Tag Archives: Health

Why transitional support is key for youth aging out of mental health services
VANCOUVER - For 29-year-old Kelsey, helping young people in Canada to be happier boils down to helping them find a passion and a community. "Even if everything else sucked, even if you had terrible me...
Dec 17, 2025

World of woes: How the global polycrisis is shaping Canada's youth
TORONTO - Amir Faraji has been journaling to stave off despair. It helps him turn a nebulous sort of hopelessness, which he attributes to the state of the world, into something tangible: words on a pa...
Dec 17, 2025

When to treat sick kids at home and avoid gatherings as hospitals hit with flu surge
TORONTO - Health providers are asking parents to treat kids with mild flu symptoms at home and avoid large gatherings as influenza cases spike ahead of the holidays, pushing hospital emergency departm...
Dec 17, 2025

Young Canadians talk about chasing their dreams in a world in crisis
The Canadian Press has been speaking with young people across the country about being part of the unhappiest generation - and the financial and emotional pressures they face in a world in crisis. 'WE ...
Dec 17, 2025

Most Canadians still confident in vaccines, but hesitancy has increased, poll says
TORONTO - A new poll says that about three-quarters of Canadian adults still have confidence in vaccines, but hesitancy has increased over the last five years. The survey conducted by Leger Healthcare...
Dec 17, 2025

West Ham says veteran Canadian defender Shelina Zadorsky undergoes ankle surgery
LONDON - Canadian international defender Shelina Zadorsky has undergone ankle surgery, according to West Ham. The London club said the 33-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., sustained the injury in trainin...
Dec 15, 2025

COVID shot reduces risk of severe illness, premature birth in pregnancy, study says
TORONTO - A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely. Researchers with the Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANC...
Dec 15, 2025

3 children died from flu complications this month in Ottawa area: health units
Ottawa's top doctor says the death of three children in the region over the past two weeks from influenza-related complications is unusual and could signify a difficult flu season ahead. Ottawa and Ea...
Dec 15, 2025

There's a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
MONTREAL - Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal's Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec,...
Dec 15, 2025

Canadian Blood Services reducing reliance on U.S. for life-changing plasma drugs
TORONTO - For years, Stphane Cliche was a healthy avid athlete, but he kept getting sinus and respiratory infections and doctors couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until he was diagnosed with non-Hodg...
Dec 15, 2025