Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said they specifically asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to grant emergency use authorization for their new drug, molnupiravir, to treat adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are...

At least one million children in Afghanistan are at risk of dying from 'severe acute malnutrition'.

Amid a global debate over COVID-19 vaccine boosters, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending third doses for Canada’s most vulnerable, especially seniors in long-term care homes.

There are concerns cold and flu viruses will spread more easily this fall as pandemic public health measures continue to ease around the world. In Quebec, there’s already been a sharp rise in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases with...

Hospitals across British Columbia’s Northern Health region, such as the one in Fort St. John, are running out of room to handle patients with COVID-19 as officials are dealing with a severe staffing shortage. It’s being compounded by the...

Clinics and hospitals in northern Nigeria are struggling to cope with high numbers of severely malnourished children.

Pregnant people should take care when using pain killers like acetaminophen as the drug could alter fetal development, according to a group of researchers in the medical journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology. medicine, health, drugs, cbc...

A new study points to the possible risks of overusing acetaminophen — the main ingredient in Tylenol and other medications — during pregnancy, including neurodevelopmental, reproductive and urogenital disorders.

People who are pregnant should be cautious about taking acetaminophen as it may alter fetal development, according to a coalition of international public health experts.

Emergency room physician Dr. Joe Vipond says the crush of seriously ill people from COVID-19 may force doctors to make life or death decisions for patients.'We never wanted to be in this position,' he said. (Nancy Walters/CBC)

Dozens of armed groups in North Kivu province have been terrorising villagers for years.

A group called ProtectOurProvince Alberta launched a series of COVID-19 briefings Monday to 'fill the void' left by the provincial government, which hasn't held any pandemic briefings for weeks as case counts and hospitalizations have...

The CGT union has warned of "a health catastrophe" should medical staff no longer be allowed to work

Deaths rise by 4,209 as rising cases of mucormycosis, a rare fungal disease, further complicate the crisis.

Some doctors are concerned about new guidance for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said it should be limited to those over 30 who don’t want to wait for an mRNA vaccine....

Brazilians are not showing up for their second COVID vaccination.