Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most recognizable face in U.S. efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, has told Politico in a newly published interview that he plans to retire at the end of Joe Biden's first term.
A Thunder Bay, Ont., woman says her publicly funded home-care provider has regularly missed scheduled visits, and she even suffered a leg gash in a fall while trying to get into her power chair earlier this year.
Canada faces new pressure to establish a suicide crisis hotline similar to the one implemented by the U.S. this weekend — but the CRTC is still evaluating how to roll it out.
It’s clear that reinfections from this coronavirus are the norm. Reassuringly, scientists say that for most healthy adults — including those with extra protection from vaccination — COVID-19 infections should get easier to deal with each time.
Climate change is making summers in Canada hotter, with more days of extreme heat and fewer nights that let our bodies cool down. That can have serious health consequences, and doctors say people aren't fully aware what to watch for.
Fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out to more Canadians as eligibility opens up across the country, but research suggests there are limitations to the impact they can have on the highly contagious BA.5 Omicron subvariant fuelling Canada's first summer surge.
As masking in public places shifts from being a requirement to a recommendation, experts say an uptick in negative comments directed toward those wearing face coverings may be part of a larger trend of increased aggression — such as air rage and domestic violence — during the pandemic.
