Health experts are discouraging people from using self-administered rapid antigen COVID-19 tests in their throats instead of their noses.The hack is gaining popularity on spaces like TikTok, where some users have uploaded videos of themselves using a rapid test in their nose and...

Dole Canada is recalling some salad kits sold nationally under the Dole and President's Choice brands because of possible Listeria contamination.  A recall notice issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Saturday said food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell...

With demand for COVID-19 testing surging and capacity reaching its limits, Nova Scotia is imposing new restrictions on who will be tested for the virus, a major shift for a province that has prided itself on a widespread testing regime.Starting Dec....

As vibrant red and orange leaves fall to the ground, painting a picturesque backdrop in late October, Janis Keirstead admits she can't see past the darkness in her own mind.She's consumed with thoughts of ending her own life. But even...

It will take more than two years to clear a backlog of hip and knee replacement surgeries in Nova Scotia created, in part, by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to newly released records.By September 2021, 78 per cent of the surgical...

Nearly a year after Nova Scotia became the first jurisdiction in North America to assume residents agree to donate their organs when they die, there are challenges in getting an idea of the uptake of the program.Under Nova Scotia's Human Organ...

Dr. Monika Dutt was just adjusting to her new role as the medical officer of health for the central and western parts of Newfoundland and Labrador when COVID-19 reached the province.As the regions turned to her for guidance, she faced an...