Health News

The impact of Canada’s primary-care crisis is being felt acutely in Sault Ste. Marie Ont., where 10,000 people will be cut off from their family doctor at the end of May. CBC’s Nick Purdon breaks down the Group Health Centre’s de-rostering and what it means for patients.

Tobacco companies still actively target young people via social media, sports and music festivals and new, flavoured products, the World Health Organization says.

A new study suggests historic problems in northwestern Ontario from mercury contamination in the 1960s and 70s are being made worse by ongoing industrial pollution. Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have released the results of a study which found that discharge from the Dryden Paper Mill is combining with mercury dumped into the English-Wabigoon river decades ago to create an even more toxic compound: methylmercury.

In six years, the number of naloxone kits for opioid overdoses distributed in Quebec pharmacies has jumped from fewer than 7,000 a year to 78,000.

The B.C. First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) has confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack, and that some employee personal information was likely impacted in the breach.

For years, Jason Evans says people treated him like he was "crazy and a conspiracy theorist" when he talked about the contaminated blood scandal that killed his father.

A doctor from Nepal who is now living on P.E.I. with his wife and young son says getting a health-care job is starting to seem out of reach.

A Michigan farm worker has been diagnosed with bird flu, becoming the second U.S. case tied to dairy cows.

The province of Nova Scotia acknowledged in a recent interview with CBC News that it intends to have standards and enforcement in place by 2030, but it will not be barrier-free by 2030.

A family from Gatineau, Que., is reeling after being told they will be discharged from their family doctor in Ottawa.

Retailer London Drugs has confirmed Tuesday that cybercriminals have demanded a ransom for data that was taken in a cyberattack that took its stores offline for a week.

The B.C. government is asking universities to implement more drug safety measures after a coroner's inquest was called into the overdose death of an 18-year-old University of Victoria (UVic) student, after her parents accused campus security and a 911 operator of failing to respond to help save her life.

In a new report, a think-tank within Employment and Social Development Canada names 35 "plausible" global disruptions that could reshape Canada and the world in the near future.

A chemical plant in Sarnia, Ont., that has been shut down over benzene emissions says complying with certain conditions set out by the provincial government can't be done safely and will cost up to $50 million.

CBC News reported earlier this year that 2023 was expected to be the deadliest year from drug poisonings on record — and now, provincial numbers confirm it.

Last year's record-breaking wildfire season forced Canadians to become familiar with the scale of air pollution as hazardous smoke drifted across the country, and now Environment Canada says it is following in B.C.'s footsteps to improve how it measures and reports air quality risks to the public.

An Ontario child’s death from measles this year offered a grim reminder: When vaccination rates drop and this virus rears its head, the youngest among us bear the brunt.

The federal government has rejected a request from Toronto to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal use within the city.

Vancouver General Hospital launched a six-month pilot project with chef Ned Bell to overhaul the facility's meals and deliver a healthier, tastier menu.

Canada's vaccine advisory group said Friday it recommends building toward immunizing all infants from respiratory syncytial virus.