Pfizer says Canada has selected its "Abrysvo" RSV vaccine for use in adults 60 and over for the upcoming virus season. "Abrysvo" is also approved for use in pregnant people to provide protection to infants. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Sept. 19, 2024.
If you live to 100, is it because of genetics or your lifestyle? In this week’s “Dr. Sanjay Gupta On Call,” Dr. Gupta explains what matters most when it comes to longevity.
A mum has decided to give birth to her baby with a rare terminal illness despite doctors' warnings he likely won't survive more than a day. Madysen Wilcox, 29 and her husband Darrin, 34, were shocked to hear third baby had alobar holoprosencephaly - a brain disorder - at their 18 week scan. They were told the condition was fatal - and in the unlikely scenario he survived to birth, his life would be very short. And after initially deciding to terminate the pregnancy they changed their mind. Against the odds, Madysen will give birth to her son, Charlie, on Friday (4/10) via a scheduled induction. With just 1 in 10,000 cases making it to birth, he is unlikely to survive much longer. But the couple from Smithfield, Utah, are going ahead after praying for answers.
A family of five pedestrians was struck by a driver in an Etobicoke crosswalk on Wednesday, leaving a 39-year-old woman in critical condition while a man and their three children were also injured.The collision happened around 6:10 p.m. at the corner of Islington Avenue and Finchley Road, police said in a news release Thursday.The driver, a 77-year-old woman, was westbound on Finchley when she made a left turn to go southbound on Islington, according to police. The family was in the crosswalk, h
Melania Trump, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, proudly professes her support for abortion and a woman’s right to choose in her forthcoming memoir, according to The Guardian.Several of Melania’s strongest pro-choice excerpts were published by the newspaper, which obtained a copy of the book, on Wednesday.“Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body? A woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her
Comments come as Trump runningmate JD Vance made false claims about abortion stance during vice presidential denate
Duchess Sophie will follow in Princess Kate's footsteps make a very rare on-screen appearance next week for a special cause close to her heart. See details.
Melania Trump is reportedly set to voice strong support for reproductive rights, writing in her new memoir that a “woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty” grants her “the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.” In a copy of “Melania” obtained by The Guardian’s Martin Pengelly ahead of its release next Tuesday, the former first lady…
It has a 4.5-star rating and reviewers say it's "a saviour."
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans go through the day in a sleepy fog that interferes with their jobs, their moods and their relationships.
Dark leafy greens aren’t your only option.
The federal government's decision to not provide Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine this respiratory virus season raises health equity concerns, experts and advocates say, as some Canadians look to the U.S. to get the shot.
If you have a dog, you may have noticed they love to rest just as much as they love to play. But how many total hours of sleep are they getting?
Why salmon and sardines get top marks — and what to know about high-mercury fish.
Dr. Chris Goodyear, a general surgeon at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, has issued a challenge to all the candidates in the upcoming provincial election.He wants them to sign a contract saying that if elected, they will spend 48 hours in a New Brunswick emergency department bed, wearing a Johnny shirt, "to experience health care first-hand," before they walk into the legislature."I think if we have a legislative assembly full of people that had that experience, things may be s
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — More than a dozen tigers were incinerated after the animals contracted bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officials said.
More than 3,000 volunteers from 46 states are participating in what’s being called the largest brain study to date.
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s (R) “personal connection” to reproductive rights during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate “clever,” but she said “it isn’t real,” stressing it doesn’t show clear support for women to make their own reproductive decisions. “I think that that was clever to use that personal connection, but it…
British royals have historically kept their medical lives private, but King Charles seems to be breaking the mold.
The actress shared the snap of her baby daughter Méi on Wednesday, Oct. 2
A woman told she was "too old" to be a mum conceived two children naturally in her mid-40s - by getting acupuncture weekly and mediating daily. Rebecca Rumsey, 48, had been career-focused until she hit 39 and realised she wanted to have kids. Luckily she met her husband, Tomas Salava, 41, just two days after her 40th birthday and the couple planned to start a family within a year.
