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The Canadian Food Inspection agency has issued a recall warning for certain Dole and PC Organics brand pre-packaged salads over possible listeriosis contamination.

Smoking rates in Canada have declined dramatically over the past 50 years – from about 50 per cent in 1965 to 18 per cent in 2014. But the rate of that decline has slowed and anti-smoking advocates said they want the federal government to take a bigger role in the fight against tobacco.

Can't stomach the thought of paying more for groceries? Food industry experts and dieticians share their tips for eating well — and on budget — even as the weakening loonie sends Canadian food prices skyward.

Health officials said the people infected with the pathogen, which is spreading in Latin America and the Caribbean, had been abroad.

A list of tropical destinations with Zika virus infections expanded to eight more places, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

The blocked law, adopted last April, would ban the most common method used in second-trimester abortions, known as dilation and evacuation.

More than 5,000 people have tested positive for the mosquito-borne illness in the country including suspected cases among 96 pregnant women

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added eight destinations to a list of countries that pregnant women should avoid to prevent infection.

The Public Health Agency of Canada is investigating an outbreak of listeriosis in five eastern provinces, while the Centers for Disease Control has linked a similar outbreak in the United States to packaged salads produced by Dole in Springfield, Ohio.

Many Syrian refugees who came to Edmonton as part of Canada's resettlement plans have been hit hard by the flu during their first winter in their new home country.

A way to work out and also have fun — adapted for the pool.

The new DNA-changing tech has attracted millions of dollars from AstraZeneca, DuPont and other big companies

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Think you're snacking smart? Don't be so sure. CBC’s Marketplace looked at some popular snack-food labels that may fool shoppers into thinking they’re getting a dose of guilt-free food.

New evidence suggests that a chemical derived from marijuana may be an effective treatment for patients with drug-resistant forms of epilepsy

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For more than a year, Flint, Michigan's water has been unfit to drink. Many say it points to a continuing neglect of a poor, and largely black community, in the former industrial heart of America. We discuss the water woes in Flint and its correlation to race in the U.S.

When a doctor is caught breaking the rules in one province but then decides to practise in another, patients don't always get to see the physician's full disciplinary history, CBC News has found.

Dr. Lucy Kalanithi made sure Paul’s final thoughts led to the book “When Breath Becomes Air,” and has continued his conversation on living and dying.

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Nine out of 10 pregnant women in Nunavut are regular smokers, according to estimates by a territorial government representative tasked with reducing tobacco addiction among the territory's population.

Some cellular DNA yields molecules that serve mysterious but important functions in the cell, new research suggests.