Health

On Jan. 17, a couple welcomed the arrival of their healthy baby boy Isaiah. Just two days later, the 29-year-old mother died.

Nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock suffers from CLN2, also known as Batten disease. It’s a rare and fatal genetic disorder that results in multiple seizures on a daily basis and will eventually lead to the loss of her life.

An antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people who live with HIV in British Columbia, but a new study shows men are living longer than women.

The snap election in Ontario will have significant implications on a bill that would reunite senior couples separated in long-term care.

Live poultry markets in New York City raced to sell off all their chickens and other fowl Friday after seven cases of avian flu were detected and state officials ordered markets in the metropolitan area to close for a week.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that 'cocaine is no worse than whiskey' as he suggested the global cocaine industry could be 'easily dismantled' if the drug was legalized worldwide.

An Alberta mother is desperate for access to a medication she says changed her life.

Six dairy herds in Nevada have tested positive for a newer variant of the H5N1 bird flu virus that’s been associated with severe infections in humans, according to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.

A Vancouver Island doctor involved in setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites has resigned from her positions with Island Health, claiming she was placed on leave as punishment for her public advocacy work.

President Javier Milei has ordered Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to profound differences with the UN agency, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday.

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday.

A recent B.C. Ministry of Health document says a “significant portion” of opioids prescribed by doctors and pharmacists are being diverted and that prescribed alternatives are being trafficked provincially, nationally and internationally.

As the country is in the midst of the worst time of year for respiratory infections, the Canadian respiratory virus surveillance report tracks how prevalent certain viruses are each week and how the trends are changing.

A child sex abuse survivor shares her story about how she was able to move on after an explicit video of her was widely shared online.

A Wisconsin couple is suing Walgreens and a pharmacy benefits management company, alleging that their son died because he couldn’t afford a sudden $500 spike in his asthma medication.