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Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor.The child had mild symptoms, was treated with antiviral medication, and...

The new head of the National Microbiology Lab (NML) in Winnipeg has some homework to do before taking over the high-security facility — starting with a long-awaited parliamentary committee report that recommends immediately ending all...

The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, what's believed to be...

It's lunchtime in the Parker home in Richmond, B.C. But before eight-year-old Lucas can be fed, his dad checks the boy's blood sugar levels. Nathan Parker figures out the dosages...

Could sunscreen be bad for you? Can kitchen ingredients cure an STI? Students go online to search out all manner of information — including health and wellness advice — but...

The federal government is asking Parliament to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in new spending to cover the health-care costs of eligible refugees and asylum seekers — a budget...

Health-care advocates are sounding the alarm on foot-care coverage in Saskatchewan, and launching several initiatives to raise awareness and provide services to those in need.A petition by the Advanced Foot Care...

Municipal officials have opted to end water fluoridation on the island of Montreal in a move spurred by a petition from a resident who claims he has the support of...

A physician says patient overcrowding at Winnipeg's Grace Hospital's emergency department is a "catastrophe."Dr. Doug Eyolfson says Grace's ER was built to handle 30 active patients, but that number surged...

A measles outbreak in New Brunswick is set to push Canada's annual case count to the highest it's been in five years, highlighting how infectious the disease is and how low vaccination rates have...