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 …

Poor uninsured Americans, and middle-class households upset at rising health-care bills, have long been arguing for health-care reform. Now, growing numbers of the most wealthy Americans— including many business leaders—are …

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.

General Motors president Rick Wagoner caused controversy when he blamed the US health-care system for his company’s near-bankrupt status. But health care and the US and Canadian automotive industry’s economic …

Advances against polio made in 2004 were lauded by WHO as “the most important progress ever made towards a polio-free world”. But the success of the global eradication initiative still …

Doubling federal funding for health is a key pledge of the Canadian government’s ambitious plan to strengthen health care. The strategy should appease critics who blame underfunding of health services …

High levels of toxic contaminants have been recorded in several Arctic regions. But the full health effects of exposure to these chemicals are only just emerging. Meet the scientists studying …