Nicole Ireland
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Children are bearing the brunt of this year's flu season, health officials say
Many Canadian children are spending the holidays battling the flu and other respiratory illnesses — and an early start to the flu season might be partly to blame, public health officials say. Doctors say it's not too late to get the flu shot, which they expect to be more effective than last year. → Read More
Avoid eating romaine lettuce in Ontario and Quebec amid E. coli outbreak, health officials warn
The Public Health Agency of Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration say they are working to determine the source of an outbreak of E. coli infections on both sides of the border. → Read More
Life expectancy in Canada may be decreasing as opioid crisis rages on
In an annual report on the state of public health in Canada, the country's chief public health officer said that for many years, life expectancy has been "steadily increasing." But the opioid crisis is expected to stop that progress in its tracks. → Read More
Treatment to remove metals from children with autism unproven and risky, but no clear regulations
A mother's rejected complaint against a doctor offering chelation therapy for autism reveals there are no clear directives banning it, despite expert consensus that it doesn't work and can be harmful. → Read More
Low-carb diets associated with lower life expectancy, study suggests
Many people have embraced low carbohydrate diets to lose weight, but they may be putting their long-term health at risk by eating too much animal protein and fat. → Read More
Why there's finally a drug for smallpox even though the disease no longer exists
Enough doses for two million treatments have been delivered to the U.S. government's national emergency stockpile — and the Canadian government isn't ruling out the possibility of buying some. → Read More
More Canadian stroke patients could get clot-grabbing treatment
People living in remote communities or who suffer an ischemic stroke while asleep could benefit from new 24-hour time frame for endovascular thrombectomy, Heart and Stroke Foundation says. → Read More
What happens to people's bodies when heat waves kill
With dozens of seniors dead after temperatures soared in Quebec, a physiologist explains what happens when older people are exposed to extreme heat and humidity. → Read More
Pay more attention to depression as a side-effect of many medications, researchers say
A U.S. study suggests taking more than one of a long list of medications that cite depression as a side-effect could increase the risk of developing the illness. But a Canadian psychiatrist says he's skeptical. → Read More
Why it took 4 days to release the names of the Toronto van attack victims
Unlike the portrayal often seen in TV crime dramas, the process of officially confirming the identity of someone who has been killed often requires painstaking scientific investigation to prevent mistakes. → Read More
Where will the money go? Unprecedented donations keep pouring in for Humboldt Broncos
As donations from an online fundraising campaign for the Humboldt Broncos surpass $11 million, people are thinking about where that money will go and how it can best be used to help the families of those killed in the April 6 bus crash, as well as rebuild the lives of those who were injured. → Read More
OxyContin maker to appeal judge's decision to reject $20M Canadian settlement
A Saskatchewan judge's concerns about the real costs of addiction recovery halted a settlement agreement between Purdue Pharma and hundreds of people who were prescribed OxyContin. → Read More
Vibrating muscles help arm amputees 'feel' their prosthetic hand movements, study suggests
Using a device to vibrate muscles can make people with lower arm amputations 'feel' their robotic prosthetic hand open, close and grasp objects, researchers say. → Read More
Invasive Group A strep cases rising, but the reason is a medical mystery
Health experts are still trying to understand why the common strep A bacteria that lives all around us sometimes turns invasive, leading to rare but devastating infections. → Read More
E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce apparently over, Ottawa says
An outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce "appears to be over," according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. → Read More
Fentanyl test strips could lead to false sense of security, Health Canada warns
Fentanyl test strips don't always detect the presence of the deadly opioid and could give drug users a false sense of security, Health Canada is warning. → Read More
2,000% rise in street drug samples testing positive for fentanyl
The number of positive tests for fentanyl in samples of street drugs seized by law enforcement agencies across Canada has grown at a rate of more than 2,000 per cent over five years, according to exclusive data obtained by CBC News. → Read More
Drug costs rising fast in Canadian health-care spending, report finds
More expensive "biologic" treatments and the end of a period when Canadians saw cost savings as patents expired and generics flooded the market driving growth in pharmaceutical prices, experts say. → Read More
Hepatitis C could be eliminated in Canada, but drug prices, screening barriers stand in the way
About 70 million people, including an estimated 250,000 Canadians, are infected with hepatitis C worldwide. The majority could be cured of the liver-damaging virus in 12 weeks at a cost of just $50 US each, researchers say. → Read More
'Gluten free' label to be removed from Cheerios in Canada
General Mills says its Cheerios cereal meets the standard to be labelled gluten free, but will voluntarily remove the label amid disagreement with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency about gluten testing protocol. → Read More