Healthcare

Idea behind harmonization is to ensure Canadians have the same type of care no matter where they live.

Health Canada has approved the use of remdesivir to treat patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19. The federal agency says the antiviral drug may be used to treat patients who have pneumonia and require extra oxygen to help them breathe. It's the first drug that Health Canada has authorized for the treatment of COVID-19. Health Canada approved its use in adults and adolescents.

The testing identified people with Alzheimer's vs. no dementia or other types of it with accuracy ranging from 89% to 98%

As the clock ticks down to September, a new poll suggests many Canadian parents are on the fence about whether to send their kids to school if and when classrooms are reopened. The poll by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies comes as provincial governments are working on how to get students back into classrooms, most of which have been shuttered since mid-March due to COVID-19.

Intended for patients who have not responded adequately to at least two different antidepressants

Vaccinologists have not focused their research on tailoring vaccines to induce robust immune responses in the elderly

Critics of the bill, which proposes to detain young people after they OD, say it would disproportionately impact Indigenous youth

Protesters also come out against mandatory masking legislation which took effect Monday