Healthcare

In this 10-part series, we profile doctors who are working to combat racism, change the system and improve patient care for racialized communities.

Shoppers Drug Mart is sharing data that suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a reduction in hypertension diagnoses and treatment, an early warning sign for potential longer-term risks, like higher rates of heart attack, stroke and kidney failure.

The booster is identical to the regular Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and is to be administered at least six months after the first two vaccine doses.

An MD couple from Calgary is making a habit of performing CPR on men they come across collapsed on a trail, then the husband performing heart surgery on the same patients.

Risks from COVID-19 are high in this group, yet vaccine hesitancy is common.

Dr. Sylvie Godbout, who works at a Sherbrooke, Que., hospital committed 'serious ethical breaches': Collège des médecins du Québec.

Study finds patients with out-of-hospital or in-hospital STEMI have significantly higher rates of in-hospital mortality in the presence of COVID-19

Adrian Dix said Friday that the Ministry of Health is working with the professional college regulating doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals.