Health

A regional public health emergency has been declared in four northern Manitoba First Nations. Leaders in the Island Lake First Nations say opioid use, toxic drug supply, HIV, hepatitis C and homelessness...

TORONTO — The outbreak of a parasite that causes weeks of watery diarrhea and has infected more than 1,200 people in Michigan has not spread to Canada based on the latest information from the country's...

Alex Shved is fighting his Stage 4 cancer on two fronts. The medication he is receiving as part of an early-stage trial is working with his body, he hopes, to attack melanoma that has metastasized....

Toronto Public Health says nearly 40 heat-related emergency department visits were recorded during last week's heat wave that scorched the city. Officials say Toronto hospitals reported a total of 39...

TORONTO — Betrayed. Dehumanized. Devastated.
 These are the words some Canadians use to describe how they feel about a special government committee recommending not to expand medical assistance in...

Toronto Public Health (TPH) is advising the public of a potential measles exposure at several health care facilities in the Scarborough area. Officials say a travel-related case of measles was recently...

Toronto Fire Services (TFS) says it experienced a significant spike in emergency calls on Canada Day. Authorities responded to at least 746 incidents during a 24-hour period, which is 51 per cent greater...

We're at a point where "record-breaking heat" has become a broken-record phrase. Year over year, we hear how many parts of the world have reached a new temperature high. Just days into summer 2026,...

TORONTO — Doctors are urging people to seek medical attention if they have any contact with bats to prevent potential rabies infection. In Monday's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal,...