WHO experts now agree diseases like COVID spread through the air
The World Health Organization (WHO) and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to …
The World Health Organization (WHO) and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to …
Methamphetamine seized by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (File photo The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose deaths — but carnage from …
A disability support provider has been fined $1.8 million after admitting serious shortfalls in staff training that led to a vulnerable Indigenous woman dying from burns after being given a …
Australians who made recent trips to Bali have warned other travellers to be careful when visiting the popular island destination amid a rise in cases of dengue fever. “Go to …
In the dozen years she’s worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she’s seen succumb to toxic, illicit …
Opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experiencing a dramatic jump, mostly among men in their 20s and 30s, says …
Used meth pipes in the trash can, drug stashes beneath the stairs, prone bodies in the middle of the street. “My kids are growing up with people overdosing and doing …
White Coat Black Art26:30Preventing the next Belleville At The Mill on Main restaurant in Huntsville, Ont., manager Michelle Francis is placing a naloxone kit near the wood-burning pizza oven behind …
Dana Kirkland grew up riding quad bikes on a farm in South Australia’s southeast but, after a life-changing accident in 2021, she’s now warning families to avoid using them all …
Ten people in Kingston, Ont., were treated for chemical eye exposure and needed to have their eyes flushed after what two patients described as a foam party gone wrong. Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s Emergency Department …