CBC News
Bill 29, if passed, would allow Albertans to self-refer to private clinics across the province, later this year.
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 8:53 pm
Global News
That comes as a separate study published in the same journal found those who survive cancer as teens or young adults also face a higher risk of getting cancer again later in life.
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 6:49 pm
Global News
Lululemon USA is being investigated on 'whether the company has misled consumers about the safety, quality, and health impacts of its products,' the Texas attorney general said.
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 4:56 pm
CBC News
Survivors of cancer in adolescence and young adulthood are at increased risk for nearly all types later, Canadian researchers find.
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 3:55 pm
CBC News
A New Brunswick woman says a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy error left her taking blood pressure medication instead of an allergy drug for months. The case is raising questions about safety checks, staffing and accountability.
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
A new paper published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal offers fresh modelling that shows cancer cases and deaths will remain at high levels in the year ahead — including "concerning trends" showing a projected rise in multiple types of cancer.
Posted on 13 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
The R-word has been considered taboo for several years, as a slur against people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Now, the word appears to be undergoing a resurgence and normalization.
Posted on 12 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
Other countries, like the U.K, the United States and the European Union have all dedicated funding and detailed roadmaps to replace animal testing in research settings. And while Canada has a strategy to replace animals used in chemical and toxicity testing, there is still no plan for those used in ...
Posted on 11 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
Heather Winterstein's skin was discoloured and she was struggling to control her body in a wheelchair the day she died at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital, a woman who was waiting to see a doctor that day told a coroner's inquest that began March 30.
Posted on 11 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
Manitoba recorded three dozen more confirmed and probable cases of measles over the final days of March and into early April.
Posted on 10 April 2026 | 11:27 pm
Global News
Peptides can 'change how your body works,' Health Canada said. They are marketed online and on social media as 'anti-aging' products.
Posted on 10 April 2026 | 2:50 pm
CBC News
The P.E.I. government says it is working with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to reduce reliance on travel nurses.
Posted on 10 April 2026 | 12:01 pm
CBC News
Childhood immunization rates for most vaccines have been falling since the pandemic, a CBC News analysis of provincial data has found, raising concerns among public health officials about increased vulnerability to infectious disease.
Posted on 10 April 2026 | 12:00 pm
CBC News
Two federal public service unions say more and more employees are being denied requests for accommodations to work remotely, particularly for medical reasons, and are accusing the government of being unreasonable.
Posted on 10 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
The 10-month standoff on a B.C. ostrich farm last year was the most expensive poultry cull in Canada's history. A fifth estate investigation reveals the campaign to save the ostriches was based on falsehoods.
Posted on 10 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
Indigenous Nurses Day is April 10, which is the birthdate of Edith Anderson Monture, a Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman and the first First Nations woman to become a registered nurse in Canada. The day acknowledges the significant contributions of First Nation, Métis and Inuit nurses to health and we...
Posted on 10 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
People shouldn't buy or use unauthorized, injectable peptide drugs claiming to help with body issues and wellness, warns Health Canada — they can come with serious side effects.
Posted on 9 April 2026 | 8:56 pm
Global News
Health Canada states that food contaminated with listeria monocytogenes 'may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick.'
Posted on 9 April 2026 | 1:41 pm
CBC News
Less than a year after a judge ruled on a similar case in Red Deer, the provincial government is facing an injunction seeking to stop supervised consumption services from closing in Calgary and Lethbridge.
Posted on 9 April 2026 | 12:00 pm
CBC News
The PaRx program, an initiative that allows healthcare providers to prescribe nature passes to patients, is now available for Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) sites.
Posted on 9 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
Rose Gervais was about 12 weeks pregnant with her third child in 2023 when she had to travel from Gaspé, Que., to Montreal for an abortion. She should have been able to get the procedure done much closer, in Quebec City, but doctors say delays in getting appointments combined with limited capacity ...
Posted on 9 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
Pharmacists working in Newfoundland and Labrador say a staffing crisis is pushing them to a breaking point, and that the provincial government needs to take it seriously.
Posted on 8 April 2026 | 7:30 pm
Global News
Connor Ingram went from being told not to report to Utah Mammoth training camp to starting in goal for the playoff-bound Edmonton Oilers.
Posted on 8 April 2026 | 1:28 pm
Global News
More than 18,000 people have died from toxic illicit drugs in British Columbia since a public health emergency was declared on April 14, 2016.
Posted on 8 April 2026 | 12:27 pm
CBC News
One woman was admitted with a life-threatening condition called exercise-induced or exertional rhabdomyolysis, rhabdo for short. The illness can happen after an intense workout and is when muscle tissue breaks down, leaking enzymes and proteins into the bloodstream. In high amounts, the proteins can...
Posted on 8 April 2026 | 8:00 am
CBC News
Five years after Pete Pearson, 75, was diagnosed with a terminal lung condition, he was experiencing debilitating anxiety and depression known as "end-of-life distress." He wanted to try psilocybin — commonly known as magic mushrooms — to see if it helped. After a lengthy and futile attempt to g...
Posted on 7 April 2026 | 8:00 am
Global News
Rebecca King-Crews revealed she has been living with Parkinson's for the past decade, with her first symptoms appearing around 2012 as numbness in her left foot during a workout.
Posted on 6 April 2026 | 5:21 pm
Global News
The clinical trial showed a 99 per cent probability that fluvoxamine outperformed placebo for 'reducing fatigue severity and improving quality of life in people with long COVID.'
Posted on 2 April 2026 | 6:38 pm
Global News
Prince Edward Island announced it's changing its screening age eligibility to 45, but other provinces say they're still investigating whether to do so.
Posted on 1 April 2026 | 6:52 pm
Global News
The U.S. FDA said the drug was approved within 50 days of the company filing for approval, one of the fastest approval times for any drug.
Posted on 1 April 2026 | 5:42 pm