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False claims about sunscreen, tanning and skin cancer treatments are widespread across social media and online forums. A Canadian dermatologist says sunscreen remains important but warns that relying on it alone can create a false sense of security.
The listeria outbreak that contaminated plant-based milk in 2024 was traced back to a leftover sample found in someone’s fridge, according to a recent investigation.
Richard Weinf, 80, has lived as an amputee for more than four decades, often enduring sleepless nights due to severe pain that has lasted long after the surgery to remove his leg.
Numerous studies have shown that Covid-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy, but Republican U.S. senators have recently stirred up false and misleading claims that are now spreading on social media.
Research in 2022 estimated that more than 14 percent of the global population has had the disease, warning that transmission rates could increase as climate change brings longer, drier summers.
A local cyclist’s account of a dramatic accident is highlighting growing concerns over e-scooter safety across Canada, as pediatric experts warn the devices are motorized vehicles rather than toys.
Ontario MP Dean Allison has plans to chair four days of sworn testimony between Sept. 8 and 11 on Parliament Hill, focused on COVID-19 vaccine injuries.
Recent statistics released by the Canadian Paediatric Society showed of the 57 severe injuries related to e-scooters in 2025, there were 10 deaths among children under the age of 18.
Audrey Jacques was scheduled to give birth at Hôpital de Saint-Eustache in Quebec’s Laurentians next week, but the temporary closure of its maternity unit has changed her birth plans.
The private donation clinic Grifols has paused plasma collection in Canada in the months after two people who donated plasma at their Winnipeg clinics died.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says some Whole Foods Market salsas, guacamoles and prepared foods sold online in Ontario are being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.
Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has become the first hospital in Ontario to use a robotic spine platform to correct scoliosis in a child.
Michigan on Thursday reported 13,909 cases linked to an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an increase of roughly 11 per cent from last week, as the state continued to account for the bulk of cases in the multi-state outbreak of the parasitic illness.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province, after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said Thursday.
Mental health issues are the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, but they are often overlooked.
A California couple’s surrogate who went to Texas in a dispute over treating a congenital heart condition gave birth Wednesday, a day after a judge ordered life-sustaining care for the newborn.
