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Deans from Canada's three new programs for family medicine focus on meeting increased demand through team-based care and early exposure.

Over 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President Abraham Lincoln continue to fascinate people. Toronto-born Abbott practised in Hamilton and was the first Black Canadian licensed as a physician, notes the author of a book on "courageous" Civil War surgeons.

A pressurized oxygen chamber exploded Friday, killing a five-year-old patient and injuring his mother at a suburban Detroit medical facility.

Federal Court judge staves off Feb. 1 cull deadline as a convoy of supporters embraces their cause.

While different levels of government promise to speed up the accreditation of internationally trained professionals to prop up the healthcare system, it still takes months if not years for new immigrants to be able to practise in Canada.

The prospect of safely handling leftovers can stir debate. And it has an impact: one in eight Canadians — about four million — are affected every year by a foodborne illness, according to Health Canada.

Health Minister Mark Holland says he's looking forward to signing more pharmacare deals with provinces and territories "in the coming days" — and opposition parties should rethink their plans to bring down the government this spring to allow that to happen.

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how much longer you could live (and the emissions you could cut) if you swap out some read meat for plant-based proteins. We also explore how fracking causes earthquakes and see the greenery on Singapore's buildings that's attracting nature.

The number of drug toxicity deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador doubled when the COVID-19 pandemic ended. The latest numbers show that trend continued in 2024, eclipsing the numbers from the previous year.

Canadian scientists say the uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump's pause on federal health spending there could stall research on new drugs, vaccines and treatments for cancer, dementia and more — including at labs in this country.

A clinic in Montreal's Parc-Extension neighbourhood, one of the most diverse in the city, uses a video translation service. Doctors say it has helped them better understand the needs of patients.

Seventeen-year-old Zeke Fox dragged Shawn Goodwin to safety on the night of Jan. 5 as a fire destroyed his encampment at Bayfront Park in Hamilton. They've since stayed in touch and have become close. "You go through something like that with someone and you feel like you’re almost family," Fox says.

Three employees at the Halifax Infirmary hospital were injured by a patient Wednesday, including two who were stabbed, according to sources.

A private medical clinic that launched an unsuccessful constitutional challenge of Canada's public health-care system must pay the B.C. government's legal costs, after what a judge calls a 'gruelling marathon' of a case.

Past statements attributed to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. regarding vaccine safety were in focus Wednesday during his confirmation hearing to become the top health official in the United States.

Dr. Bonnie Henry led the province’s COVID-19 response, balancing politics and policy, regularly updating B.C. residents on the prevalence of the virus and deciding when to impose and lift public health restrictions.

A new study is showing a policy change in 2016 related to the vaccination of some premature babies for RSV in Nova Scotia led to a tenfold increase in the number of infants in that group that were hospitalized with the respiratory virus.

Eric Bouchard, the UCP MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, said the findings of the report were “shocking” and that the information it presents to the public is “long overdue.” But NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi calls the report a waste of tax dollars.

Edmonton’s trauma surgeons continue to advocate combining the city’s two trauma centres into one — which they say would improve patient outcomes and save money

People with ADHD are living shorter lives than they should, say the authors of a new British study, who stress that much of the known link between the disorder and premature death relates to a lack of education and support services.