Research indicates that carbapenum-resistant bacteria — which represent a disastrous threat for clinicians — is now prevalent in South Asia and moving into Europe and North America in the same …

As the United States Congress scrambles to iron the kinks out of its health reform legislation, America’s two most influential medical associations remain deeply divided over the merits of changes …

Thanks to a small cadre of village volunteers, trained in basic health-care concepts, western Uganda is beginning to see some promising improvements in child health.

The last remaining major category of antibiotics, a class known as carbapenums, is already succumbing to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in places such as the US northeast. “The carbapenums are the last …

Airports in Toronto, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia, act as major gateways for infectious diseases, and the federal government must better manage health risks arising from international air travel, warns …

Federal refusal to include Aboriginal groups in the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network — the country’s main national public health advisory body — helped exacerbate pandemic (H1N1) 2009, health experts familiar …

As officials scramble to explain why Canadian Aboriginal people are especially vulnerable to pandemic (H1N1) 2009, health scientists in Manitoba and British Columbia have compiled striking evidence that First Nations …

ESBL-induced drug resistance in much of the subcontinent, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, has become common, says David Livermore, director of the Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory at the …