Health

GENEVA (AP) — About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases like diptheria, largely because the coronavirus pandemic disrupted regular health services or triggered misinformation about vaccines,

VICTORIA — Vaccine clinics for British Columbia children aged six months to four years will open next month after Health Canada's approval of Moderna's COVID-19 shot for kids.

The state of Texas sued the federal government Thursday after the Biden administration said federal rules require hospitals to provide abortions if the procedure is necessary to save a mother’s life, even in cases where state law mostly bans the proc

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands more doses of monkeypox vaccine are expected to soon begin shipping to the U.S. after federal health officials said they had completed an inspection of the overseas plant where they were manufactured.

Just thinking about her two-year-old getting her first COVID-19 shot is enough to make Katie Gibbs tear up with relief.

MONTREAL — COVID-19 transmission in Quebec remains high, though the situation is stabilizing in certain parts of the province, a senior public health official said Thursday.

OTTAWA — The federal government announced plans Thursday to start randomly testing travellers at Canada's four main airports for COVID-19 again next week, but intends to move the actual swabbing off-site.

TORONTO — Ontario expects to receive supply of COVID-19 vaccines for children between the ages of six months and five years by "late next week.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is temporarily hiking the pay rate for doctors working in the province's rural emergency rooms.

TORONTO — Ontarians eager to get their fourth COVID-19 vaccinations lined up outside clinics and waited in online queues on Thursday as the province opened access for the shots to all adults. As of 8 a.m.