A decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law has some reproductive rights advocates and fertility law experts in Canada concerned about …
More than six million Canadians say they do not have regular access to primary care physicians. It’s a crisis the experts say has caused untold harm and cases of preventable death and disease …
People who are homeless have high rates of COVID-19 reinfection, putting the health of an already vulnerable population at further risk, a study published Friday in the BMC Infectious Diseases …
People 65 years of age and older may receive another dose of updated vaccine to protect against severe illness from COVID-19, Canada’s advisory body on immunizations said Friday. The National …
Now or Never49:35Need Summer? Listen to this. This First Person column is written by Morgan Klachefsky, who lives in Winnipeg. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see …
As Tim Brooks left a hospital washroom where garbage and urine had spread on the floor, he saw a partially dressed patient on a stretcher in the emergency department. Brooks covered the …
Wildlife officials in Alaska have confirmed the first known case of a polar bear that died from avian flu — highlighting growing concerns about the H5N1 strain’s potential spread among northern …
This First Person column is written by Glenn Deir, a retired journalist who lives in St. John’s. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I …
On Jan. 18, 1998, Kent Dooley sat across from a brilliant pediatric pathologist with a devoted following at Halifax’s IWK Grace children’s and maternity hospital and told him he was …
The number of older people reported missing in Canada is raising an alarm bell for advocates, who warn the problem will only get worse as the population ages and more …