In response to recent outbreaks of HIV and syphilis, a new harm reduction program in North Battleford, Saskatchewan aims to reduce the spread of disease through IV drug use.
Harshly affected by a decline in membership, the Quebec Medical Association (QMA) announced its dissolution and the sale of its assets to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) at an extraordinary general meeting on September 7.
A new Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) analysis reveals that a substantial number of people age 10 to 24 are being hospitalized for harmful substance use and highlights the impacts of cannabis, alcohol, opioids and other substances on youth in Canada.
The report about the case came just hours after Ontario's health minister ordered all public hospitals to report vaping-related cases of severe pulmonary disease
The organization that administers hospitals in Nova Scotia has quietly changed its policy to allow patients to access medically assisted dying services at a Catholic hospital that was previously exempt.
A registered nurse from Ottawa is facing mischief charges after allegedly failing to give prescribed medications to at least 25 long-term care patients in a single day.
