How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario's Wealthiest, and Left Others Behind
  • Jan 23, 2026

How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario's Wealthiest, and Left Others Behind

'I waited, I trusted': B.C. woman with terminal cancer says health-care system needs help
  • Jan 23, 2026

'I waited, I trusted': B.C. woman with terminal cancer says health-care system needs help

Some Kashechewan First Nation residents test positive for parasite amid evacuation
  • Jan 23, 2026

Some Kashechewan First Nation residents test positive for parasite amid evacuation

Top CDC vaccine official questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
  • Jan 23, 2026

Top CDC vaccine official questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations

Health Canada warns of fake semaglutide drugs, cites 'product safety' risks
  • Jan 23, 2026

Health Canada warns of fake semaglutide drugs, cites 'product safety' risks

Ontario fast-tracking public coverage for new drugs targeting six cancers
  • Jan 23, 2026

Ontario fast-tracking public coverage for new drugs targeting six cancers

Saskatchewan orders review of hospital security amid increasing safety concerns
  • Jan 23, 2026

Saskatchewan orders review of hospital security amid increasing safety concerns

NIH ends funding of research that uses human fetal tissue from abortions
  • Jan 23, 2026

NIH ends funding of research that uses human fetal tissue from abortions

Mobile team offers primary care for unhoused people in Saint John
  • Jan 23, 2026

Mobile team offers primary care for unhoused people in Saint John

Analysis adds evidence that shingles vaccine prevents or delays new-onset dementia
  • Jan 22, 2026

Analysis adds evidence that shingles vaccine prevents or delays new-onset dementia

Trump formally withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization
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  • Jan 22, 2026

Trump formally withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization

Ontario health minister says municipalities should not offer incentives to doctors
  • Jan 22, 2026

Ontario health minister says municipalities should not offer incentives to doctors

A Toronto hospital's mass-casualty war game puts Canada's health care system to the test
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  • Jan 22, 2026

A Toronto hospital's mass-casualty war game puts Canada's health care system to the test

Five cancer drugs funded quickly through Ontario pilot project
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  • Jan 22, 2026

Five cancer drugs funded quickly through Ontario pilot project

Judge opens path to 67,500 lawsuits against J&J over alleged cancer link to talc products
  • Jan 22, 2026

Judge opens path to 67,500 lawsuits against J&J over alleged cancer link to talc products

Canadian scientists uncover hidden cells behind brain cancer — and an old drug that could stop them
  • Jan 22, 2026

Canadian scientists uncover hidden cells behind brain cancer — and an old drug that could stop them

Ontario pharmacy regulator dismisses complaint about restrictions on teachers' drug plan
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  • Jan 22, 2026

Ontario pharmacy regulator dismisses complaint about restrictions on teachers' drug plan

Some Immune Systems Defeat Cancer. Could That Become a Drug?
  • Jan 22, 2026

Some Immune Systems Defeat Cancer. Could That Become a Drug?

Canadian government drafts plans to ban social media for children under 14
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  • Jan 22, 2026

Canadian government drafts plans to ban social media for children under 14

Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria
  • Jan 22, 2026

Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria

Metal detectors welcome in Sask. ERs, but union head calls for more changes
  • Jan 22, 2026

Metal detectors welcome in Sask. ERs, but union head calls for more changes

Doctors sound alarm over what they call limited access to ultrasounds in ERs
  • Jan 22, 2026

Doctors sound alarm over what they call limited access to ultrasounds in ERs

mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
  • Jan 22, 2026

mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say

New Brunswick's Vitalité will continue using travel nurses beyond winter deadline
  • Jan 22, 2026

New Brunswick's Vitalité will continue using travel nurses beyond winter deadline

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