Category: Health

This First Person article is the experience of Samuel Bonne, a medical student in Montreal. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ. Warning: this article...

23andMe is laying off 40 per cent of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash costs.The latest...

Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo in Louisville, Ky., waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name.The 71-year-old retiree...

Dozens of researchers across Canada, including renowned environmentalist David Suzuki, have joined a growing chorus of voices urging the federal government to halt the importation of an endangered monkey species...

If it weren't for a stem cell transplant — less than half a cup of blood from a stranger's umbilical cord — four-year-old Tristan Ford would almost certainly have died...

Patsy Smith's husband, Tony Smith, isn't a physiotherapist, but his days are focused on helping his wife regain some movement in the limbs on the left side of her body.The...

A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada says. Since Influenza A or flu...

More than 800 million adults have diabetes worldwide — almost twice as many as previous estimates suggested — and more than half of those aged over 30 who have the condition are...

NorthYukon says its Communicable Disease Control and the territory's chief medical officer have confirmed a case of whooping cough on a flight from Whitehorse to Vancouver earlier this month.Passengers on...

The Baycrest Koschitzky Centre is launching a free online resource tool it says will help caregivers facing "significant and escalating challenges," such as isolation, burnout and financial hardship.The Canadian Caregiver Assessment...