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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.