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Health

This stretch of Vernon Street sees more than 3,500 vehicles per day, according to municipal data.

How to drive with cyclists at your bumper

Survivor of painful crash advises distancing on the roads

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Mar 27, 2023

Previous alcohol guidelines said 10 drinks a week for women and 15 drinks a week for men were a low health risk. Now, that number has dropped to two drinks a week for men and women.

Is drinking on the rocks?

New alcohol guidelines draw reaction from Dr. Strang, Halifax bar district

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Feb 10, 2023

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, shown in this file photo, was ‘very pleased’ with the health-care structure presented by the federal government on Tuesday.

Nova Scotia offered $154M in new health-care funding from Ottawa for 2023 budget

Premier Tim Houston says he wants more but he'll 'work with what we have'

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Feb 8, 2023

Nova Scotia chief medical officer Robert Strang said public health is working on a plan to prevent meningitis B from further spread at the province's universities.

Province, universities begin work on meningitis safety plan

Public health takes first steps toward plan to prevent further campus spread

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Jan 19, 2023

The hands and the ankles are where Halifax teenager Jenna Kedy experiences most of her arthritis pain.

Halifax scientist developing arthritis ‘frailty index’ at new research centre

The east coast's first Arthritis Research Canada Centre opens at Dalhousie University

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Nov 25, 2022

Books by Heart is aimed at providing east-coast ebooks to patients in hopes of improving their mental health.

Connections through crisis: Books by Heart launches at King’s

UKC and NS Health promote patient mental health through Atlantic literature

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Nov 25, 2022

IAPMD’s executive director Sandi MacDonald poses for her portrait at the University of King’s College in Halifax on March 16, 2021.

Halifax woman’s non-profit offers support for people with premenstrual disorders

International Association for Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD) has just started providing live peer support sessions for people locally and around the globe

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Apr 7, 2021

Photo illustration of person with health card. Health card numbers are being collected to develop race-based health data model in Nova Scotia.

Researchers work with African Nova Scotian communities in Dartmouth on health registry

OmiSoore Dryden’s project Don’t Count Us Out! began in summer 2020

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Feb 12, 2021

Occupational therapists Karen Joudrey (left) and Chris McWilliam (right)

Halifax occupational therapists weigh in on how to work best from home

Two Halifax OT's share advice on how to better manage remote work

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Feb 11, 2021

Grace El Hawary (far left) and Isabelle Drohan (second from left) hand over the masks to the NECHC at the end of their campaign.

Halifax students give back to the community by collecting hundreds of face masks

The students collected 600 masks in total

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Jan 28, 2021