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A Newfoundland woman with two adopted children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder says compassion and respect are needed when dealing with issues related to FASD, in order to dispel misconceptions and break the stigma surrounding the disorder.

Margaret Gibson, an associate professor of social development studies and social work at the University of Waterloo, says that neurodiverse people have long been unfairly accused of laziness or procrastination, but in reality they just have an atypical way of thinking.

Human cases of rabies are extremely rare in Canada, but some people do still come into contact with rabid animals. Not only is it relatively simple to avoid exposure to the disease, experts say, but there are also effective treatments available for both humans and animals who may have been exposed, including vaccines. 

The minister of mental health and addictions says the federal government will ban most vape flavours across Canada soon — more than three years after Ottawa first promised to bring in the regulations.

Three Indigenous health-care leaders reflect on the Canadian Medical Association's recent apology for its role in forced and coerced sterilization, medical experimentation, child apprehensions and Indian hospitals.

Grieving daughter calls for more awareness of how antibiotic vancomycin can lead to kidney failure in some vulnerable patients.

Carberry, a town of fewer than 2,000 people, is one of many rural communities across Canada that has struggled to keep its emergency room open and its hospital fully staffed. But Mayor Ray Muirhead says the community has fought and advocated for itself to make sure its health-care needs are met.

Here are some key facts about the plan for Canada's three biggest tobacco companies to pay out $32.5 billion in compensation to provincial and territorial governments and to some smokers.

What is being billed as the first Indigenous-led, on-territory hospice in Canada will bring culturally appropriate end-of-life care closer to home for those in Six Nations of the Grand River, near Hamilton.

New figures show a sharp drop in overdose deaths in the U.S., offering a rare glimmer of hope in the opioid crisis.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's NDP government is set today to become the second province to sign on for a slice of the $1 billion federal school food program.

Three tobacco giants face the prospect of paying close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of thousands of Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a corporate restructuring process triggered by a long-running legal battle.

Five months after announcing an intention to lower the recommended age for breast cancer screenings from 50 to 40, an advocate says that fact that Newfoundland and Labrador hasn't put it into practice shows a lack of care for women's well-being.

Seven works of local art mysteriously vanished in early October in a busy hospital under the scrutiny of security cameras. The artists believe it was premeditated.

Vape retailers in Ottawa may need to be licensed by the end of next month, with the city set to use those fees to finance a crackdown on stores that sell vaping products to people under the age of 19.