Health

OTTAWA — The first doses of the most up-to-date vaccine for COVID-19 will start arriving in Canada next week after Health Canada gave the green light to the Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot on Friday. Dr.

MONTREAL — Kids could benefit from some extra help when it comes to brushing their teeth, but saddling teachers with supervising the daily task isn't the way to go about it, according to Quebec parents.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday denied a request to rehear a case that found that gender dysphoria is a condition covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. In August, a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S.

TORONTO — A team of experts led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is creating an online platform it says will fill longtime gaps in youth mental health care.

The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario is redeploying staff, adding specialized positions and looking at online tools for families in response to "unprecedented" pressures and long wait times for care as similar trends are seen at children's hosp

TORONTO — Health Canada says some manufacturers of kids' pain and fever medications are now operating "at double or triple their normal volumes" in an effort to address a months-long shortage. Chief medical adviser Dr.

YELLOWKNIFE — The owners of a Yellowknife pub who were accused of violating COVID-19 public health orders say they're relieved they won't have to pay a $5,175 ticket.

TORONTO — Ontario's health minister says the newly approved Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine means youth aged 12 to 17 can get a dose heading into the colder months.

A rural Ontario hospital is closing its emergency department until December due what the health-care organization running it calls a "critical shortage of nurses" and a series of off-and-on closures that have become unsustainable.

Public Health Ontario says it's noticed a gradual rise in COVID-19 cases over the past three weeks and expects that to continue. The agency says there were 8,300 cases of COVID-19 detected from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, compared to 8,106 the week before.