With summer in full swing, many Canadians are likely seeing a growing number of e-scooters out on the roads — and doctors say they’re seeing a “huge” number of children
A patient in Alberta waited 16 days in an emergency department for a psychiatric hospital admission last year. Another in British Columbia waited just over nine days.These cases are extreme
One in 10 Canadian emergency room doctors are exiting the profession, with many reporting feeling that “the future of emergency medicine was hopeless.” A Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) study
A Quebec doctor says health-care professionals would be “optimistically naive” to believe cases of cyclosporiasis won’t keep increasing, but he said there is no reason for the general public to
The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come. The U.S. Centers for
GLP-1 medications appear to be linked to a higher risk of hair loss for some patients, a new study suggests. However, the overall risk appears to be “small,” researchers noted.The
Positive mosquito pools carrying West Nile virus have been detected in several Ontario communities and across Canada over the past week, prompting renewed reminders for residents to protect themselves from
Donations at Canadian Blood Services typically dips in the summer as donors go on vacation and get sidetracked with other plans, but the agency says reserves right now are even
More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict,
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