Public Health

Telling fed leaders to 'wake up to the scandal of homelessness and inadequate shelter in Canada'

BRUSSELS, Belgium | One in 10 of the world's population will have diabetes by 2035, according to the International Diabetes Federation.

VANCOUVER | Providence Health Care and five of its Study to Assess Longer-term Opioid Medication Effectiveness (SALOME) patients have launched a constitutional challenge to overturn a recent decision by the federal government preventing the delivery of life-saving treatment to vulnerable addictions patients.

TORONTO | More than 300,000 Canadians are living with hepatitis C, yet only 2% of them have undergone treatment for this potentially fatal liver disease. Many go undiagnosed until it is too late.

TORONTO | Western municipalities overall have healthier lifestyles than their eastern counterparts, and better cancer risk profiles as a result. This is one of the findings published in the report, Population Health in Canada's Largest Cities, led by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.

WASHINGTON | Most countries in the Western Hemisphere have succeeded in eliminating human rabies transmitted by dogs, and experts say the remaining countries can reach that goal by 2015 if they dedicate the necessary resources.

YELLOWKNIFE | A report released by the Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services in partnership with the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement provides a detailed strategy for reducing the rate and impact of chronic disease in the region.