A British Columbia Supreme Court Justice has granted a temporary injunction against the B.C. NDP government's legislation banning all drug use in a wide range of public spaces, pausing the law three days before it was set to come into force.
Canada has begun rolling out its national dental care plan, with some seniors eligible to receiving free dental care by May. But there are still many unanswered questions about how the plan will work for those who provide the services — and whether it will be administratively and financially viable for dentists and hygienists to take part.
Technology originally designed to help people with diabetes manage their blood sugar levels has joined the wearables trend.
Emergency departments are packed beyond capacity across Quebec as respiratory viruses bring in more people and add stress to an already understaffed health-care system.
The twins were born in March 2022 in Toronto, at a combined weight of 750 grams, or 1.65 pounds. They now hold a Guinness World Record, but more importantly, they’ve alive — and will soon celebrate their second birthday.
Steven Theriault is convinced he has the solution to an urgent global public health threat — antibiotic resistance. But he can’t get his bacteria-killing viruses approved through what he calls Canada’s rigid and outdated regulatory system.
If you'd like to cut back on drinking, experts say there are many ways to do it — or to assess whether your relationship with alcohol has become a problem.
Doctors in India's most populous city are sounding the alarm over what they say is a fivefold increase in cases of a severe inflammation of the lungs called hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Experts link the spike directly to Mumbai's growing pigeon population, since their droppings are the leading cause of the disease in India.
Neurosurgeons are optimistic that promising new treatments — including a microsurgery technique pioneered in Toronto and brain implants that let a paralyzed man walk — will soon help more people with spinal cord injury regain their mobility and quality of life.
Manitoba's health minister and chief provincial public health officer are asking health-care workers to consider picking up shifts over the holidays, with intensive care units already over capacity and an increase in respiratory illnesses expected over the holidays.
After Glenn Deir's surgery this summer, he lost the ability to chew and swallow food. As his recovery proceeds, his culinary world is opening up far beyond the liquid supplements that have kept him alive.
The agency says there have been 164 lab-confirmed cases of salmonella in eight provinces linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes so far. Quebec has been hardest hit with 111 of those cases.
Common causes of canine infectious respiratory disease found in genetic sequencing in wave of infections that have alarmed pet owners, agriculture officials say.
After a Spryfield, N.S., woman received a small increase to her Canada Pension Plan disability payments to reflect the cost of living, she was shocked when the Nova Scotia government decreased her provincial payments by the same amount. One lawyer says this practice can keep disabled people in deep poverty.
At least 11 therapists left the Hamilton Public Health-run clinic over three years after a change in management, according to nine former clinic staffers who spoke with CBC Hamilton as part of a months-long investigation.
A Winnipeg man who was misdiagnosed with a fatal disease by two different doctors says anybody believed to have a life-threatening condition should be sent to a specialist in the field for final determination. A neurologist at Sunnybrook Hospital agrees.
As part of a CBC Hamilton investigation, nine former Child and Adolescent Services staffers shared concerns over changes to clinic care that they say impacted patients. The city says the moves at Child and Adolescent Services aligned with the province.
Battling a cold, the flu or COVID-19? You're not alone. It's that time of year when more people are feeling sick and health officials are stressing the importance of preventing the spread of respiratory illnesses.
Alberta Children's Hospital is facing an influx of kids with respiratory viruses so it's adding capacity in an effort to meet demand.
Police on Vancouver Island say a woman has been charged with forgery and impersonation after she allegedly applied for a nursing job with fake documents.
While Canadians raced to get vaccinated against COVID-19 early in the pandemic, only 15 per cent of the population had their updated shot this fall. But the virus is still spreading — and the WHO just identified a new, rapidly spreading 'variant of concern' called JN.1.
New research shows that systemic racism is preventing young Black people from receiving proper mental health care, and that mental health organizations are not facilitating enough connections with Black-led care groups.
Loneliness is a global health concern that affects a quarter of the world's population, knows no age or boundaries and can change our physiology.
A group representing emergency room doctors says Quebec's health minister has been too focused on Bill 15 to stop emergency room care from deteriorating in the province.
While fewer older adults were reported missing during the COVID-19 pandemic, police forces in Quebec, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are among those that have seen an increase this year in missing people over the age of 60.
In January 2022, a CBC Toronto investigation revealed how lengthy 911 wait times are more than one-offs in Canada's largest city amid staffing shortages. Now nearly two years later, internal reports have revealed wait times on hold for 911 in Toronto have only grown longer and are happening more frequently.
A group has gathered to raise funds and awareness over long COVID after feeling like governments haven’t stepped up, says local organizer Keith Muise.
With last week's confirmation from Ontario's auditor general of a steep increase in spending on agency nurses in some hospitals, others say they've managed to steer clear of the trend altogether.
As part of the peer-reviewed study, medical residents in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were interviewed and surveyed about their experiences during their on-the-job training after becoming doctors.
Compared to urban dwellers, rural Canadians are more vulnerable to climate change in many ways and face challenges to adaptation, says a new federal government report. And rural doctors and health researchers say climate change has been having a big impact on health in rural communities. Here's a closer look.
From toxic drugs to climate change, CBC health and science reporters have chosen the stories they will be watching in the year ahead.
Only about 14 per cent of eligible New Brunswickers have received the new COVID-19 vaccine designed to target the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant, figures from the Department of Health show.
Canadian residents whose personal data was compromised in a 2019 LifeLabs data breach can now apply for up to $150 in compensation from a multi-million dollar class action settlement approved in October.
A lack of food, clean water and shelter have worn down hundreds of thousands of traumatized people and, with a health system on its knees, doctors and aid workers say it's inevitable epidemics will rip through the enclave.
Starting in 2026, Ontarians will be able to buy beer, wine, cider and seltzers at convenience stores, big box outlets, some gas stations and more supermarkets, marking a major overhaul in how alcohol is sold in the province.
The new Canadian Dental Care Plan is being hailed as a step in the right direction that could help to keep people healthier as they age and out of crowded hospitals — although experts are watching closely to see if it lives up to those early hopes.
Here's what you need to know about the Canadian Dental Care Plan, a $13-billion insurance program that will start covering costs for most basic dentistry next year for about nine million eligible Canadians, according to the federal government.
Health Minister Mark Holland signalled Tuesday the government is unlikely to meet the end-of-the-year deadline imposed by the NDP for passing pharmacare legislation — a condition of the supply-and-confidence agreement that was struck to keep the governing Liberals in power until 2025.
A St. John’s senior is worried about losing home care after he was forced to pay out of pocket for months because of delayed insurance claims.
Soleiman Faqiri’s deadly restraint by Ontario jail guards in 2016 has been deemed a homicide — words his family has waited to hear for nearly seven years, since he died shackled, pepper sprayed and covered with a spit hood face down on a cell floor.
A range of viral and bacterial infections are all back in circulation and medical experts are reminding British Columbians to take proper precautions to prevent community spread this Christmas.
Briella Johanne Brooks died on July 24, 2019, after she was found unresponsive in her family's Edmonton home. She died from methamphetamine toxicity, but it's not clear how she ingested the drug.
The federal government unveiled its new dental-care plan on Monday — a $13-billion insurance program that will start covering routine dentistry costs next year for people who meet a certain income threshold.
The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), which represents 80,000 health-care professionals, is striking for the third time this year to demand better salaries and work conditions.
The new federal dental insurance plan will be phased in gradually throughout 2024, with the first claims likely to be processed in May, government officials said ahead of a formal announcement scheduled for Monday morning.
Mireille Cadet thought getting bariatric surgery was going to be hard physically. But she wasn’t prepared to face backlash from people who thought she was cheating her way through weight loss.
This year, for the first time, a vaccine is available to help protect older adults against RSV, which is like the common cold for some but can also lead to respiratory infection and hospitalization. We answered some of your questions about the RSV vaccine and how to access it.
Experts say that losing your hearing and not getting that loss treated can lead to social isolation, loneliness and even cognitive decline. Hearing aids can help, and there are ways to prevent hearing loss in the first place.
Researchers are exploring the effects and safety of psilocybin in tiny doses.
When an outbreak like this happens, food inspectors race to track down the culprit. In the case of the contaminated cantaloupe, they were able to trace the salmonella back to produce from a few specific companies by checking invoices from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.
Ottawa will be getting a $40 million refund after it gave Quebec City-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago more than $300 million to develop and manufacture a home-grown COVID-19 vaccine that never made it to market.
About one in nine Canadian adults have experienced long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday. That amounts to 3.5 million Canadians, and more than half of those who ever had long-term symptoms still had them as of June 2023.
Five people have died in a salmonella outbreak linked to two brands of cantaloupes sold in six Canadian provinces, according to federal officials.
As health-care teams remain dangerously overstretched, they’re also grappling with the pressure of what some physicians are calling a “new norm” for seasonal illnesses — a range of viral and bacterial infections all back in circulation, with COVID-19 still chief among them.
The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation has declared a state of emergency over the opioid crisis as overdoses and deaths continue to devastate the community.
Health Canada is recommending that prescribers not start new patients on diabetes drugs such as Ozempic because of a worldwide shortage, except under certain conditions.
