Tag Archives: Health

Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone's body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. A patie...

TORONTO - A group of Canadian women who suffered ill-effects from implantation of a medical device called transvaginal mesh will receive a total of $21.5 million in compensation, recent court records ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world. The COVID-19 cabinet c...

VANCOUVER - "Wash your hands" has been the usual advice during flu season but "hands off" may well be the new mantra to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus as s...

On Tuesday, it was announced that Health Canada will be awarding $1.7 million over three years to pharmacy researchers at the University of Saskatchewan to go toward a new chronic pain management prog...

VICTORIA - Three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the total of people infected to 12 in the province.   The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry is bracing for the impact of the novel coronavirus on the number of foreign visitors this summer travel season. Some experts are already seeing a change in the numbe...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is asking travellers from China and Iran to isolate themselves for 14 days when they return home to Canada after confirming a ninth case of COVID-19. Dr. Bonnie Henry,...

EDMONTON - An Alberta MP says 13 Canadians detained in Ethiopia have received bail. Heather McPherson, the NDP's international development critic and a former executive director of the Alber...

Public health officials say 29 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with 20 cases reported in Ontario, eight in British Columbia and one in Quebec. Here ...