Patient Lifestyle

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.

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.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that Israel is "on the threshold of an emergency situation'' after authorities detected the country's first case of a new coronavirus variant and barred travel to and from most African countries.

The program will seek to allow palliative care patients to have better care in their choice of setting.

Prostate cancer cases make up about 10% of cancer-related deaths in Canadian men, but many still avoid the exam.

Staffing shortages force Northwest Territories to close down maternity services for expectant mothers due between December 10 and February 21.

For the retrospective study, researchers analyzed patients who took any of 40 different common pharmaceutical drugs while receiving immunotherapy.

Frustrated parents made appointments for the 1,500 slots that didn't really exist, sending them scrambling to re-book and in some cases showing up only to encounter baffled pharmacists.

After congratulating itself for months for its management of the COVID-19 pandemic, Quebec's governing Coalition Avenir Quebec party is on the defensive following an explosive report of its handling of long-term care during spring 2020.