Tag Archives: Health

Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight set to bring them home is "expected" to depart Tokyo Haneda Airport on Thursday amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Passe...

OTTAWA - With more Canadians expected to arrive home and be quarantined over fears of the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Patty Hajdu is visiting the military base where several hundred people are ...

Canadians stranded on a quarantined cruise ship were told that a flight is "expected" to arrive in Japan on Wednesday to bring them home amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. An email from O...

OTTAWA - The federal government is asking for more time to amend the assisted-dying law, acknowledging that it can't meet a court-imposed deadline to drop a provision that allows only those who a...

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will review its protocols for health care workers after nurses' unions denounced the national guidelines set out for dealing with the...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says criticism of his government's decision to close emergency rooms overnight in six community hospitals exposed serious gaps in the plan an...

OTTAWA - A new review of the existing research into women's cardiovascular disease has uncovered what the authors call a "stunning" lack of information about how women are affected. The review wa...

OTTAWA - A coalition of 150 health care organizations and non-profits is calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to make sure there is funding in the coming federal budget to launch the first phase o...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is warning that the federal public health agency's guidelines to protect front-line health-care workers from outbreaks of diseases like the novel...

The federal government says it will evacuate Canadians quarantined aboard a cruise ship docked in Japan. They've been stuck on the Diamond Princess cruise ship for 10 days amid an outbreak of the nove...