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Infants are more vulnerable to measles infection than previously thought, a new study suggests. The findings debunk notions that most babies are protected for much of their first year by maternal antibodies passed on through pregnancy.

Thousands of dollars in medical supplies have been recovered and two women are facing charges after a Saskatoon family had $5,100 of bandages for their son stolen from their porch. 

A lack of mandatory training in the beauty industry is putting clients at risk of permanent injury, a problem some industry professionals say will continue until the provincial government imposes more regulation.

Black women in Nova Scotia are less likely than white women to get mammograms and PAP tests that screen for breast and cervical cancer, a new review out of the University of Toronto has found.

An Ontario teen who was put on life-support after being diagnosed with a severe vaping-related illness may be the first documented case of a different form of damage linked to e-cigarettes, according to a study published Thursday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

U.S. President Donald Trump will host a meeting on vaping at the White House on Friday with a range of groups, including industry and public health representatives, a White House spokesperson said on Wednesday.

A Saskatoon family is at a loss after thousands of dollars of medical bandages "essential" to their son's health were stolen from their porch on Tuesday.

Diamond & Diamond, a national personal injury law firm in Canada, is spearheading a $500 million class action lawsuit against various Roundup makers, including pharmaceutical company Bayer, the owner of Roundup maker Monsanto. 

Ford government willing to pay $1 million for a contractor to cut services to the most vulnerable.

P.E.I. could soon have some of the strictest vaping laws in the country.

P.E.I. could soon have some of the strictest vaping laws in the country.

Despite several deaths, the administration at the University of Toronto won't say how long its waiting list is for therapy when students reach out for help with mental health issues.

Despite several deaths, the administration at the University of Toronto won't say how long its waiting list is for therapy when students reach out for help with mental health issues.

The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for a total ban on all e-cigarette and vaping products that are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as smoking cessation tools.

New York has joined the ranks of U.S. states suing the biggest e-cigarette maker, Juul Labs Inc., saying the company used deceptive marketing practices to reel in young users.

Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair's work for a pro-homeopathy advocacy group is raising eyebrows among critics who denounce the field as pseudoscience.

A Vancouver woman who was left scarred from laser hair removal is urging others to do their research before committing to the procedure, which is unregulated in B.C.

U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be backing away from an earlier pledge to ban most flavoured e-cigarettes, concerned it could alienate voters in key battleground states.

The inflammation-fighting drug colchicine, already a treatment for gout, dramatically reduces the odds of future cardiovascular problems in people who have just survived a heart attack, a large new study by a Montreal researcher has concluded.

Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections than usual care, according to a U.S. government study.

A new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds an increase in rates of cancer in Canadians under 50. Obesity is just one of several possible mitigating factors.

A new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds an increase in rates of cancer in Canadians under 50. Obesity is just one of several possible mitigating factors.

Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings and ordered that everybody get vaccinated after declaring an emergency due to a measles outbreak that has so far killed six people.

It's been one year since pregnant women in Flin Flon, Man., began leaving their community to give birth, after the province cancelled obstetrics care in the northern Manitoba city.

It's been one year since pregnant women in Flin Flon, Man., began leaving their community to give birth, after the province cancelled obstetrics care in the northern Manitoba town.

Nova Scotia's health-care system is finding new ways to get more patients in to see doctors sooner by adapting video conferencing technology and cellphone apps.

The regulatory body for Manitoba nurses has found local nursing students are sometimes graduating without adequate English skills — but attempts at enforcing mandatory testing have hit a roadblock after opposition from post-secondary institutions. 

A policy that has effectively stopped a man from giving gifts to patients at London's Children's Hospital is similar to rules around gift-giving at two other children's hospitals in the province.

A coroner's investigation raised questions about the Thunder Bay hospital's discharge practices for vulnerable patients almost 10 years before a 19-year-old First Nations man was found dead hours after he was discharged, CBC News has learned. 

Dr. Brian Day steps into a courtroom today as final arguments begin in the culmination of a battle he launched a decade ago saying patients have a right to pay for private care if the public system leaves them waiting too long.

Dr. Brian Day will step into a courtroom on Monday as final arguments begin in the culmination of a battle he launched a decade ago saying patients have a right to pay for private care if the public system leaves them waiting too long.

Health Minister Jim Reiter says money for the site will be part of 2020 budget deliberations, but he isn't making any commitments at this point.

Salting a leech that’s sucking your blood could make it vomit into the wound. Biologists behind a new Royal Ontario Museum exhibit on bloodsucking animals suggest better ways to remove leeches and share information about other bloodsuckers, including fish that swim up people’s genitals.

A mysterious cannabis-related illness is turning up in emergency rooms in Canada, but exactly what causes it is unknown.

To determine what happens when you pass on a glass of milk, Marketplace spent months analyzing nutrition studies, interviewed doctors and dietitians, and reviewed one family's weeklong food diaries.

A new mental health directory specifically geared to B.C.'s first responders launched this week for those who need help to deal with the stresses of their work.

Given that many parents of children with autism seek out complementary and alternative therapies, the Canadian Paediatric Society says it's important that doctors get informed and talk about them — especially since those therapies are often expensive, unproven and even potentially harmful.

It's regularly touted as a "superfood" or a "healthy fat" and is found in health food stores across the country. But coconut oil is made up almost entirely of saturated fat. Marketplace looks at how the product came to be seen as an attractive alternative for cooking, baking — and even in coffee.

A Michigan teenager was the recipient of what could be the first double lung transplant on a person whose lungs were severely damaged from vaping, health officials said Tuesday.

B.C. has announced new rules on vape products, including higher taxes, restrictions on sales and advertising, limits on nicotine content and constraints on packaging.

Scientists are looking for 10,000 pets for the largest-ever study of aging in canines, and they hope to shed light on human longevity, too.

Children are growing up in a warmer world where they'll face more and different health problems than their parents experienced, an international report by doctors says.

The provincial government is set to announce wide-ranging regulations on vaping products to help deal with skyrocketing rates among youth.

Since Benadryl was introduced in the 1940s, safer antihistamines have been developed, the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology says.

Deaths associated with drug-resistant infections are down in the U.S., but rates of nonfatal infections are on the rise nationally, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  

The Ontario government has begun a plan to merge major provincial health agencies to save an estimated $350 million per year.

Michelle Helou said her son's increasingly violent behaviour is taking its toll on her, but she won't remove him from her Windsor home.

As University of Toronto students demand improved mental health services, a student says she was handcuffed by campus police while seeking help for suicidal thoughts at the Health and Counselling Centre, an incident that happened three days after a suicide at the downtown campus.

After issuing a recall due to an impurity called NDMA, Health Canada urged patients not to stop taking their hypertension medications without consulting their health-care providers, but some may not have listened.

U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc on Monday received approval from the European Commission to market its Ebola vaccine.