World Health Organization
Pass the climate gavel to the young
When world leaders gather, 16-year-old Clara Brown from Merrickville, Ont., helps ensure young people have a greater voice.
The Earth’s health failing in seven out of eight key measures
A new groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform the next generation of sustainability policy.
An estimated 43,000 people died in Somalia drought last year
A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children.
NDP push Liberals to expand GST rebate, fund school lunches in next budget
The New Democrats have used their agreement with the Liberal government as leverage to push for more ways to save Canadians money in the next federal budget, leader Jagmeet Singh says.
If WHO declares the COVID-19 global emergency over, what happens next?
Monday, January 30, 2023, could mark a major milestone in the history of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the World Health Organization stands poised to decide whether or not to declare an end to the global public health emergency.
Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry in Asia
Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a new report released by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other United Nations agencies.
Freeland still struggling with global supply-chain problems
Supply-chain turbulence is here to stay, so what is Canada doing about it?
World Health Organization backs Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
The world’s leading health organizations are endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty in an effort to protect public health.
Tory leadership hopefuls spar over email described as 'dog whistle' to COVID vaccine critics
Conservative party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis' message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a "dog whistle" to COVID-19 vaccine critics.
Federal government to spend $18M on HIV testing in northern, remote and isolated communities
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said on Monday, August 1, 2022, that the government will invest $17.9 million to increase access to HIV testing in remote communities and among hard-to-reach populations.
Monkeypox cases plateau in Montreal, but rising in U.S.
Monkeypox cases in Montreal appear to be hitting a plateau, but authorities say they're worried that soaring infections in the United States and a low vaccination rate could help the disease surge anew in the city.
Tourists line up for monkeypox shots in Montreal as global emergency declared
Tourists were among those lining up to get monkeypox vaccines in Montreal on Saturday, July 23, 2022, as the World Health Organization declared the virus a global health emergency.
Dancer talks about excruciating pain, isolation and stigma of monkeypox
Peter Kelly was still bouncing back from COVID-19 when a case of monkeypox gave him the "worst pain" of his life.
More than half of Canada's AstraZeneca vaccine doses expired to be tossed out
Canada is about to toss more than half of its doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine because it couldn't find any takers for it either at home or abroad.