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Quebec’s college of physicians is recommending masking in public spaces amid a rise in respiratory viruses in children. In a tweet Sunday afternoon, the college pointed to overburdened pediatric emergency rooms as the reason for a…

Ontario’s Ministry of Health is instructing emergency departments to prepare for “an extreme surge” in demand. An update from the Ministry of Health Monday said plans are also in place to expand pediatric capacity to 150 per cent,…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian inquiry began investigating on Monday whether a woman convicted over a decade ago of smothering her four children to death might be innocent. The inquiry by retired New South Wales state Supreme…

DENVER (KDVR) -- Diabetes hits close to home for many American families and the severity of it is being recognized this month. The disease could lead to a number of health complications but it is treatable and doctors say there are…

DENVER (KDVR) – November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month and health officials are sending out a message to families imploring them to start using proactive and preventative measures that will lessen the debilitating disease's reach.…

With respiratory illnesses raging across the nation and pediatric hospitals facing increased patient volumes – all as COVID-19 continues to circulate – Canadians are being urged by a doctor to mask up to stay protected and do what…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lexie Overstreet logged plenty of miles on foot, knocking on doors to try to persuade Kentuckians not to take away one of the last legal paths to restoring abortion rights in the state. Now she's hoping her side's…

MADRID (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spanish public health workers and their supporters staged a demonstration Sunday to demand more primary health care staff and protest what they claim is the progressive dismantling of the public health…

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — The 10 women gathered on yoga mats in a New Orleans suburb, the lights dimmed. “I'd like to invite you to close your eyes," instructor Stephanie Osborne said in a soothing voice from the front of the room. The only…

Battered not only by the ongoing overdose crisis but also with challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, harm reduction workers across Canada are struggling with burnout, experts say. “We are going to lose a generation of harm…