Autism diagnoses are on the rise in the United States, with new federal data showing one in 31 eight-year-olds were identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 2022 — the highest rate ever recorded in the country. A report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that autism diagnoses have…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 14, 2025 2:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promising to shore up Canada’s struggling health care system by hiring 35,000 nurses by 2030. Appearing Monday at an election event in Toronto, Singh also promised to ensure…
For the first time in nearly two decades, Canada has updated its national clinical guideline for childhood and adolescent obesity — and this time, the focus isn’t on numbers on a scale. Instead, the new approach recommends focusing on quality of life and mental health, and even includes medications like GLP-1s for kids 12 and…
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say. “We haven’t had a strong immunization…
More than 6,500 Fisher-Price toys have been recalled in Canada due to a potential choking hazard. On Thursday, Health Canada issued a recall for two products: the Fisher-Price Brunch and Go Stroller Toy and the Fisher-Price 3-in-1 SnugaPuppy Activity Center. The concern is that parts of these toys may break off and pose a risk…
Ferenc Jakab needed heart surgery, and a robot was called into action. The 60-year-old Ontario resident had been monitoring a heart murmur for over 20 years, checking in with his doctor every couple of years. At a recent visit, the news shifted: it was time for surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Jakab was…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Amid the ongoing political instability south of the border, Quebec’s College of Physicians says more and more doctors in the United States are showing interest in practicing in Quebec. “The Collège des médecins du Québec has noted an increase in the number of American physicians applying for…
As United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges Americans to get the measles vaccine, he’s also casting doubt on it — claiming its protection fades “very quickly.” But experts say that’s simply not true, pointing out that the vaccine can provide protection for decades, if not a lifetime. During a…
The United States will identify the cause of autism by September, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday, setting a deadline for an answer that has eluded scientists for decades. Autism diagnoses in the United States have increased significantly since 2000, intensifying public concern. By 2020, the U.S. autism rate in…
Want to know what’s worth as much as a six-figure pay rise? A pet. New research shows that owning a dog or cat could provide the same emotional boost as earning an additional $120,000 CAD annually. The study, published March 31 in the journal Social Indicators Research, shed light on the impact pets have on…
