Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario is overhauling its response to the opioid crisis, and it includes plans for a new team pairing police with crisis workers.Eve Kahama, Six Nations Health Services integrated drug strategy co-ordinator, said it took two...

Syrus Marcus Ware, an assistant professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, was "immediately struck" by an image shared several days ago by his cousin in California.The illustration of a pregnant Black woman, showing a Black fetus inside her belly, was created by Nigerian medical...

Human trials are set to begin early next year at an Ontario university for two next-generation COVID-19 vaccines that can be inhaled.Fiona Smaill is a professor of pathology and molecular medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton and lead researcher for the clinical trials. She said...

When Robyn Currie pictured having a baby, she imagined mom-and-baby yoga classes, hanging out with other new parents and relaxing in coffee shops while her new child took a nap.Instead, she got social isolation, physical distancing and a bunch of...

Ontario's chief medical officer of health says the province is investigating two potential cases of a new COVID-19 variant in Hamilton.Dr. Kieran Moore said, during a Monday news conference, the two omicron cases are awaiting whole genome sequencing and Hamilton public health said...

Patients who underwent non-elective surgery and used technology for regular remote monitoring with health-care providers had better outcomes a month after leaving hospital, compared to people who were asked to go see their doctors for followup concerns, according to a new Canadian...