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Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impactsBodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper.CanadaMar 24
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Conservative MP backs petition for Canada to pull out of United NationsConservative MP Leslyn Lewis is backing a petition for Canada to pull out of the United Nations and its subsidiary organizations like the World Health Organization.CanadaJan 4
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JN.1 is now a COVID-19 variant of interest, WHO saysThe World Health Organization has classified the COVID-19 variant 'JN.1' as a separate 'variant of interest' from the parent lineage BA.2.86.HealthDec 19, 2023
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Time to ban flavoured vapes, WHO says, urging tobacco-style controlsThe WHO on Thursday urged governments to treat e-cigarettes similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours, threatening cigarette companies' bets on smoking alternatives.HealthDec 14, 2023
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WHO approves 2nd malaria vaccine. Why experts say its not enoughIn 2021, WHO endorsed the first malaria vaccine in what it described as a 'historic' effort to end the devastating toll the mosquito-transmitted disease has on Africa.HealthOct 2, 2023
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Women’s rights advocates frustrated by Kelowna man’s assault charges being stayedJeffrey Maclean was charged with assault and obstruction following an incident in 2021. His trial was set to start this month, but another judge stayed his charges instead.CrimeAug 30, 2023
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First Canadian case of new COVID-19 variant confirmed in B.C.B.C. health officials said the case was confirmed in the Fraser Health region, and involves a person who had not travelled outside the province.HealthAug 29, 2023
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Remembering SARSfest, the concert that revived Toronto, 20 years laterSARSfest snowballed into one of the most significant events in Toronto's history, giving residents and tourists assurance that normal life in the city was back.CanadaJul 30, 2023
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WHO urges ‘surveillance system’ for those most vulnerable to extreme heatThe most vulnerable include those with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and diabetes, as well as older people, pregnant people, children and those who are homeless.HealthJul 19, 2023
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Former WHO scientist to talk public health at University of GuelphDr. Soumya Swaminathan will be talking tuberculosis and HIV as well as COVID-19 this Thursday at the University Centre.CanadaJun 28, 2023
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