An investigation by Alberta’s Public Interest Commissioner has found that “significant lapses” in the standard of medical care for inmates at an Edmonton jail put patients’ lives, health and safety in danger. …
More than 200 medical journals are calling on the World Health Organization to deem two overlapping environmental crises — climate change and biodiversity loss — as a global health emergency, …
An off-duty airline pilot riding in an extra cockpit seat on a Horizon Air flight last weekend said “I’m not OK” just before trying to cut the engines mid-flight and …
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the volcanic island nation went on strike Tuesday to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Icelanders awoke to all-male newscaster …
A disciplinary hearing resumed Monday morning for a B.C. nurse facing allegations of unprofessional conduct over her public statements about transgender people. The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives’ discipline …
An elderly Israeli hostage who was released by Hamas overnight said she was beaten by militants as she was taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, as her husband’s whereabouts remain …
As Israel prepares to expand its Gaza campaign, it has Washington’s worried voice in its ear, pushing it to define its objectives. It’s a reflection of Americans’ fears they could …
Paul Johnston spent the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic pacing the floors, imagining the tumours in his patients’ bodies growing bigger without treatment. What was the bigger risk? Their …
A new course at McGill University is putting a spotlight on Indigenous health care, and Indigenous students are the driving forces behind it. The course, called “Indigenous Worldviews in Health …
Among Paralympic sports, boccia is one of a kind. Some have compared it to curling. Others have likened it to lawn bowling. But there is no true able-bodied equivalent to …