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Experts: COVID-19 pandemic no longer a 'global health emergency' according to WHO

webfull — Fri, 12 May 2023 20:00:40 +0000

The World Health Organization (WHO) has ended the global COVID-19 emergency, citing increased immunity, fewer deaths and less pressure on hospitals. The pandemic, which was first declared an international crisis on January 30, 2020, resulted in unprecedented lockdowns, economic upheaval and the deaths of at least seven million people worldwide and more than 52,000 people in Canada. (CBC News)

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Published: 12 May 2023

Experts: W.H.O. calls on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years

webfull — Wed, 16 May 2018 19:16:58 +0000

The World Health Organization is calling on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years. (Source CBC news)

Andre Krumel Portella, Postdoctoral fellow of nutrition and neuroscience at the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics

Published: 16 May 2018

Preventable deaths of children with HIV

webfull — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:28:48 +0000

McGill Newsroom

Reducing opportunistic infections such as TB in children with HIV could save both lives and money

Published: 19 July 2016

Cleaning wounds: saline water trumps soap and water

webfull — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:54:34 +0000

Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in collaboration with the Research Institute of the �㽶��Ƶ Health Centre has found that soap and water is actually less effective than just using saline water.

The findings, which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, could lead to significant cost savings, particularly in developing countries where open fractures are particularly common.

Published: 15 December 2015

McGill expert : WHO's report on Antibiotic resistance

webfull — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:54:04 +0000

Published: 30 April 2014