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The coroner's inquiry into the death of Raphaël André, who died at the height of the pandemic in 2021, will also shine a spotlight on public health restrictions that many said were unfair to people living on the streets.

Ontario will need 33,200 more nurses and 50,853 more personal support workers by 2032, the government projects — figures it tried to keep secret but were obtained by The Canadian Press.

An Ottawa dentist who signed up to provide care under the new public dental insurance program says he hasn't seen mouths in such bad shape since he did mission work overseas. The number of oral health care providers in the plan is growing, despite some dentists's concerns about how the program is being run.

More people are being diagnosed with cancer, but the overall rate is going down, and more are surviving at least 25 years, a new study suggests.

New effective medications specifically designed for migraine have changed the outlook for many patients of this often misunderstood neurological disorder, experts say.

Niagara Emergency Medical Services began including nurses to handle 911 calls in 2019, one of only three in Canada to do so, says Marty Mako, commander of mobile integrated health care with Niagara EMS. 

A business billing itself as Canada's first postnatal retreat has launched in Toronto. For a minimum of $850 a night, new parents get 24/7 support adjusting to life with their babies — a business model some doctors say points to a need for better postpartum care across the board.

Tens of thousands of Canadians worried about skin cancer face long waits for appointments and treatment due to what experts say is a shortage of dermatologists. Melanoma Canada is aiming to reduce those waits with what they call Mole Mobiles — skin cancer screening clinics on wheels that are currently visiting communities in B.C. and Quebec.

Some provinces, to help facilitate a match, have created centralized waiting lists where people can register and eventually be matched with physicians who are seeing new patients. But are these lists effective?

Both global and Canadian health officials say pandemic plans are in place to help produce H5N1 vaccines, in the event that bird flu starts spreading between humans. But how simple is that process? Scientists warn another pandemic-level vaccine rollout would be fraught with challenges.

At 28 years old, Dr. Soania Mathur was building her medical practice and expecting her first child. Then she was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson’s disease.

Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are watching wastewater for early signs of H5N1 as an outbreak of bird flu among American dairy cattle keeps growing.

Canadian Blood Services is apologizing to the 2SLGBTQ+ community for its "harmful" former policies that for decades prevented men who have sex with men from donating blood.

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services has confirmed an outbreak of whooping cough in eastern Newfoundland, with more than 40 cases reported since February.

Western Canada and the North are expected to face an above-average fire risk in June, federal officials say.

Employers need to be more proactive in helping workers maintain their psychological well-being, including by being more cognizant of suicide prevention strategies, a mental health summit in Grande Prairie, Alta., heard this week.

Three-year-old Nate from Kyancutta, South Australia, smiled at hearing the sound of his mother's voice with cochlear implants.

Measures such as pasteurization and rules for raw milk cheese keep disease-causing bacteria and viruses like avian flu out of dairy products in Canada, food safety experts say.

AstraZeneca pulled its COVID vaccine from global markets, citing low demand.

The doors are open again at London Drugs retail stores across Western Canada, but the president and chief operating officer's lips are sealed about the nature of the cyberattack that forced the closure of the company's 79 outlets more than a week ago.