Healthcare

Dr. Matt Poyner, who took a year off to travel with his wife and kids before the pandemic, is back in Canada and has some thoughts about returning to medicine or starting a new chapter in his life.

Leslyn Lewis, in one of her first acts as an MP on Parliament Hill, says she plans on inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a pregnancy centre that risks losing its charity status over opposing abortion.

The new variant, deemed Omicron, first emerged in South Africa and coincided with a steep rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in that region in recent weeks.

Even though some of the genetic changes in the new variant appear worrying, it's still unclear if the virus will pose a significant public health threat.

He says people who arrive before a proposed ban is implemented should be tested and forced to quarantine, including people who arrive today.

A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday.

A new webinar looks at how violence escalates and what key vulnerabilities physicians face.

The class-action lawsuit centres around the fact that between Aug. 24 and Aug. 26 some patients at Kent Pharmacy received COVID-19 vaccines with reused syringes.