Canada has been at the forefront in the fight against tobacco use.According to the health ministry, the nation became the first to impose requirements in 2000 to feature graphic images of the ...

Health Canada estimates that 13 percent of the population smokes tobacco, down from 22.5 percent in 2001. The ministry aims to decrease usage to less than 5 percent by 2035. Comments ...

As Canada deals with the mental health impacts of COVID-19 and an ongoing opioid crisis, Trudeau has named Carolyn Bennett as the first minister of mental health and addictions.

With shortages of Ozempic at U.S. pharmacies, some Americans have been turning to Canada and Mexico to buy the medication, a Type 2 diabetes treatment many people are using off-label to lose weight.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark has faced repeated questions about her office's involvement in the firing of eight Ministry of Health workers in 2012. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) Rushed decisions ...

LGBTQ advocates in Peru protested in the capital city of Lima last week after the Health Ministry issued a new law that deemed transgender people as having “mental health problems.” The ...

The ministry cited various data points to back up its arguments. The supply of doctors has grown 8.9 per cent from 2019-20 to 2023-24, while the population grew 7.1 per cent, it said.

Since 2018, Emergent has supported the Ontario Ministry of Health to provide access to NARCAN ® Nasal Spray across the province. NARCAN ® Nasal Spray is designed to reverse the effects of an opioid ...

The Ministry of Health plans to change the law so that by 2020, all cigarette packs sold here will not be allowed to carry logos, brand images and any promotional information. Read more at ...