We've heard about the threat that United States tariffs pose to Canadian economic security. But a different kind of insecurity now looms with new leadership from our southern neighbors: insecurity in global health.

Every day, an estimated 400,000 people cross the Canada-U.S. border, the largest land border in the world. And there are about 800,000 Canadian citizens living in the United States. All this means the infectious disease threat could be even more pressing for Canadians.

While different levels of government promise to speed up the accreditation of internationally trained professionals to prop up the healthcare system, it still takes months if not years for new immigrants to be able to practise in Canada.

Canada, with its reflexive opposition to anything Trump does — often for good reasons — should take a moment to consider that even a stopped clock is right twice a day. If Canada were to withdraw its hefty contribution to the WHO, $204 million in 2022-23, it might well be closing time for this broken and mismanaged institution.

Canada is currently experiencing an increase in measles with recent cases reported in Quebec and Ontario, Canada’s chief public health officer said Wednesday in a statement.

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Dr. John Tuinema said the global health agency losing the large amount of funding the U.S. provides will mean low-income countries will have less capacity to respond to communicable disease, and middle- to high-income nations might have diminished communication structures, he said.

Canada’s chief public health officer, who became a household name during the pandemic, is set to finish her term in June

President Donald Trump said he was open to potentially rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO), just ... countries like Spain, Italy and Canada have yet to even meet that 2% contribution.

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises.

An Ottawa healthtech startup that focuses on combining behavioural and dietetic support is providing new help for employees who struggle with obesity.

Those working at the World Health Organization had been expecting the worst — but U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order still stung. Dr. Prabhat Jha, a professor of Global Health with the University of Toronto,