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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.

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is pleased First Ministers agreed today to break down the barriers that prevent health care clinicians and other professionals from working across provincial and territorial borders.

The CMA has been asking governments to allow clinicians to travel across Canada’s internal borders and begin practising immediately. It will help alleviate the pressure on the medical workforce serving patients in rural and remote communities by making physicians more mobile and enable faster health care delivery in crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic or extreme forest fires and other climate-related events.

We are encouraged that First Ministers will direct their Ministers of Health and Finance to discuss long-term funding and productivity in the health sector. We support the premiers’ call for increased federal investment in health, with safeguards in place to uphold the Canada Health Act.

These are positive steps forward, and the CMA looks forward to working with governments to make them happen and improve health care for everyone in Canada.

Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi
CMA President

As health advocates and clinicians on the frontlines, we know what is needed to improve health care access and build a stronger country and workforce. That’s why our organizations are calling on Canada’s premiers gathered in Charlottetown to invest in solutions that create a healthier Canada.

As premiers have said, health care costs are growing faster than federal funding and revenue growth. We support the call for increased federal investment in health care that is directed toward the reforms that will have the greatest impact. New and existing funds must come with firm requirements to uphold the Canada Health Act and advance solutions known to improve access to care and the long-term sustainability of Canada's health systems. Those include allowing health workers to care for patients across provincial and territorial borders, enabling health systems to share data safely and securely, supporting team-based care and investing in hospital- and community-based care.

Public health care is a critical part of Canada’s economy. A recent report from the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions shows that the health sector employs 1.9 million people along with hundreds of thousands more self-employed practitioners, specialists and contractors. An investment in health care is an investment in Canada’s future: with every dollar the federal government spends on health, more than $1.30 is generated in additional GDP.

As Canada’s health advocates and clinicians, we are eager to work with all levels of government to provide Canadians the care they deserve.

Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi, President, Canadian Medical Association
Linda Silas, President, Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
Jason MacLean, Chair, Canadian Health Coalition 
Chris Gallaway, Executive Director, Friends of Medicare
Marion Cooper, President and Lead Executive Officer, Canadian Mental Health Association
Dr. Melanie Bechard, Chair, Canadian Doctors for Medicare
Dr. Tracie Risling, President, Canadian Nurses Association
Dr. Sarah Cook, President, College of Family Physicians of Canada
Dr. Marcia Clark, President, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

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.