When the 2010 Olympic Games put Vancouver firmly on the world sports stage, the spotlight will also be on the region’s First Nations, or Native Americans. They are gaining increasing …

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 …

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 …