Rosemary Barton speaks with B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix about his province's response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowing states to import prescription drugs from Canada. In recent years, Canada has run short on a range of drugs, including the popular weight-loss and diabetes drug Ozempic.
Donors cite both the pressing need for organs and a sense of meaning they derive from helping to save a life as reasons for making donations requiring major surgery and recovery time.
A father wants to spread awareness about synthetic opioids sold to teens after he says his son died of an overdose. The 15-year-old took a drug known as isotonitazene thinking it was oxycodone.
Though creating new habits is hard, experts say there are specific ways to craft your new year’s resolutions to be more likely to succeed — as well as a few approaches to avoid.
Canada’s health-care system will need to navigate some major obstacles in 2024, from critical staffing shortages to dangerous pathogens to soaring Ozempic demand. CBC’s Christine Birak and Lauren Pelley get you up to speed on four big stories to watch in the year ahead.
A growing number of health-care workers in Nova Scotia are not getting their annual flu shots, according to figures released by their employer, Nova Scotia Health.
It's a different kind of Battle of Alberta. First responders across the province are rolling up their sleeves in a friendly competition to see who can encourage the most people to donate blood this month.
