Expert: Canada loses measles elimination status

Published: 10 November 2025

Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades, amid an ongoing outbreak involving over 5,000 cases across nine provinces and one territory. In a statement on Monday, the...

McGill-led team maps ‘weather’ on a nearby brown dwarf in unprecedented detail

Published: 7 November 2025

Researchers at McGill University and collaborating institutions have mapped the atmospheric features of a planetary-mass brown dwarf, a type of space object that is neither a star nor a planet,...

McGill’s handwritten copies of In Flanders Fields honoured as documentary heritage of outstanding value

Published: 5 November 2025

Four handwritten copies of John McCrae's immortal poem In Flanders Fields, held at McGill University’s Osler Library of the History of Medicine, were inscribed this month on the Canadian Commission...

Experts: Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget

Published: 28 October 2025

On Nov. 4, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney tabled his government’s first budget. Carney leads a Liberal minority government, so for the budget to pass he will need to garner support from some...

Ancient mammoth tooth offers clues about Ice Age life in northeastern Canada

Published: 5 November 2025

A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died.

Nerve injuries can affect the entire immune system, study finds

Published: 4 November 2025

Nerve injuries can have long-lasting effects on the immune system that appear to differ between males and females, according to preclinical research from McGill University.

Experts: Food insecurity in Quebec

Published: 30 October 2025

Food bank use in Quebec in 2025 has hit record numbers, surpassing 3 million assistance requests, according to Food Banks Canada's HungerCount 2025 recent report. Employed people and students are...

McGill study reveals knowledge gap about psychedelic therapies in adolescents

Published: 4 November 2025

There is a growing interest within the medical community in the use of psychedelic therapies to treat conditions ranging from depression and PTSD to anxiety and eating disorders. New research led...

Experts: Social prescribing

Published: 3 November 2025

As part of a new partnership with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), member doctors of Médecins francophones du Canada can now prescribe tickets to live performances.  

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