget.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has denied a doctor's freedom-of-information request to access his colleagues' anonymous reviews of his practice. One expert says the decision undermines provincial laws.
Researchers hoped health data would be treated as personal and sensitive. They were disappointed to find the sharing going on was really "business as usual."
Federal government responds to petition to ban conversion therapies with statement saying they are 'immoral, painful, and do not reflect the values of our government or those of Canadians,' but adding that their governance is largely a provincial and territorial issue.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration takes another look at breast implants because of renewed safety concerns over a type of lymphoma.
As Red Deer continues to fight a growing addictions problem, new numbers show the Alberta city continues to have the highest fentanyl overdose death rates in the province.
