Health

Most Canadians don’t think the quality of health care in their province is likely to improve a new survey suggests, despite new federal health accords with several provinces designed to quell the health-care crisis unfolding across Canada. An exam room is seen at a health clinic in Calgary, Friday, July 14, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canadians pessimistic about health care quality improving: poll

Leger poll comes in the aftermath of new health accords designed to pump more money into system

 

Drug manufacturer Teva Canada Ltd. is recalling one lot of a children’s pain and fever relief medicine because it contains too much acetaminophen and poses a risk of overdose. A sign is displayed in front of Health Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, January 3, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Drug company recalls children’s pain and fever relief medicine due to risk

Health Canada announces Teva recall of Pediatrix Acetaminophen Oral Solution

 

A doctor wears a lab coat and stethoscope in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Friday, July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Potentially deadly rare Strep A infections spike in Canada

2023 invasive Group A streptococcal infections up nearly 50% above previous recorded high

 

A worker carries a bucketfull of disinfectant at a cholera treatment centre, in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Jan 12, 2024. The country is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. (AP Photo)

More than 400 dead as Zambia reels under cholera outbreak

Nation of about 20 million people has been recording more than 400 cases a day

A worker carries a bucketfull of disinfectant at a cholera treatment centre, in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Jan 12, 2024. The country is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. (AP Photo)
Benjamin Munn, 12, watches the needle as medical assistant Megan Smith gives him a shot of HPV vaccine at the Providence Medical Group in Monroe, July 12. There are a number of benefits in giving boys the vaccine at an early age. Dan Bates / The Herald

Free HPV vaccines eligibility extended to B.C. men born in 2005

Free HPV vaccines had already been available to younger men and boys

Benjamin Munn, 12, watches the needle as medical assistant Megan Smith gives him a shot of HPV vaccine at the Providence Medical Group in Monroe, July 12. There are a number of benefits in giving boys the vaccine at an early age. Dan Bates / The Herald
Edith Rose, who marked her 102nd birthday on December 30, 2023, came down to work a shift on the Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary Information Desk at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital on Monday, Jan. 8. (Barry Coulter photo)

Groundbreaking B.C. chemist Edith Rose still working for your health at 102

Canada’s first female cereal chemist still volunteering at Cranbrook’s East Kootenay Regional Hospital

Edith Rose, who marked her 102nd birthday on December 30, 2023, came down to work a shift on the Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary Information Desk at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital on Monday, Jan. 8. (Barry Coulter photo)
This kit is a part of the first self-screening cervical cancer plan in Canada, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The Canadian Cancer Society and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada hope the rest of the country will follow B.C.'s new approach to cervical cancer screening.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Gynecologists hope Canada follows B.C. in cervical cancer screening

B.C. first province to offer the option of doing the HPV tests at home

This kit is a part of the first self-screening cervical cancer plan in Canada, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The Canadian Cancer Society and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada hope the rest of the country will follow B.C.'s new approach to cervical cancer screening.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Surrey couple Carla and David Jung are hoping for a Type O kidney donor for David, who currently has less than five per cent kidney function and urgently needs a transplant. (Contributed photo)

B.C. dad in urgent need of donor as kidney nears failing point

With less than 5% kidney function, David Jung desperately needs Type O donor

Surrey couple Carla and David Jung are hoping for a Type O kidney donor for David, who currently has less than five per cent kidney function and urgently needs a transplant. (Contributed photo)
A British Columbia study showing that hospitalized patients’ medical issues have become increasingly complex also highlights the need for governments to prepare for an aging population whose care adds to the workload of health professionals, the lead researcher says. Health-care workers at St. Paul’s Hospital acknowledge applause and cheers from people during a parade to show support for the hospital staff, in Vancouver, B.C., April 5, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Medical complications: Study shows B.C. hospital needs growing more complex

Aging population, overworked staff raising the ante for proactivity: UBC review

A British Columbia study showing that hospitalized patients’ medical issues have become increasingly complex also highlights the need for governments to prepare for an aging population whose care adds to the workload of health professionals, the lead researcher says. Health-care workers at St. Paul’s Hospital acknowledge applause and cheers from people during a parade to show support for the hospital staff, in Vancouver, B.C., April 5, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A B.C. Ambulance Service paramedic moves a stretcher outside an ambulance at Royal Columbia Hospital, in New Westminster, B.C., on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. A third child has died in British Columbia due to complications linked to influenza, cases of which continue to rise in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Flu complications claim 3rd child in B.C., as cases rise

Officials say influenza was a contributing factor but not necessarily primary cause of deaths

A B.C. Ambulance Service paramedic moves a stretcher outside an ambulance at Royal Columbia Hospital, in New Westminster, B.C., on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. A third child has died in British Columbia due to complications linked to influenza, cases of which continue to rise in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
An Ontario woman who says she was sickened with a salmonella infection after eating cantaloupe is the lead plaintiff in a proposed class-action lawsuit against three companies linked to outbreaks across the country. Cantaloupe halves are displayed for sale at a supermarket in New York on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mary Conlon

Salmonella-tainted cantaloupes spark class-action lawsuit proposals

Suits filed in Quebec and Manitoba, pending in B.C. in wake of of illness and death

An Ontario woman who says she was sickened with a salmonella infection after eating cantaloupe is the lead plaintiff in a proposed class-action lawsuit against three companies linked to outbreaks across the country. Cantaloupe halves are displayed for sale at a supermarket in New York on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mary Conlon
Two local clinics are closing to walk-in traffic. (Black Press Media file photo)

‘Frustrated patients’: 2 Greater Victoria clinics closing to walk-in traffic

But Shoreline says that a replacement is on the way

Two local clinics are closing to walk-in traffic. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Alzheimer Society of BC needs volunteers. (Black Press Media file photo)

Society that helps people with dementia needs Greater Victoria volunteers

Number of people with dementia continues to grow

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The Alzheimer Society of BC needs volunteers. (Black Press Media file photo)
Health authorities in British Columbia are warning the public about higher levels of strep bacterial infections among children. A doctor wears a lab coat and stethoscope in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Friday, July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Strep infections spiking among B.C. children, health authorities warn

51 cases of group A streptococcal infections among people under 20 more than double the forecast

Health authorities in British Columbia are warning the public about higher levels of strep bacterial infections among children. A doctor wears a lab coat and stethoscope in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Friday, July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than half in family medicine. Dix attends an announcement for a new hospital in Surrey B.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Dix says foreign doctors giving B.C. family practice a booster shot

Health minister credits new government programs for up 700 additions to family practice medicine

British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than half in family medicine. Dix attends an announcement for a new hospital in Surrey B.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Joe Holtz, second from left top, co-founder and general manager at Brooklyn’s Park Slope Co-Op grocery store, walks the store’s isles where a policy requires shoppers to mask-up Wednesdays and Thursdays, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Face masks now an occasional feature in the American landscape

Mask-wearing is much more off than on even as COVID’s long tail lingers

Joe Holtz, second from left top, co-founder and general manager at Brooklyn’s Park Slope Co-Op grocery store, walks the store’s isles where a policy requires shoppers to mask-up Wednesdays and Thursdays, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives have received 13 reports regarding unregistered midwives, including Annick Meckes in Campbell River, in the past year and a half. (Pixabay photo)

Campbell River woman called out for unauthorized midwifery by BCCMN

Annick Meckes has been offering services such as ‘sovereign birth sessions’

The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives have received 13 reports regarding unregistered midwives, including Annick Meckes in Campbell River, in the past year and a half. (Pixabay photo)
Sonja Mally misses her old life after being debilitated by long COVID for almost four years. Mally poses for a portrait in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Hope and understanding slowly creep into Canada’s long COVID battle

Researchers still have a lot of work to do, but say progress slowly being made

Sonja Mally misses her old life after being debilitated by long COVID for almost four years. Mally poses for a portrait in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
British Columbia’s provincial government says it is going ahead with the construction of a “state-of-the-art” research centre at the new St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. B.C. Premier David Eby holds a hard hat with a hospital sign affixed during an announcement in Surrey, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

$638M health research centre confirmed beside Vancouver hospital

Innovation from centre at new St. Paul’s hospital site expected to boost health and economy

British Columbia’s provincial government says it is going ahead with the construction of a “state-of-the-art” research centre at the new St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. B.C. Premier David Eby holds a hard hat with a hospital sign affixed during an announcement in Surrey, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Swedish researchers found that people with a diagnosis of hypochondriasis have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes, particularly suicide. (Pxhere)

Hypochondria paradox: those who fear serious illness tend to die sooner

Swedish study finds people with illness anxiety disorder have an increased risk of death

Swedish researchers found that people with a diagnosis of hypochondriasis have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes, particularly suicide. (Pxhere)