Corona Virus Symptoms

Experts and drug users are highlighting a need for safer alternatives to street drugs, more drug checking services, and other harm reduction measures to be expanded, as hundreds die each month due to an increasingly toxic street drug supply.

Tamara Beardy, a member of Tataskweyak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, says she hopes to inspire Indigenous people to take care of their diabetes. “A lot of times, our First Nations people, they hide behind the disease or they hide it and complications arise faster than they need to,” she said.

In the latest case, Hamilton Health Sciences staff accessed private health records for 4,000 patients. "My trust is compromised," one patient from Kitchener says. Ontario's privacy office is looking into several reported breaches.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has widened its recall or energy drinks to include more than 25 brands, warning the products might not be safe because of their caffeine content.

A neurosurgeon investigating a woman's mysterious symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient's brain.

Another 198 British Columbians died from toxic drugs in July, according to data released Tuesday by the B.C. Coroners Service, bringing the death toll in the first seven months of the year to 1,455 — the most since a public health emergency was declared in 2016.

Lowertown residents living in the struggling heart of the nation’s capital say their community is on the front lines of the fentanyl crisis. 

With early signs indicating the COVID-19 caseload is poised to grow in the weeks ahead, Health Canada is actively reviewing three new vaccines specifically designed to target an Omicron subvariant of the virus.

Compared with non-Indigenous women across Canada, Indigenous women who live outside reserves face several systemic barriers for accessing health care, particularly during pregnancy, a new study has found.

A young girl from Swift Current, Sask., had waited three years for a life-saving bowel transplant. Just over a week ago, she got it. Her positivity became an overnight sensation on TikTok in 2021, after her mother posted a video of her drawing a fox for a short story.

In a summer of historic wildfires, Canadians have undoubtedly found themselves checking the air quality more than usual. But the way that number is calculated varies by province — and experts say it will need to be changed.

The Quebec health research fund will cover the costs for a cancer treatment that is a 31-year-old’s last hope after Quebec’s health insurance board refused to cover part of the cost associated with the treatment.

Researchers at UBC decided to look into whether there is robust evidence to support the effectiveness of so-called happiness-boosting strategies. After reviewing dozens of studies, they found there’s not a lot of rigorous research to prove that activities like exercise or expressing gratitude make us happier.

Experts say most Canadians who want a COVID-19 booster shot this fall can safely wait for updated versions to become available. But the guidance isn't one-size-fits-all.

New research shows how a computer avatar can speak the words that someone with a brain injury was thinking. While years away from commercial application, the researchers and others consider it a significant development in forming words quickly — and out loud — by interpreting brain signals.

Masking and physical distancing policies at The Ottawa Hospital are "all wrong," says a pneumonia and lung cancer patient who tested positive for COVID-19 while receiving care at the hospital.

A highly mutated variant of the virus behind COVID-19 has popped up in multiple countries, but scientists aren't yet sure whether it will fuel a fall wave of infections or simply fizzle out.

Doctors with the Ontario College of Family Physicians say remote northern emergency rooms are on the brink of closing this fall. They say there are mounting pressures on rural family doctors and are calling on the province to provide relief.

Stéphanie Alain is hoping Quebec’s health insurance board will reverse its decision and cover part of the cost associated with an experimental treatment that could save her life. Her oncologist says there’s no other option for the 31-year-old mom.

The manufacturer of diabetes drug Ozempic, which is used off-label for weight loss, says it is expecting a shortage in Canada.

Early signals point to Canada entering a fall COVID-19 wave. How big that surge becomes will largely hinge on the country’s level of population immunity, experts say, as well as the timing of fall booster shots that aren’t yet approved in either Canada or the U.S. 

When someone knocks on your door telling you to leave right away, it can bring up some pretty intense emotions.

Older women with early, low-risk breast cancer may not need to receive radiation treatment, according to a new research finding that experts say could spare patients from some harmful side effects.

Indigenous health research at the University of Saskatchewan is set to receive $1.25 million from the Royal University Hospital Foundation to enhance self-determination in Indigenous health and create further capacity to include different world views.

Canada is one of the only countries that allows research that allows research in pregnant people working out at a maximal heart rate, which makes the findings of the small new study important.

After billions of global COVID-19 infections, millions of deaths, and countless lives upended by long-lasting health impacts, we’ve finally hit a point in this pandemic where SARS-CoV-2 isn’t the fearsome pathogen it used to be. That's thanks to how both the virus, and our immunity against it, are evolving.

Aisha Uduman, her family and some experts say patients in Canada should be made aware of novel or experimental treatments available outside the country, so they can make the decision themselves on whether to take the risk.

The Public Health Agency of Canada is deploying two epidemiologists to New Brunswick in September to investigate reports from a neurologist in the province of a rising number of young patients displaying abnormal neurological symptoms.

Liron Zamir, who lives in Edmonton, says she has been waiting more than two years for federal decisions on her immigration applications. While she waits, her health-care costs are adding up.

Information distributed to unions suggests more than 80 seniors' residences are part of the proposed transfer, with more than half of that number in Ontario. The rest are in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C.

A new coronavirus subvariant on the rise in some parts of the world is an example of how the virus will continue to evolve, some experts say. But while this latest coronavirus strain, EG.5, appears to be more infectious and able to sneak past our immune defenses, experts aren't seeing evidence that it causes more severe illness.

Health Canada has approved the first vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) for adults age 60 and over, but it may only be available in "limited" quantities for this fall's respiratory virus season.

Albertans living with ALS, commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, have a new treatment option that can improve their quality of life and help them live longer, and the Alberta government will cover the estimated $18,500 a month per patient. 

New Health Canada regulations will require warning labels on individual cigarettes — a global first. But as Canada works to tackle smoking prevalence, most other countries are struggling to keep up.

Just like our lungs, our eyes absorb the fine particles found in wildfire smoke. And while the long-term health impacts of breathing in this pollutant are well-known, eye doctors say it's less clear what sorts of vision problems can result from frequent exposure.

Starting Oct. 31, the government will enforce measures to make vaping less appealing to minors, including banning the sale of vaping products with a flavour or aroma other than tobacco.

A new report shines a spotlight on Canada's health-care crisis, including major decreases in surgeries through the early years of the pandemic, ongoing staff shortages, and the roughly one in 10 Canadians who say they don’t have a regular provider.

A fresh set of Health Canada regulations that will require warning labels on individual cigarettes is set to come into effect on Tuesday.