Health

Public health officials in Toronto say two travel-related cases of another type of mpox have been confirmed for the first time in the city and the province. Toronto Public Health says the variant known...

Black women are three to four times more likely to die during or as a result of childbirth in the United States and the U.K., and although Canadians could assume similar statistics for Black women in our...

The Canadian Institute for Health Information says pneumonia hospitalizations rose by almost one-third across Canada last year. The data released Thursday shows kids between five and 17 years old were...

Eye care professionals in Toronto are warning of a dramatic increase of dry eye patients and digital screens may be driving the numbers. "I've been practicing for about 18 years and over the last five...

Living in Oshawa, 69-year-old retiree Wenida Dimaculangan spends almost an hour travelling to Scarborough for her hemodialysis appointment three times a week. The procedure includes being hooked up...

Calls to Toronto Seniors Helpline are on the rise as older adults struggle with issues ranging from no heat in their homes to loneliness amid brutal cold and impassable snow-covered sidewalks.  "(Many)...

Commercially sold cannabis may still contain toxic fungi and residues, even if it has been irradiated in accordance with standard industry practices, warn researchers at McGill University. While the...

An Oakville mother tells CityNews her daughter, who lives with a developmental disability, has spent nearly two decades on a group home waitlist. Sally Mitzel is a proud mom and caregiver to her 39-year-old...

Dead geese found along the waterfront in Whitby have tested positive for avian influenza (bird flu), Whitby Animal Services confirmed in a release on Tuesday. "In total, 31 geese have now been collected...