The US faces its longest-ever government shutdown, leaving workers unpaid and public services disrupted amid political deadlock.

A Nova Scotia woman has posted a video on Facebook as a challenge to her premier to look into the face of what she calls a health care crisis in the province. Tens of thousands of people there can't find a family doctor, and she says...

Canadians experiencing homelessness stay nearly twice as long in hospital at a cost over double the national average, in part due to the housing crisis, a sweeping new health-care report finds.

A specialized surgeon who fixes the spinal condition scoliosis in Toronto has stopped surgeries because he says the province is not paying for the procedure.

B.C.'s cancer diagnosis and treatment wait times are among the longest in Canada. Early diagnosis is key for successful outcomes, but those unwilling to wait have resorted to getting a diagnosis in the U.S. while the province is paying...

Canadian hospitals are facing a nursing shortage partly because many nurses have left for more flexible, higher paying nursing agencies. CBC’s Christine Birak found out why the cost to the public system is more than just financial and...

Canadian provinces are looking to refugee camps abroad to fill desperately needed health-care worker positions, but delays have kept many of them from coming — including about 120 people in a Kenyan camp.

'I strongly believe it's just a matter of time before we have something avoidable and catastrophic happen,' says Dr. Marguerite Heyns, a B.C. obstetrician who is helping out at the Lethbridge hospital on a temporary basis. Heyns said she...

"Don't prescribe where we put the money, but let's agree on what a better health-care system looks like," says New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs of federal health care funding. "It has to be coupled with direct improvement in outcomes...

Canada has more than one million young caregivers between the ages of 15 and 30 who are looking after loved ones with long-term health problems, and health-care workers say that without more support, they risk harm to their well-being.

The territorial budget this week earmarked more money for health, but some uncertainty remains. Cheryl Kawaja has more.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says she was shocked to find out Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie and her party received $25,000 in donations from private health-care organizations.

During a provincial election campaign debate, the main party leaders were asked if the province can afford finding each Ontarian a family doctor. Take a look at what they had to say.

Abbotsford Regional Hospital has been operating at nearly 130 per cent capacity in the past year, forcing staff to use alternate spaces like hallways for examination and treatment. CBC's Baneet Braich talks to doctors who are sounding...

Canada’s primary care and family doctor shortage is pushing people to the ER for routine ailments better treated elsewhere, a new report says. In 2023, roughly one in seven of all ER visits were for minor conditions. For kids aged two to...

Canada’s primary care and family doctor shortage is pushing people to the ER for routine ailments better treated elsewhere, a new report says. In 2023, roughly one in seven of all ER visits were for minor conditions. For kids aged two to...

More than 130 rural hospitals have closed since 2010.