British Columbia's government helps to pay families who can't afford funeral costs, but those who offer the services say the funding isn't enough and could mean the demise of rural operators.

The Dunn House, a long-term housing project with easy access to healthcare, is helping 48 of Toronto's most-frequent visitors to the ER. The program has greatly reduced the number of hospital visits a...

The conflict is in its third year, with the latest ceasefire talks going nowhere. Meanwhile, aid is falling far short of what’s needed

For the first time in Canada, children with sickle cell disease will have access to a dedicated clinic at SickKids — named in honour of a distinguished Ontario public servant.

Ignoring planetary health would be a gross dereliction of duty by the public health profession.

Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, who worked in hospitals in Gaza for two years, says Israeli strikes have made conditions "indescribable" for colleagues still there.

It’s easy to cheer for more enforcement against drug users and for abandoning them to deadly consequences if they don’t comply.

Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre and Arctic Youth and Child Foundation in Iqaluit say territory is in a food ‘crisis’

The World Health Organization has warned that more than 40% of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip are malnourished. Here, Nour Ziad al-Batsh, who is expecting her third child in March, describes her daily struggle to find food and healthcare

The ambulance has become an extension of Mohammed Hosni, who rarely rests or sees his family

A group of physicians on Vancouver Island have rekindled their advocacy for overdose prevention sites in health-care settings by creating their own unsanctioned sites outside of major hospitals in Vic...

Nadine Caron is working to advance health equity in Indigenous patients

Doctors for Safer Drug Policy installed two overdose prevention sites near Royal Jubilee Hospital and Nanaimo Regional General Hospital over the weekend.

The relentless Israeli offensive in Gaza City has forced Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend essential medical activities in the area due to the rapidly deteriorating sec...

Wounds such as burns or leg injuries more common in Gaza than among US soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan Civilians in Gaza have sustained injuries of a type and on a scale more usually seen among professional soldiers involved in intense combat operations, research has found. A study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that some types of wounds – such as burns or injuries to legs – were more common among civilians in Gaza than among US soldiers fighting in recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading...