CBC Health News

By some estimates, Canadians consume nearly half of their caloric intake from ultra-processed foods. Experts agree that ultra-processed foods harm physical health, and they're also correlated with increased negative mental health, including depression and anxiety. 

London Drugs says it is gradually reopening its stores across Western Canada, six days after the retail and pharmacy chain shuttered all locations, due to a cybersecurity incident.

The B.C. Wildfire Service and other agencies are working to make sure wildland firefighters have mental health supports ready and available year round.

Shilpa Raju feels lucky to be alive. She’s had double lung and kidney transplants after surviving cancer — and is grateful to the donors whose gifts she now carries within her. She’s hoping to find a surrogate who can help realize her dream of motherhood.

For several decades, scientists have rung alarms that a dangerous form of bird flu had pandemic potential. As H5N1 spreads to more species, including U.S. dairy cattle, how likely is that worst-case scenario?

A Quebec community organization is calling for the establishment of specialized services in Eastern Quebec to prevent bedsores in people with spinal cord injuries.

Federal officials say Canada is expanding its surveillance for a dangerous form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak of H5N1 in U.S. dairy cattle, with monitoring efforts now set to include testing of milk being sold on store shelves.

In the frantic early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, fraudsters in the U.S. allegedly swindled funds that were supposed to buy 12 million face masks for Canadians, according to a new criminal indictment.

The Alberta government says it's taking steps to improve the health of women and children by following through on a promise to spend $26 million on research and expanding a newborn screening program.

Ontario midwives can now prescribe more drugs and administer routine vaccinations, which the provincial government says will reduce the need for additional medical appointments for patients.

A Quebec man with serious health issues is calling for changes to the way people with long-term disabilities are provided financial support from the province after spending four years fighting for adequate help.