The epidemic, already the deadliest in the country's history, is spreading faster than any previous Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization has warned.

Health Canada is funding a new program allowing Northern students to ‘learn where you live’

When Cam Fenton's best friend died, it made him question how someone who was a support worker at a supervised injection site ended up as one of thousands of people who die of opioid overdoses every ye...

Governments must protect people through climate-resilient public services, while confronting the root cause of this escalating crisis.

Canada has a promising gender-based violence legal and policy framework, but none of it accounts for the people actually delivering frontline services.

The world’s pandemic early-warning system is weakest in places affected by armed conflict, where the risk of outbreaks is often greatest.

International law states only military sites can be targeted during conflicts, but this is routinely being ignored

As fighting intensifies in Port-au-Prince, only a fraction of its maternity services remain, and they are under constant threat

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Firas Market has turned into heaps of mixed garbage with medical waste alongside household trash, commercial trash, and rubble remnants

Environment Canada warns temperatures set to hit mid 30s, even higher in some regions Wednesday. It adds wildfire smoke is deteriorating air quality throughout much of the province.

Outreach program delivers free oral health services to an underserved population and hands-on training for future hygienists

Health care advocates from across Canada stood shoulder to shoulder in Prince Edward Island, where premiers met on Wednesday, to demand that premiers stop the spread of American-style health care […]

We are calling for the VPD to prioritize safety, health and rights over enforcement.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN health teams and partners are still racing to contain the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, despite ongoing insecurity in eastern areas where the viru...

The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief has saved 26m lives globally, but slashing of funds and dismantling of USAID have forced clinics to shut in dozens of countries

A Tyee investigation has uncovered major gaps in the monitoring of dangerous, potentially carcinogenic pollutants.

Chiefs in Ontario say they were left to self-evacuate before homes burned to ground, after being told there was no imminent threat

In both Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli policies are devastating Palestinian health with deadly consequences.

Extreme weather events highlight greater need for social housing as core health infrastructure, doctor says

As part of new, temporary border measures ‌to combat the spread ​of Ebola, the ​Canadian government on Sunday said ​it would deny entry to ‌foreign nationals who had been to the Democratic Republic of...

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 12 - Determination of a public health emergency of international concern, including a pandemic emergency of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), the Di...

The hantavirus outbreak that began on a cruise ship is a reminder of something we keep having to relearn: When humans push into ecosystems they don’t normally inhabit, they are exposed to viruses.

A Winnipeg doctor says she's worried governments are only offering Band-Aid solutions as hepatitis A continues to spread more than a year after Manitoba declared an outbreak.

In the 10 years since B.C. declared the toxic drug crisis a public health emergency, First Nations leaders say the crisis has had an outsized impact on Indigenous communities.

Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion

Experts review progress and lessons at roundtable discussion

More than 18,000 British Columbians have been killed and there’s no end in sight.

Experts say they worry the province hasn’t used all the powers available that come with a public health emergency, and is leaning on public opinion rather than science to inform policy.

A new paper published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal offers fresh modelling that shows cancer cases and deaths will remain at high levels in the year ahead — including "concerning t...

More than 18,000 people have died from toxic illicit drugs since the public health emergency was declared in the province on April 14, 2016

A few minutes into my shift, I realized my first patient could be dying

I’ve spent my career working in the public health emergency. It’s time for a full embrace of evidence-based drug policies.