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,...
Canada’s chief public health officer says more children are being hospitalized this flu season because of an early spike in a strain of influenza B, which...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Non-communicable diseases including heart disease, cancer and lung disease are now the most common causes of death, accounting for 70 percent of...
Canada’s chief public health officer says more children are being hospitalized this flu season because of an early spike in a strain of influenza B, which hits young people hard and is circulating across...
The Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team drives a vehicle as they leave the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the city of Wuhan, in Hubei, Province on...