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Previously, shots had only been free for certain high-risk groups and for healthcare workers.

Health Minister Adrian Dix says postponing non-urgent surgeries is one way to create room at hospitals for patients, especially children, who are fighting flu and other respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19.

Some physicians with the health authority say the new tool won't solve longer wait times in hospitals, but it may help people with less urgent needs receive care more quickly.

Digital solution expected to decrease burden on healthcare providers.

Classes featuring experts on migraine science will be available around the world.

Sore throats are the most common upper respiratory infections for which antibiotics are prescribed, when they’re not needed.

The study, out of Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue, says it's the first of its kind to document the forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in the province.

Dr. Lorraine Sharp, who made the decision recently to close down her family practice, has first-hand experience with burnout. At the Family Medicine Forum in Toronto, she shared some personal and organizational strategies for addressing burnout among physicians.