Health

A new study shows residents in long-term care homes in several provinces received less medical care and had less contact with family and friends during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic than the previous year.

After months of shifting advice, Ontario has become the first Canadian province to prioritize pregnant women in a vaccine rollout plan, without special conditions. Health-care workers and specialists say the move is a win for pregnant women and for public health.

One in 20 babies born in Ontario has been exposed to opioids during pregnancy, a new study indicates.

Almost two in three Canadians surveyed recently said they trust COVID-19 vaccines to be both safe and effective.

Clinical trials have begun for another Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine candidate, with three people receiving an initial dose on Wednesday.

A study published Wednesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) found the risk of death from COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza.

Ceilidh Chopowick says she is not all right, but she's trying.

At least 34 people died in the city in December 2020 as a result of a suspected opioid overdose—a new record according to Toronto Public Health (TPH).

The government's top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see children being vaccinated starting in the next few months. It's a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the coronavirus.

Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from a British study and that it also seems to work - though not quite as well - against new mutated strains of the virus circulating in that country and South Africa.

Increasing concerns over more infectious COVID-19 variants has led some to wonder whether our face masks need an upgrade.

The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday.

A decision to waive vision tests and other screening typically required to renew driver's licences for Ontarians aged 80 and older during the pandemic has some in the medical community raising concerns about the risks the move poses to those on the road.

Canadian scientists say blood thinners appear to prevent some moderate COVID-19 patients from deteriorating further, offering a “massive” advance in treatment they expect will ease suffering and lesson strain on hospital ICUs.

Dangerous misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is spreading on social media among all age groups and could harm Canada's efforts to end the pandemic, the head of the Ontario Medical Association says.

Pediatric and mental health experts say pandemic stress is driving a spike in eating disorders among adolescents and teens, pointing to school disruptions, social isolation and infection fears as destabilizing factors that could have long-term physical and mental health effects.

This workweek will kick off with what's fabled to be the most depressing day of the year, during one of the darkest eras in recent history.

Vaccination is likely the best way to prevent COVID-19 in pregnancy, when risks for severe illness and death from the virus are higher than usual.

The swift arrival of multiple COVID-19 vaccines has offered hope for the end of the global pandemic, but there's still a question of how long people are protected from the virus after they receive their shots.

The head of the Ontario Medical Association says the risk COVID-19 poses to pregnant and breastfeeding women is higher than the risk of taking a vaccine again=st the virus that causes it.