'Buck stops' at Maple Leaf Foods, says president

The president of Maple Leaf Foods is defending the federal food inspection system and said his company is taking full responsibility for the ongoing national outbreak of listeriosis. more...

• CTV News: Rosemary Thompson on the company 

Mice cells change identity in promising breakthrough

Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases. more...

Isotope facility can meet demand if needed: AECL

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. says the nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ont., can meet the country's demand for medical isotopes if required. more...

B.C. health officials warn public about mumps outbreak

A British Columbia health official says a spreading mumps outbreak began with a Fraser Valley religious group that shuns immunization. more...

• CTV British Columbia: Correspondents with more 

How to clear confusion from food allergy warnings

It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient. more...

U.S. online Ayurvedic meds have high levels of lead

American researchers went online to order Ayurvedic medicines, and discovered lead, mercury or arsenic levels that exceed acceptable standards in their purchases, according to a study published Tuesday. more...

Health Canada OKs shingles vaccine for older patients

Health Canada has approved a vaccine that helps prevent painful shingles outbreaks in older people who had chickenpox earlier in life. more...

Study links preterm births, simmering infections

Infections may play a bigger role in premature birth than doctors have thought, says a new study that found almost one in seven women in preterm labour harboured bacteria or fungi in their amniotic fluid. more...

Decline in smoking rates flatlines, group lays blame

Efforts to cut smoking rates among Canadians have stalled and the Canadian Cancer Society is blaming huge sales of cheap contraband cigarettes in this country. more...

Thatcher's daughter recounts her mother's decline

Margaret Thatcher's daughter first realized that her mother was having memory problems when the former prime minister struggled to distinguish between the 1982 Falklands War and the conflict in Bosnia. more...

Head of dyspraxia group says Radcliffe helped cause

When "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe spoke publicly about having dyspraxia recently, it was the first time many people had ever heard of the condition. more...

Victims of Britain's tainted blood scandal speak

Robert Mackie trembles with rage when he describes how he and his wife were kept in the dark about his HIV infection -- and how doctors published his medical data in journals years before they gave him the devastating news. more...