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After the collapse came the dust. It billowed across Lower Manhattan in the wake of the 2001 World Trade Center terror attacks, turning people into ghosts as they trudged to safety. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that as many as 400,000 people were exposed.
University of Alberta researchers are excited about a breakthrough that could improve how Alzheimer's disease is treated.
University of Calgary professor Mark Ungrin has dedicated years of research highlighting what he believes is of significant concern to all Canadians’ health.
With Lyme disease concerns growing in Nova Scotia, a team of researchers has found that pharmacist prescriptions have cut tick bite-related ER visits in half.
Brad Pitt’s recent revelation that he’s drinking again in “a more restrained manner,” after seven years of sobriety following heavy drinking, sparked intense pushback.
More than two dozen varieties of sandwiches sold by a Calgary catering company have been recalled over possible contamination, according to Health Canada.
Fiji has declared an HIV national emergency after data showed 1 in 60 people in the South Pacific island nation was estimated to be infected.
A new study suggests diverting intoxicated people from emergency rooms to a safe recovery space significantly reduces ambulance drop-off times.
The Canadian Medical Association has updated its code of ethics to clarify how doctors are expected to address racism and discrimination in health care.
A Manitoba teenager’s next gift to his grandfather isn’t a new coffee mug or sweater — it’s part of his liver.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House.
Public health officials in northwestern Ontario have issued drug alerts after more than 60 drug poisonings were reported in Kenora over two days and a new nitazene opioid was detected in the region's unregulated supply.
A potential new treatment could help restore brain function in people with progressive multiple sclerosis.
An experimental peptide backed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and marketed online for pain, healing and performance enhancement is being used for a wide range of ailments despite little safety and efficacy evidence from human studies, a new analysis found.
More than 20 banned skin-bleaching products containing mercury are available for purchase on third-party marketplaces run by Amazon, Temu and TikTok Shop in several countries, despite decades of efforts by health advocates and regulators to prevent their sale, a Reuters review of publicly available information found.
The head of the UN health agency is hailing “encouraging signs” in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in one part of eastern Congo, while warning that case counts are rising fast in another as officials race to tamp down the virus.
