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Bill 29, if passed, would allow Albertans to self-refer to private clinics across the province, later this year.

Survivors of cancer in adolescence and young adulthood are at increased risk for nearly all types later, Canadian researchers find.

A new paper published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal offers fresh modelling that shows cancer cases and deaths will remain at high levels in the year ahead -- including "concerning trends" showing a projected rise in multiple types ...

A New Brunswick woman says a Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy error left her taking blood pressure medication instead of an allergy drug for months. The case is raising questions about safety checks, staffing and accountability.

The R-word has been considered taboo for several years, as a slur against people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Now, the word appears to be undergoing a resurgence and normalization.

Heather Winterstein's skin was discoloured and she was struggling to control her body in a wheelchair the day she died at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital, a woman who was waiting to see a doctor that day told a coroner's inquest that began March . ...

Other countries, like the U.K., the United States and the European Union have all dedicated funding and detailed roadmaps to replace animal testing in research settings. And while Canada has a strategy to replace animals used in chemical and toxicity ...

Manitoba recorded three dozen more confirmed and probable cases of measles over the final days of March and into early April.

The P.E.I. government says it is working with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to reduce reliance on travel nurses.

Childhood immunization rates for most vaccines have been falling since the pandemic, a CBC News analysis of provincial data has found, raising concerns among public health officials about increased vulnerability to infectious disease.