Health coverage from London Canada Wire.
Open any news feed from the past few months, and the disasters arrive in a stream: smoke reaching dangerous levels throughout Canada and flash floods in Ottawa, Montréal and Toronto; heat and drought arriving together on every continent.
People who visit emergency departments (EDs) but leave without their care completed are often assumed not to have been ill enough to require that care.
A new study with unprecedented access to Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia raises urgent questions about the federal government’s approach to regulating salmon farms and highlights disease risk to wild salmon populations.
AI adoption in medicine is accelerating: more than 12,000 primary care clinicians have enrolled in Canada Health Infoway’s national AI scribe program, about 5,000 Ontario physicians use AI scribes and roughly one in five Canadian physicians…
For older adults with dementia or Parkinson’s disease, staying hydrated can be more complicated than simply drinking more water.
In early September, Conservative Party MP Dean Allison held a four-day independent, unsanctioned “inquiry” for “Canadians to share their personal experiences of injuries…from the COVID-19 vaccine(s).” The event heard testimony that alleged…
In Québec and across Canada, people working in child welfare do remarkable work to protect children and youth from maltreatment and to support families facing complex challenges.
The fire that swept through Canadian Forces Base Wainwright over the weekend in Alberta killed four soldiers and injured 39 people, including 19 reported in critical condition.
Conversations about sex after illness, disease or the onset of disability tend to stall on the same question: How far does the sex you’re having now fall short of the sex you used to have?
Finding a job is challenging enough without having to contend with stereotypes about disability. Yet ableist assumptions — including the association of disability with “economic inactivity” — can shape how employers perceive you and your ab…
Pregnancy and infant loss affect thousands of Canadian families each year. Yet after a loss, many find themselves navigating not only grief but a complicated system of employment leaves and income benefits.
When you seek medical care, you hope that your doctor will present you with treatment options that are proven to be effective for your condition, that harms do not outweigh benefits and that recommended treatments are affordable and account…