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The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship over, after the last identified contact of an exposed person completed quarantine and tested negative for the virus.

Five more cases of measles have been detected in recent days in Portneuf, Que., about 50 kilometres west of Quebec City, bringing the total number of cases in the region to seven.

On May 20, VPD Sgt. Lee Marten became the third Canadian, and the first Canadian ALS patient, to receive a Neuralink brain implant as part of a clinical trial at Toronto Western Hospital. He is just the 26th person in the world to undergo the ...

Data breaches in Quebec are on the rise, with a 559 per cent increase in reported incidents over the past three years, according to the Québec Access to Information Commission. Cybersecurity researchers say medical records are the most lucrative ...

Three geriatricians from Quebec City have founded a clinic to help seniors avoid prolonged stays in the emergency room.

After a rash of drowning deaths during Europe's ongoing record-breaking heat wave, advocates are urging Canadians to stay safe this Canada Day as they push for more public swimming access across the country.

A new advocacy group formed by Bow Valley doctors is working with the Alberta Living Wage Network to calculate what a worker would need to make per hour to be able to comfortably live and work in the town.

When popular villains in cartoon shows and movies speak in foreign-accented English, the young children watching the conniving depictions also seem to pick up language biases, Canadian researchers say.

The mRNA vaccines approved to treat COVID-19 are safe and effective and show promise in treating other diseases including cancer, according to a new review published in The Lancet Tuesday.

Health Canada has approved the first generic semaglutide injection for weight loss.