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WINNIPEG - The former scientific director of Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory who recently had experimental brain surgery to battle alcoholism has died. The University of Manitoba confirmed t...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Prosecutors say there have been "critical developments" in the rape and kidnapping case against a California orthopedic surgeon who appeared in a reality TV dating show. Orange Cou...

Ontario's chief medical officer of health says the province's new coronavirus investigations seem to be tapering off. Dr. David Williams says while many cases have developed between seven and nine day...

BEIJING - Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely, as a new virus caused it...

OTTAWA - How governments fund the country's fight against the opioid crisis might explain "a lack of progress" on the issue, say newly disclosed documents on an alte...

OTTAWA - Health Minister Patricia Hajdu says Canadians returning home from Wuhan will need physical and mental support once they arrive at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, where they will spend...

TORONTO - Ontario's chief medical officer of health says the number of people under investigation in the province for the novel coronavirus seems to be dropping. Dr. David Williams says it has been ab...

BEIJING - China opened a new hospital built in 10 days, infused cash into tumbling financial markets and further restricted people's movement in sweeping new steps Monday to contain a rapidly spreadin...

OTTAWA - The federal government will provide an update about Canada's response to the novel coronavirus today as a plane prepares to evacuate hundreds of Canadians from the locked-down Chinese city of...

TORONTO - Four cases of the new coronavirus have now been confirmed in Canada - three in Ontario and one in British Columbia. Here is a timeline of Canadian cases. Jan. 25, 2020:  A man...