Health

Using math and machine learning, researchers predict early flu spike in Canada, U.S.

A team of Canadian and American researchers says their method of forecasting the rate of transmission of infectious diseases is…

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Canada stresses ‘political’ nature of commitment to providing First Nations clean water

Canada is stressing the “unwavering” but “political” nature of its commitment to providing First Nations with clean water, as it…

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B.C. leaders debate health care, vaccines — and paper straws

The leaders of the three major B.C. political parties clashed in a televised debate on Tuesday, which was touted as an…

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Overcapacity in Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital leads to health and safety notice

Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital was issued a notice of contravention from a Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety officer stemming from overcapacity…

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Teens feeling burnt out from managing diabetes face higher complications, study says

Canadian teens and young adults living with diabetes face double the risk of hospitalizations and emergency room visits compared with…

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I work in mental health and even I didn’t recognize my compulsive thoughts

This First Person column is written by Mariom Ferrer, a social worker living with OCD in Ottawa. For more information about CBC’s…

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Dizziness can be a serious health issue. Experts say we need to learn more about it

The Current25:55Why Canadians need more help dealing with dizziness Joyce Pinsker couldn’t understand what was happening when she felt seriously…

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Quebec College of Physicians urgently calls for national health services plan for Nunavik

Quebec’s College of Physicians is calling for an urgent plan to improve health services in the province’s Far North after…

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Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as deaths rise to 12

Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries to stop…

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Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to U.S. biologists who discovered microRNA

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA,…

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