As measles outbreaks in Canada grow and spread between provinces, pediatricians are again recommending vaccinations while ...

The U.S. is launching a massive effort to determine the cause of autism, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said Thursday, ...

Along with Canada, increased measles measles cases were reported ... The Centres for Disease Control, the U.S. national public health agency, was reporting 607 cases of measles among America’s 340 ...

People can become infected with a hantavirus by inhaling particles from an infected rodent's urine, droppings or saliva ...

The Department of Health and Social Services expects to release a report this fall that will provide an estimate on how many people in the NWT have autism.

Amir Attaran says Canadians should be skeptical about the U.S.’s ability to ensure food safety given the Trump administration's cuts to regulatory bodies. Deep job cuts at U.S. health agencies could ...

The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin The extensive layoffs of federal ...

I am pleased to present the 2020-21 Departmental Plan for the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). This Plan outlines the Agency's priorities for the year and reflects my mandate as Minister of ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown said it was his expectation that all functions of the public health agency provided or enabled frontline services to deliver healthcare to Kiwis. The minister called ...

The Trump administration plans to shrink the workforce of the Department of Health and Human Services by nearly a quarter, officials announced Thursday, as part of a major restructuring of the ...

Its purpose is to protect the health and safety of members of the public by providing mechanisms to ensure the ongoing competence of health practitioners. The Act provides for the regulation of ...

Indigenous partners and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada are co-leading the regional assessment and will provide Indigenous communities and organizations, federal and provincial governments, non ...