Alarming new data from the Public Health Agency of Canada suggests that widespread off-label use of cephalosporin antibiotics in poultry hatcheries is triggering human resistance to the class of antibiotics.

Iraq boasts the world’s fourth-largest proven oil reserves, but much of the country has not even been explored. For WesternZagros, a small, new firm, and for Talisman, its larger, richer …

Six years after the invasion of Iraq, amid continuing violence, the country’s health system, devoid of staff and facilities, is struggling to cope with the needs of the population.

Is smart regulation a smokescreen for government retreat in the face of massive resource developments in the Canadian Arctic?

In the mid-1990s, Canadian troops stationed in Somalia were found guilty of torturing and murdering detainees. Now Canadian soldiers and doctors are under investigation again, this time for human rights …

The final report of a government-commissioned investigation into the 2003 outbreak of SARS in Toronto that killed 44 blames hospital downsizing and warns “serious problems persist and much remains to …

In 2005, the Kelowna deal promised to tackle the health gap between Canada’s 1·1 million Aboriginal people and the rest of the country. But since a change of government earlier …

In the fight to cut infant mortality, is the world focused on the wrong diseases? For Ashok Talyan, putting children first is more than a sentimental idea. With him, it’s …

Residents of Canada’s Aamjiwnaang reserve have long blamed their health problems on the petrochemical plants that crowd the landscape. But scant evidence supported their claims — until now.