Health coverage from London Canada Wire.
The allegations surrounding the so-called Cornell 7 have attracted growing public attention and political scrutiny around the world, exposing persistent misunderstandings about consent and sexual violence.
Canada is recruiting internationally educated health professionals to help address health-care workforce shortages, while governments are also trying to make it faster and easier for newcomers to have their qualifications recognized.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, one of the first medicines doctors turned to was remdesivir, part of a family of medicines called nucleoside analogues that are also used to treat HIV, hepatitis and some cancers.
Polymarket, a U.S.-based prediction-market website, is taking wagers on who will be London, Ont.’s next mayor. There are also markets for Toronto, Windsor and even Stratford.
Health disparities affect Indigenous people across Canada. As the country marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this week, a need exists to reiterate that First Nations, Inuit and Métis people must be partners in health resear…
How do we know when an animal virus might pose a risk to humans? Canada confirmed a human case of H5N1 avian influenza (often called “bird flu”) in 2024, the first ever known to have been acquired in Canada.