Health

Opinion: For some Americans, Canadian health care is a source of envy. But the ’Medicare for All’ plan shows that our system could use a shake-up, too

And that raises key questions about what the Trudeau government’s legalization of marijuana is really likely to accomplish

Babies born to opioid-dependent mothers are typically whisked away to intensive care units and given morphine. But an innovative program is seeing shocking results with far simpler treatment

Opinion: Five simple changes to how health care is provided could improve services for Canadians, say physicians-in-training

Why, in a rich country like Canada, will so many children be sitting in their new classrooms feeling hungry this week?

In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, at Ground Zero of the opioid crisis, once-controversial Insite is now just one small part of a tragic landscape

Canadians came together to mark International Overdose Awareness Day at a time when the opioid crisis is ravaging their communities

An estimated three per cent of parents are deciding against immunization, while another 15-20 percent fall into the ’vaccine-hesitant’ group

The outgoing health minister leaves behind some of Ottawa’s hottest files, from the opioid crisis to a less-than-transparent drug-safety system

Optometrists were deluged with calls from Canadians who just couldn’t stop themselves. Lucky for them, it’s hard to look at the sun.