Research from three Ontario universities sheds new light on the risks associated with cannabis use during pregnancy, finding the psychoactive component of the drug restricts oxygen...
There have been 1,050 confirmed flu cases in Saskatchewan so far, including 5 deaths, 30 outbreaks in long-term care facilities and 16 ICU admissions. The province’s...
More Manitobans are rolling up their sleeves for preventative shots after the unexpected deaths of two young people from the flu, providers say. One walk-in clinic...
The spread of misinformation on the safety of vaccines has some parents asking the courts to be the final arbiter over whether their children should be...
The number of people infected by a mystery SARS-like virus that has killed two people in China is likely hundreds more than officially reported, researchers have...
(Postmedia file photo) Marijuana use during pregnancy can have a significant impact on the health of unborn babies, a new joint study by Western University and...
Discovering old, used chewing gum is rarely a cause for celebration. It’s a little different, though, when that gum is found in a nearly 6,000-year-old archeological site...
Medical staff transfer patients to Jin Yintan hospital on January 17, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Getty Images U.S. health and Homeland Security officials will begin...
While it’s still too soon to say definitively that the flu season is past its peak, the dips in the past two weeks were dramatic. Even...
It’s a highly unusual step. The last time the CDC did routine passenger health screening was during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, according to Dr. Martin Cetron,...