Health

A new practice hub for internationally educated nurses (IENs) has opened in Toronto, to help them refresh their skills while providing mentorship. The hub, which is located in the area of Bathurst Street...

WINNIPEG — Canadian health ministers meet in Winnipeg today after the federal government announced it would extend funding for mental health, addictions and home care by one year.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Leo XIV was elected after the pained finale of Pope Francis’ pontificate, there was hope that a younger, healthier pope would be able to guide the Catholic Church for quite some time before age and ailments slowed him.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Health Ministry confirmed the country’s second Ebola case Wednesday, saying a relative of the man who died two days after arriving from Congo had tested positive while in quarantine.

The death of a lab worker in Russia has raised fears of the plague. Authorities claim she died of pneumonia from an unknown origin, but have yet to release any other details surrounding if there's a connection...

Ontario's medical regulator is proposing sweeping changes to prescribing safer supply drugs, The Canadian Press has learned. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is looking to clamp down...

OTTAWA — The national dental care program has "transformed access to care for millions of patients" but claims are being denied without explanations and too many people are confused about what's covered, says a new report from the Canadian Dental Association.

OTTAWA — Canada is very closely following reports that a woman who worked at a plague research institute in Siberia has died, Health Minister Marjorie Michel said on Monday.

Toronto Public Health (TPH) is urging people to get vaccinated after 14 confirmed mpox cases since September. Recent wastewater monitoring by the Public Health Agency of Canada has also consistently...