Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals started a 24-hour shutdown to protest the brutal rape and killing of a doctor …
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Cape Breton University is pushing ahead with plans for a new medical school in Nova Scotia despite concerns by local doctors that they are too busy to take on new …
A baby girl delivered from a Palestinian woman who was killed alongside her husband and daughter in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah is stabilizing in hospital after her critical first …
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has expressed concern about the prescribing and oversight practices of a Toronto breastfeeding doctor in a case where a woman was prescribed …
Experts are watching closely as cases of invasive pneumococcal disease rise in Alberta. The potentially life-threatening illness is caused by bacteria known as Streptococcus pneumoniae, which often strike after viral …
Canada is seeing a record number of cases of invasive Group A strep, a bacterial infection that kills roughly one in 10 people who contract it, according to data obtained by …
A father wants to spread awareness about synthetic opioids sold to teens after he says his son died of an overdose. Christian Boivin says 15-year-old Mathis was a normal teenager …
Canada’s health minister says he’ll act quickly to shut down a “loophole” after Health Canada approved the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches with no restrictions on how the product is …