January 24, 2023
The risk of health harms from alcohol is low for people who consume two standard drinks or fewer per week, but it’s higher with greater consumption, […]
January 10, 2023
Immigrants from outside Canada and interprovincial migrants have a mortality advantage, compared with long-term residents of Manitoba, new data show. In a matched cohort study that […]
December 28, 2022
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Between 2020 and 2021, Mexico registered 704,358 more deaths than expected, and […]
December 2, 2022
CDC to Test Wastewater for Polio in MI, PA The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will expand wastewater testing for polioviruses to more communities […]
November 29, 2022
Economic growth, mortality, and healthcare spending appear to influence each other, according to the authors of a new study in which they analyzed data from more […]
November 22, 2022
The 1960s marked the arrival of computers in medicine. Expensive, cumbersome hunks of plastic and metal that could (maybe) get test results to a doctor faster. The […]
November 18, 2022
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) was “disappointed” that no solutions to the ongoing crises across health systems emerged on November 8 at the first in-person meeting of […]
November 11, 2022
Pneumococcal vaccination uptake remains low among high-risk adults in Canada, including those aged 65 years or older and patients with chronic conditions, according to a new […]
November 3, 2022
Already in the throes of climate change, health systems must move toward a framework that recognizes the connection between human health and Earth’s natural processes, according […]