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Synthetic chemicals called phthalates, found in consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children’s toys, may have contributed to more than 10 per cent of all global mortality from heart disease in 2018 among men and women ages 55 through 64, a new study found.
The United States and Mexico reached an agreement on the handling of a damaging pest called New World screwworm, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Monday, after she threatened to limit cattle imports from south of the border.
The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too.
Alberta Health reported more than a dozen new cases of measles in the south health zone of the province over the weekend.
As you add more ultraprocessed foods to your diet, your risk of a premature death from any cause rises, according to a new meta-analysis of research involving more than 240,000 people.
Spring is bringing many things to Saskatchewan – warmer weather, construction, but also the threat of avian flu as migratory birds return to the province.
When she was 3 weeks old, the left side of Addison McArthur’s heart stopped functioning, and she was put on the top of British Columbia’s transplant waiting list. Now, the Vancouver native just celebrated her 14th birthday in the middle of National Donate Life Month.
The total number of measles cases has surpassed 1,000 in the province, according to Public Health Ontario (PHO).
How you manage a cluster of health conditions known as metabolic syndrome could have a big impact on whether you develop dementia at a young age, according to a new study.
A Nova Scotia doctor is opening up about her personal struggles of being a caregiver for her father during his dementia journey, while also sharing her medical knowledge to improve the lives of others.
A glass of wine in hand, you lean over to try to catch what your colleagues are saying at a social gathering as music thumps in the background. Too embarrassed to ask them to repeat? Still struggling to understand even when they do?
People who are immunocompromised cannot get immunized against measles because the vaccine contains a live attenuated virus. As cases surge, they're worried about measles exposure
Public Health Ontario is reporting 95 new measles cases since last week, bringing the total number of people infected past 1,000.
Medical researchers and lawyers say our rocky relationship with the U.S. creates an urgent need to protect a critical Canadian resource: patient health information that can be used to train artificial intelligence.
As a measles outbreak centered in West Texas continues to grow, a new poll finds that a growing share of adults in the United States have heard false claims about the disease and the vaccine to prevent it – and many aren’t completely confident in their conviction.
A top U.S. science official on Tuesday backed away from a bold promise made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reveal the cause of autism by September.
