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Antiviral meds for COVID-19 sit unused across Canada
Health Canada has distributed enough of the antiviral Paxlovid to treat more than 700,000 people with COVID-19, yet the provinces have given only a fraction of that medication to patients.
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Fear of disease in Pakistan in aftermath of rain, flooding
The CBC's Margaret Evans reports from Pakistan, where a deadly monsoon season has led to severe flooding, and fear of disease is on the rise while medical care is hard to find.
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Over 10,000 people in B.C. have died due to toxic drugs since 2016: coroner’s report
More than 10,000 people have been lost to toxic drugs in British Columbia since the province declared the drug crisis a public health emergency in 2016, the provincial coroner's service says. Those who have lost family members to...
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Watch: Illegal drug seizures in Antwerp continue to rise
Almost 36 tonnes of illegal drugs were recovered at the Belgian port in the first half of the year. Some 41 tonnes were seized in 2017.
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Honduras ex-President Hernandez on way to US to face drug charges
US authorities accuse Juan Orlando Hernandez of receiving millions in bribes as part of a drug-trafficking scheme.
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Yukon battles surging opioid crisis
Yukon officials are fighting an opioid crisis as the territory recorded the highest per capita opioid death rate across the country in 2021. Despite Yukon declaring a substance use health emergency in January, people working on the front...
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El Salvador: State of emergency after 62 killings in a day
El Salvador's parliament has approved a state of emergency after at least 62 murders in a single day on Saturday, the most violent 24-hours since the end of the civil war in 1992. Here’s a look at what’s going on.
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Argentina probes toxic lacing of cocaine that killed at least 24
Dozens of cocaine users are still in hospital in Argentina, two weeks after 24 others died of poisoning.
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B.C. determined to battle opioid crisis after record overdose deaths in 2021
After more than 2,200 died of illicit-drug overdoses in 2021, British Columbia remains determined to fight back against the opioid crisis even in the face of stronger street drugs and long waits for treatment.
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Meth trade: Coup in Myanmar blamed for spike in smuggling
The UN says the military coup in Myanmar a year ago is to blame for an increase in drug smuggling in the region.
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Surge in gun crime in Sweden sparks fears ahead of election
Sweden is battling a wave of gang violence. It now has the highest rate of gun deaths in Europe.
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South Africa music teachers help youth fight the lure of gangs
Why music teachers in South Africa are getting young people to pick up guitars instead of guns.
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Health Canada approves Pfizer's oral COVID treatment
Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser to the deputy minister of health, announces Canada's approval of a new prescription COVID treatment.
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Calls for supply regulation as benzodiazepines appear in street narcotics across Canada
Advocates are renewing calls for a regulated drug supply as benzodiazepines begin appearing in street drugs across Canada. Fentanyl, however, remains the leading factor in drug fatalities across the country.
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Chile presidential election: Rising crimes concern voters ahead of runoff
Chile’s next president will be elected on Sunday, in what is being billed as the most unpredictable vote there in a long time.
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Doctors fear ‘surge in deaths’ after Lebanon lifts drug subsidies
Crisis-hit medical woes continue to roil, with expensive subsidies partially lifted and no social assistance programme in place.
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West Africa has become a transit hub for drug trafficking, says UN
The amount of cocaine seized in the region grew tenfold between 2015 and 2019.
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US supports Ecuador crackdown on drug trafficking
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Tuesday.
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Iqaluit drinking water confirmed to be contaminated with fuel
The results of water quality testing in Iqaluit show 'exceedingly high concentrations of various fuel components' and the contaminated tank has been isolated. Tap water in the city is still deemed unsafe for consumption, leaving...
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Argentina struggles with booming drug trade, violence
Shootings have become an everyday occurrence in Argentina’s slums – as gangs battle each other to control the local drug trade.
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Afghanistan struggles to treat drug addicts
An estimated 8 percent of people in Afghanistan suffer from drug addiction – and increasingly, many are children.
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Dozens arrested as police bust Balkan cartel’s European ‘cocaine pipeline’
61 people were arrested as police from eight European countries pounced on a Balkan crime organisation allegedly "flooding Europe with cocaine."
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Acetaminophen during pregnancy could affect fetal development, researchers say
Pregnant people should take care when using pain killers like acetaminophen as the drug could alter fetal development, according to a group of researchers in the medical journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology. medicine, health, drugs, cbc...
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New Thailand narcotics laws focus on drug traffickers, not users
Thailand's parliament passes a bill reforming the nation's drug laws, many of which date back to the 1970s.