Public Health

When Canada legalized cannabis in October 2018, there were many concerns about its potential impacts.

As other countries move toward banning social media use for some teens, the Liberal government has confirmed it’s working on new legislation to address online harms.

When it comes to the treaty right to healthcare, an agreement dating back to 1876 set the benchmark, ensuring that Indigenous patients have guaranteed access to medication at their local pharmacies.

Doctors in Canada’s FIFA World Cup host cities say they’re concerned the already strained system will buckle if a sudden, unexpected surge slams emergency departments during the games.

Sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. are concerning doctors who say Canadian parents might get the false impression that it's unsafe to immunize their children.

The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of cutting the number of vaccines it recommends for every child—a move that leading medical groups said would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases.

The court found that while Dr. Ma technically failed to comply with specific OHIP billing rules, it was unreasonable to ignore the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 public health crisis.

The World Happiness Report suggests young people have become Canada’s unhappiest age group, a complete reversal of long-standing trends. Reasons for their woes may be disparate, but a growing field of research posits that the world is once again in a polycrisis—a group of interconnected ongoing crises that all affect one another.