Health

LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world's first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called it “a...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch, revelations that could lead to new ways of treating pain or even heart disease. Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian separately identified receptors in the...

A labelling error has prompted a recall of specific batches of Advil Cold & Sinus Day/Night Convenience Pack, Health Canada announced Sunday. In its recall alert, the federal agency said the incorrectly labelled products are the convenience pack box of 36 caplets with lot number ER2072 and the convenience pack...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use. If cleared, the drug would be...

Madi Vanstone is hoping to secure access to a life-saving drug to treat her cystic fibrosis (CF) as soon as next week. On Friday, the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that they would now provide coverage for Trikafta, a drug meant to treat CF patients that Madi’s mom, Beth...

OTTAWA - When most parents decided to have kids, they probably thought some of their bigger parenting decisions would be about sleep-training, extracurricular activities or the right age to get a phone. Few probably thought ahead to the best way to protect their kids from a global pandemic that shows...

For the last three weeks, children, teenagers and seniors in Ontario have been unable to book eye appointments with their doctors—and with negotiations between optometrists and the province stalled, it doesn’t appear as though they will be able to do so any time soon. Susan Hepp has called nearly 50...

Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is recalling five of its sunscreen products after some samples were found to contain low levels of benzene, a chemical that can cause cancer with repeated exposure. The affected products, packaged in aerosol cans, are Aveeno Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen, and four...

A voluntary recall has been issued for Frank's RedHot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning over a possible Salmonella contamination. McCormick & Company, Inc. says the recall covers 153g bottles with a best before date of September 6, 2022. The bottles were shipped to British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. No...

Provincial health officials say they are aiming to increase capacity in the hospital system to somewhere between 110 and 115 per cent by late fall in order to deal with the backlog of surgeries and procedures that built up during Ontario’s COVID-19 lockdown, though they declined to give an estimate...

CALGARY -- A return to a somewhat normal summer as COVID-19 restrictions are eased is putting a strain on Canada's blood supply. Several provinces have started lifting restrictions -- most notably Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan -- and demand is up as a result. "As provinces slowly open up, there's...

Researchers are trying to unravel why some COVID-19 survivors suffer “brain fog” and other problems that can last for months, and new findings suggest some worrisome overlaps with Alzheimer's disease. One study of older adults in Argentina found a surprising amount of dementia-like changes in memory and thinking for at...

Toronto police are issuing a warning about a high number of suspected drug overdose deaths in the midtown area over the past two weeks. Police were called to the latest fatal incident at around 12:45 a.m. this morning. Officers responded to a property in the area of Dupont Street and...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says about 2 million dehumidifiers made by New Widetech are being recalled in the U.S. because they can overheat and catch fire, posing fire and burn hazards. The recall also includes about 380,000 dehumidifiers in Canada and about 25,000 in Mexico. New Widetech is aware...

Ontario health officials are warning people to check their freezers for recalled mango products that have been linked to a Hepatitis A outbreak in two provinces. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) first issued a warning about the frozen mangos on July 30, but Ontario’s Chief medical officer of health...

LONDON (AP) - When global health officials created COVAX, a U.N.-backed effort to share coronavirus vaccines, it was supposed to guarantee the world's most vulnerable people could get doses without being at the mercy of unreliable donations. It hasn't worked out that way. In late June, COVAX sent more than...

GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization has issued a call for experts to join a new advisory group it's forming, in part to address the agency's fraught attempts to investigate how the coronavirus pandemic started. In a statement on Friday, the U.N. health agency said the new scientific group...

(CNN) -- Human health is already being harmed by the climate crisis, and the impacts could become catastrophic and irreversible unless governments do much more to address global warming, the editors of more than 230 medical journals said in a joint editorial Monday. The editorial points to established links between...

A study led by Toronto researchers suggests recent cannabis use is associated with a higher risk of heart attack in younger adults, with a stronger association among frequent users. The research team, which had its paper published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, said that while risk of heart...

A wide variety of strategies must be implemented across Ontario to tackle the opioid crisis that has worsened significantly during the pandemic, according to the province's science table. In its latest brief published Wednesday, the group of experts said these strategies are needed to deal with the significant increase in...