public health

A look at some of the staggering statistics behind the national crisis

When needed the most, the systems that track health and vaccines were a scattered mess. How Canada went from a world leader in public health technology to laggard.

Marie-Danielle Smith: ’Arruda matata’ is but one variation on a theme. The stars of head doctors in British Columbia, Alberta and other provinces are also rising. But the diversion is not problem-free.

Answers to questions about COVID-19, the virus claiming lives and disrupting human activity around the planet

An Ottawa hospital has opened the country’s first drive-through test site, but the Prime Minister won’t get a test for COVID-19 until his doctors tell him to. The worldwide death toll has now surpassed 5,000.

Timothy Sly: If the virus is allowed to enter a population and circulate, some people will die, while the majority will acquire immunity, finally bringing the pandemic to a halt

Timothy Sly: The basic reproductive number of coronavirus is 2.6. Here’s what that means.

We have updates and answers to key questions, as the first cases in Canada and mass quarantines in China fuel fears of a global outbreak

Jane Philpott and Samantha Green: To tackle a global climate catastrophe, we should study how society has successfully faced other health crises

Opinion: The latest guidelines are good for the environment, animal welfare and public health.