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The number of measles cases in the U.S. this year has already surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025.

New Health Canada research found a six per cent increase in headache-related hospital trips linked to particulate matter from wildfires, suggesting periods of smoke-filled air may precede severe headache episodes that require emergency care.

Despite Health Canada's warnings against the use of unauthorized peptides as a health and fitness shortcut, a CBC News investigation uncovered doctors using a regulatory loophole to prescribe one of the unproven products to patients.

Guidelines on esthetic procedures recently got a face lift in Ontario, and they've largely been welcomed by nurses and doctors alike. But additional changes could impact how some nurses practice, and they're drawing mixed reactions from medical professionals.

A nurse practitioner is looking to expand health-care services in Ardmore, Alta., by opening a nurse practitioner-led clinic. Health-care professionals say nurse practitioners can help make the system stronger.

London-based Thompson Medical Centre, which operates two clinics in London and one in St. Thomas, has managed to attract 21 new doctors to the region since 2025. The director of the clinic says that amounts to room for roughly 40,000 people to find primary care.

There are now more than 2,800 wildfire evacuees across Ontario and a bulk of them are from First Nations. Evacuees from the northern part of the province are navigating unfamiliar cities hundreds of kilometres from home, facing challenges they say are affecting their health and well-being.

Advocates are urging the federal government to increase health care funding and impose more conditions on what the provinces can do with that money.

Experts have welcomed a new series of graphic images on cigarette packaging in Canada, which will be required by August 1, noting they lead to 'significant increases in the effectiveness' of health warnings.

Saskatchewan Health Authority says hand hygiene is important for preventing hospital-acquired infections, but does not say why auditor's 2018 recommendations have yet to be fully implemented.

Catherine Savoie was recently recruited to work at the Summerside Medical Centre. Her sister, Madeleine, is also there doing a two-year residency. Radio-Canada’s Laura Meader went to meet them.

More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to Africa's top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its spread.

At least 5,700 more people than usual died in France last month during a historic heat wave, French public health officials say.

A renovated emergency department is set to open early next month at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's. Health officials are promising that spending tens of millions on a larger, state-of-the-art facility will reduce wait times and improve patient care. The CBC's Mark Quinn reports.

Environment Canada warns temperatures set to hit mid 30s, even higher in some regions Wednesday. It adds wildfire smoke is deteriorating air quality throughout much of the province.

It's rare that cancerous tumours can spread from one individual to another. But a genetic study suggests that's what's happening with melanoma skin cancer tumours among catfish in Quebec and the northeastern U.S.

U.S. FDA advisers this week will weigh whether seven popular peptides can be compounded by licensed pharmacies, but even if regulators decline to expand access, industry participants say consumer demand is likely to remain strong.

Alberta's booming mosquito populations are triggering more than just itchiness and aggravation. It turns out the pesky swarms are leading to some emergency room visits in Alberta, particularly among children.

Tom Molinski, 69, is relieved after receiving a cheque in the mail for nearly $24,000 from Manitoba Health after the province twice refused to reimburse him for an out-of-country spine surgery nearly two years ago.

Wildfires that have torched huge areas of forest and devastated communities are also sending smoke far and wide, prompting air quality warnings in distant cities and heated political rhetoric from the U.S. Experts say there's nothing particularly unusual about this summer's smoke patterns — but they say wildfires are getting worse, and that's not likely to stop on either side of the border.