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The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties.

The chief of the Abenaki of Odanak is celebrating a victory in his nation's campaign against state-recognized tribes in New England, many of which he says are illegitimate.

Hundreds of people showed up for the debut of Aukkauti, a play about the origin of Nunavik's communities, when it debuted at the Puvirnituq Snow Festival in northern Quebec last month. 

In a sudden and unexplained change from previous decades, the federal government has stopped covering the travel costs of Canadian experts volunteering for the next major global climate science assessment.

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As United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges Americans to get the measles vaccine, he's also casting doubt on it.

With polarizing political rhetoric reigning south of the border, Quebec and other provinces are hoping to attract American doctors to Canada.

Health Canada issued a recall for two popular products: the Fisher-Price Brunch and Go Stroller Toy and the Fisher-Price 3-in-1 SnugaPuppy Activity Center.

The United States will identify the cause of autism by September, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from The Matrix, scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date — a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as they fire off messages.

Canada should seize the opportunity to turn the U.S. brain drain of doctors and scientists into its own brain gain, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) said.

The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is claiming vindication after a much-anticipated report affirmed the presence of seven Métis communities in the province. Opponents, however, are dismissing the review as "bogus," with a predetermined outcome.

Federal parties have pitched different approaches to dealing with the toxic drug crisis in B.C. — particularly when it comes to overdose prevention and supervised consumption sites. 

Calgary-based owner of Keystone pipeline, South Bow Corp., says North Dakota oil spill has been contained while cleanup continues.

A troubled fox finds an unlikely friend in a tiny, mischievous demon in the latest piece from a Wolastoqew storyteller.

One of the great things about astronomy is that it's full of surprises, especially when it comes to comets — you just can't predict when a new one might pop up. But when one does appear, it gets both amateur and professional astronomers very excited. 

While the infected in the hit HBO show are shown as becoming more monsters than humans, Dr. Jim Kronstad said that it is not the same in real life.

West Kelowna RCMP and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue said items belonging to a missing person were located near the slide, which came down on April 1.

As measles cases continue to rise in Canada, particularly in Ontario, one U.S. state is taking notice of the surge and warning its residents about travel.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.

Six lawyers, one retired judge and one graduate waiting to take the bar exam, all from Pelican Narrows, Sask., gathered recently to reconnect over a meal of moose and pemmican.

A Canadian researcher has won a 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering the GLP-1 hormone used in diabetes and obesity medications — including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — that have changed the lives of millions of people around the world.

New research suggests that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, commonly used for diabetes and weight loss, may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Dr. Daniel Drucker shares the US$3 million prize with four colleagues in the U.S. and Denmark for discovering the GLP-1 hormone that's used in medications like Ozempic.

Trump has heard an array of offers from U.S. businesses seeking to buy a share of the popular social media site, but China’s ByteDance has insisted the platform is not for sale.

Warning: this story contains outdated language and discusses physical and sexual abuse at residential schools.

Jaela Villalobos originally signed onto the after-school cooking class she's currently taking to spend time with a friend, but the 10-year-old says the experience has been enriching and eye-opening. 

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When Mel Beaulieu prepared to work as the artist-in-residence at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton this winter, the world seemed ominous. 

In the city centre of Amsterdam, a seemingly ordinary bird nest tells an extraordinary story of human impact on the environment. 

Researchers say Southern Ontario can't afford to lose more trees, but work can be done to mitigate the effects -- which include an increased risk of flooding - in urban areas.

Measles doesn’t just cause illness, but also erases the immune system’s memory, leaving people vulnerable to infections they’ve previously fought off.

The Alberta Energy Regulator says there are nearly 500,000 licensed oil and gas wells across the province, although only about 50,000 are active.

Health officials in three Ontario hotspots for measles are focusing on communication and vaccination to help get the outbreaks under control.

U.S. doctors, frustrated by the political and health-care climate, are now eyeing Canada as a promising alternative for their careers.

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains.

A Vancouver-based mining company is looking to sidestep the international agency charged with regulating mining in international waters after lengthy negotiations it says have gone nowhere. 

Scientists may have produced the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccine is linked to reduced dementia risk.

WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse and experiences at residential schools.

It's hard to describe the sheer size of a whale when it washes ashore. That's why Brendon Gould took to the beach with his drone in River of Ponds, N.L., on the Northern Peninsula.

Some fungal diseases in humans no longer respond to medicines, which increases the risk of severe illness and death as well disease spread, according to a new report.

British Columbians are facing a future without a consumer carbon tax for the first time in 17 years, after the early-morning approval of a bill to end the long-standing policy. 

As political tensions and health-care layoffs roil the United States, a surge of American doctors may be looking to make a move north — and provinces are taking notice.

There was no shortage of Indigenous representation at this year's Juno Awards; there were five wins from over 19 nominations for Indigenous artists at the awards.

After more than a decade of delivering groundbreaking discoveries from the far reaches of our galaxy, the Gaia spacecraft officially completed its mission and was shut down on March 27 due to its depleted fuel supply. 

A national survey reveals that Ontario nurse practitioners are facing a concerning workforce crisis while trying to take on more to cover gaps in the health-care system.