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As parts of southern Ontario, Quebec and the eastern United States swelter through a heat dome, here are the health warning signs to watch out for -- and how to keep cool.

All Canadians who were exposed to the Andes hantavirus earlier this year linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship have finished their self-isolation period, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada said on social media Monday.

In the latest issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, infectious disease physicians described the case of an 11-year-old child who died of rabies almost two years ago, and urged people to seek medical attention if they have any contact ...

Top Winnipeg doctors warned in a confidential letter in March that urgent-care centres might have to close and another patient death was inevitable unless immediate changes were made.

As temperatures and deaths connected to heat keep climbing, more tenants, politicians and climate advocates are calling for cooling rules. During municipal debates -- from councils in British Columbia to Newfoundland -- the same question keeps coming ...

A new framework to develop guidelines around substance use in schools recommends beginning prevention and education efforts efforts as early as kindergarten.

A Laurentian University sports psychologist took to long-distance running to help recover from long COVID.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan are home to some of the highest rates of new HIV infections in Canada, and the numbers show Indigenous peoples are disproportionately affected.

The Afro Canadian Caribbean Association (ACCA) of Hamilton held a conference this week focused on brain health, dementia awareness and how to take steps to care for yourself and family members. "Families don't get the support they need because they . ...

When never-seen-before temperatures struck B.C. in June 2021, people did everything they could to stay cool, stuffing frozen water bottles under their armpits and floating in lakes. But paramedics were run off their feet, a village burned to the ...