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Popular weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro now have the attention of the World Health Organization. Mike Armstrong explains why the WHO is now recommending GLP-1 medications for treating obesity, and why these drugs aren’t accessible to everyone.

Why Algoma Steel is laying off 1,000 workers earlier than expected. How frustration is growing toward Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, within her own party and beyond. The World Health Organization’s first guidelines for weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro. Plus, why Oxford has named “rage bait” as its 2025 word of the year.

Global immunization efforts have led to an 88 per cent drop in measles deaths between the year 2000 and 2024, saving nearly 59 million lives. However, despite fewer deaths, measles cases continue to surge worldwide according to a new report from the World Health Organization. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters...

The World Health Organization is warning countries around the world are reporting rising levels of drug-resistant gonorrhea. Between 2022 and 2024, resistance to one of the primary antibiotics used to treat the STI rose from 1.7% to 11%. Nathaniel Dove has this story and more in Health Matters for Nov. 19, 2025.

The World Health Organization says hypertension is a major cause of premature death around the world, and many people don’t even know they have the condition. Health reporter Katherine Ward breaks down the numbers for us, and has more on how to prevent the negative affects of the disease.

A new report from the World Health Organization says that 1.4 billion people worldwide live with hypertension and only one in five have it under control. The condition is a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and dementia, and remains largely preventable and treatable. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health...

In Alberta, the government seems poised to use the notwithstanding clause to defend laws that govern the use of pronouns in schools, female sports and gender-affirming health care. If applied, it would mark the second time in a month that Premier Danielle Smith uses the constitutional clause. In late November, her government invoked the notwithstanding...

It was all on the line in the House of Commons late Monday. The federal budget and the fate of the Liberal government hung in the balance as MPs held a confidence vote that could have triggered an election. It was a roll call vote with each MP having to indicate yes or no, and...

World Health Organization spokesperson Tarik Jašarević joins Global’s Nivrita Ganguly to discuss the factors behind the IPC Global Initiative’s official declaration of famine in Gaza.

A fresh push from the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries to ramp up taxes on unhealthy foods and drinks. Health reporter Katherine Ward has more on whether it will help deter people from consuming things that harm their health.

The World Health Organization is launching a fresh push to improve public health urging nations to use taxes to raise prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by 50 per cent over the next 10 years. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Thursday July 3, 2025.

The majority of medical equipment supplies have run out in Gaza, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As of Monday, it said 42% of basic medicines including pain killers are also out of stock. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for May 27, 2025.

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that people in at least 70 countries are missing out on treatment due to global funding cuts.

Tobacco control organizations say now is the time to act, calling on the new federal health minister to ban flavours in vaping products within her first 100 days in office. As Health reporter Katherine Ward explains, it would fulfill an election campaign promise from the Liberal Party.

It’s been two months since the latest ceasefire in Gaza ended and Israel continued its mission to destroy the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Since then, aid blockades and closed border crossings have starved the surviving Palestinian population, leaving tens of thousands of children malnourished and with grave ailments. Speaking Thursday, The World Health Organization’s (WHO)...

Members of the World Health Organization have reached a landmark agreement on how to learn from COVID-19, and prepare the world for future pandemics. The outcome follows more than three years of negotiations. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Wednesday, April 18, 2025.

Congregations across the world honoured Pope Francis, who died Easter Monday after a steady decline in his health. Many celebrated his legacy, while mourning the loss of the progressive Pontiff. Morgan Black has more from Edmonton.

Canada isn’t alone in seeing a surge of measles cases. The World Health Organization says Europe is seeing the highest number of cases in more than 25 years. Health officials in the United States say data shows declining vaccination coverage. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Friday, April 4, 2025.

The World Health Organization is on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) trying to crack the code on a mystery illness. More than 50 people have died from this illness since January. Health reporter Katherine Ward has been tracking developments and has the latest.

March 11, 2025 marks five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. Heather Yourex-West looks at how the world has since changed since 2020, and the pandemic’s lingering impact.