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Health A look at the 88-year-old Pope’s latest diagnosis and what his treatment could involve. A look at the Pope’s latest diagnosis and what his treatment could involveThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 18, 2025 12:55 PM EST | Last Updated: February 18 Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs,Continue Reading

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Whether it’s kosher, Himalayan pink or sea salt, Canadians have a wide range of choicesContinue Reading

Health A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that communication on bird flu had become challenging since President Donald Trump announced a U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations health agency. Collaboration on fighting outbreaks and influenza among the challengesThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 12, 2025 4:29 PM EST |Continue Reading

Health You may be seeing and hearing a lot of people coughing and sneezing around you right now as the Public Health Agency of Canada has said influenza is widespread in many parts of the country. Influenza widespread in many parts of the country, Public Health Agency of Canada saysContinue Reading

Health A dairy worker in Nevada who was infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year has recovered, federal health officials said Monday. Illness was considered mild, main symptom was eye redness and irritationThe AssociatedContinue Reading

Health Flu season intense in U.S., on the rise in Canada, reports sayThe U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. The flu has forced schools to shut down in some states Mike Stobbe · The Associated Press ·Continue Reading

Health Surgeons successfully transplant genetically edited pig kidney into U.S. manA New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment. ‘When I woke up in the recoveryContinue Reading

Health·Second Opinion With football fans expected to wager billions of dollars on this year’s Super Bowl, experts are urging governments to reduce the public health harms that come with the rapidly growing gambling industry. Recent report says harms to health, well-being from gambling ‘more substantial than previously understood’ Alison NorthcottContinue Reading

Health U.S. dairy cattle tested positive for a strain of bird flu that previously had not been seen in cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday, ramping up concerns about the persistent spread of the virus. Detection came through national milk testing programThomson Reuters · Posted: Feb 05,Continue Reading