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Montreal needs to come up with a plan to avoid dismantling homeless encampments and supervise them when necessary, according to a new city-commissioned report.

City joins Toronto and Mississauga in calling on upper levels of government to increase social assistance rates to meet basic needs.

Dr. Patrick Hemmons travelled to Seattle to get an RSV shot for his daughter. He says he hopes to see nirsevimab become more easily accessible across the country. 

On those dreary winter days, it's easy to feel low, but experts recommend a simple way to boost your mood: take notice of nature. Doing so can spark moments of joy called "glimmers."

Health-care workers' associations in B.C. are welcoming a commitment, in the mandate letter for the health minister, to reduce the cost of health-care administration in the province.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the Sweet Cream brand mini pastries have been distributed at bakeries, hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, retirement residences, and have been served at catered events.

Emily Ranft used to be an addict. When she got pregnant, she realized she needed to make some drastic changes to become the mom and person she knew she could be.

The rapid re-arrest of Kaitlyn Braun, who repeatedly defrauded multiple doulas in Ontario by pretending to be pregnant and requiring their services, underscores the challenges the criminal justice system has in dealing with perpetrators like her: A young, non-violent offender with mental health struggles who appears unable or unwilling to cease doing a very specific kind of harm.

As global coverage of infectious diseases continues to evolve as a result of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say public health officials and media need to responsibly share information, including context for any given disease outbreak.

The massive scale of the Los Angeles wildfires means even people whose homes didn't burn down face health concerns from airborne compounds in the ash and smoke, researchers say.

Jean Marie River Chief Melanie Menacho said she and other community members don’t know yet what illness is going around, but it's spread to "about half" of households in the community of around 70 people in only two weeks.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall covers Compliments, Foremost, Golden Valley Eggs, IGA, no name and Western Family eggs.

The domino effect caused by a shortage of anesthesiologists in Canada could be improved if the country allowed specially trained nurses to provide anesthesia care, something they do in the United States, nursing advocates say.

Ashley King woke up blind after her drinks were tainted with methanol during a vacation in Bali. She’s warning others of the fatal consequences of methanol poisoning.

Canada lags behind other developed countries when it comes to the length of time it takes to approve desperately needed cancer drugs. Patients and doctors say that's causing frustration and threatening lives.

Many residents of Los Angeles are now waiting to return to what's left of their homes. But even for those whose houses were spared, health concerns around smoke and ash will linger.

Millions of Canadians do not have access to a family doctor. Thousands of internationally trained physicians living in Canada could help bring that number down but are currently unable to work as doctors because of several hurdles.

Announcements of job cuts in the health network have multiplied in recent weeks as Quebec tries to eliminate a $1.5 billion deficit in the public health-care system.

A London, Ont., teenager with brain cancer and her family will have to travel to the United States to receive a cutting-edge form of radiation therapy that's not yet available anywhere iCanada.

Hundreds lined up as early as 2 a.m. in the cold Wednesday after word got around that a doctor is setting up a new family medicine practice in Walkerton, in a scene that illustrates Ontario's severe family doctor shortage in rural areas.