Health

Five Ontario hospitals affected by a ransomware attack last fall say they're mailing more than 326,000 letters to notify patients whose personal information was stolen.

TORONTO — Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.

NEW YORK (AP) — New U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022, a surprising improvement after more than a decade of steady increases , federal health officials said Wednesday.

TORONTO — A large Toronto hospital network says it's bringing its systems back online after an outage across its sites led to some cancelled surgeries and delays.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — A new medical school focused on family medicine at York University will open its doors in 2028. York University president Rhonda Lenton says the university has been planning the medical school for the past decade.

The aftermath of last year's fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn't qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven't been documented, federal officials said.

The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan.

The Alberta government is creating a Crown corporation to gather research to bolster addiction-recovery efforts as part of its broader restructuring of the health system.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-smoking groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes , which has been idling at the White House for months .

Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious, the federal government said Monday.