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Glorieuse Uwizeye believes it was a miracle she and her family survived the 100-day genocide in 1994 against the Tutsis, a minority group in Rwanda. Uwizeye, now an associate professor in nursing at Western University in London, Ont., studies the physical and mental health outcomes of survivors' children.

Minister of Addictions and Mental Health Ya'ara Saks said Tuesday the federal government has approved the B.C. government’s request to recriminalize the use of illicit drugs in public spaces.

A new $15-million cross-border research project is underway to monitor the movement of pathogens in Canada and the U.S. in the event of future pandemics. The federal government put up the money that will cover four years of equipment and research.

Health officials are teaming up to make syphilis testing more accessible to people living in central Alberta as the province grapples with a worsening years-long outbreak of the serious sexually transmitted infection.

Dr. Sarah Giles and Dr. Sarah Newbery provide their insights on staffing shortages in rural health-care facilities.

The federal government plans to stop supplying provinces and territories with free COVID-19 rapid tests, which has an infection control epidemiologist worried about two-tiered health care, increased spread and increased health-care costs.

The high-profile case of a Brantford, Ont., woman who was rearrested while serving house arrest for faking pregnancies and duping doulas may be an extreme and "unique" case, but scams targeting workers in the field are more common than people may think, say doula organizations.

Weeks after the death of Normand Meunier, who developed a severe bedsore in the Saint-Jérôme hospital, the local health authority has announced new measures and training to better care for patients with disabilities.

In the U.S., the growing role of private equity firms in health care is coming under heightened scrutiny, with senate committee hearings and a public inquiry underway. In Canada, private equity firms have also bought up health-care facilities outside hospitals, and experts point to studies suggesting what's good for the firms’ bottom line may not help patient care.

Cynthia Good's mother experienced a dream or vision as she was dying of pancreatic cancer. Researchers say these events can be a great comfort to the dying and their loved ones.

By some estimates, Canadians consume nearly half of their caloric intake from ultra-processed foods. Experts agree that ultra-processed foods harm physical health, and they're also correlated with increased negative mental health, including depression and anxiety. 

London Drugs says it is gradually reopening its stores across Western Canada, six days after the retail and pharmacy chain shuttered all locations, due to a cybersecurity incident.

The B.C. Wildfire Service and other agencies are working to make sure wildland firefighters have mental health supports ready and available year round.

Shilpa Raju feels lucky to be alive. She’s had double lung and kidney transplants after surviving cancer — and is grateful to the donors whose gifts she now carries within her. She’s hoping to find a surrogate who can help realize her dream of motherhood.

For several decades, scientists have rung alarms that a dangerous form of bird flu had pandemic potential. As H5N1 spreads to more species, including U.S. dairy cattle, how likely is that worst-case scenario?

A Quebec community organization is calling for the establishment of specialized services in Eastern Quebec to prevent bedsores in people with spinal cord injuries.

Federal officials say Canada is expanding its surveillance for a dangerous form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak of H5N1 in U.S. dairy cattle, with monitoring efforts now set to include testing of milk being sold on store shelves.

In the frantic early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, fraudsters in the U.S. allegedly swindled funds that were supposed to buy 12 million face masks for Canadians, according to a new criminal indictment.

The Alberta government says it's taking steps to improve the health of women and children by following through on a promise to spend $26 million on research and expanding a newborn screening program.

Ontario midwives can now prescribe more drugs and administer routine vaccinations, which the provincial government says will reduce the need for additional medical appointments for patients.