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UN report says that education, social safety nets vital for Asia to grow rich, cope with aging

UN report says that education, social safety nets vital for Asia to grow rich, cope with aging

TOKYO (AP) — As economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow older, countries need to do more to ensure that workers get the education, training and social safety nets needed to raise incomes and ensure social equity, a United Nations report said
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Uganda tackles yellow fever with new travel requirement, vaccination campaign for millions

Uganda tackles yellow fever with new travel requirement, vaccination campaign for millions

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat. By the end of April, Ugandan authorities had vaccinated 12.
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Last year's deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn't discriminate

Last year's deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn't discriminate

PHOENIX (AP) — Priscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking lot last summer after telling her family she lost her money and home to a romance scam.
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Alberta hears mixing patients at long-term care facilities leading to violence

Alberta hears mixing patients at long-term care facilities leading to violence

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is facing calls to stop admitting complex mental health patients into long-term care facilities until the risks are fully reviewed.
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Postmedia selling the Winnipeg Sun, the Graphic Leader, and Kenora Miner & News

Postmedia selling the Winnipeg Sun, the Graphic Leader, and Kenora Miner & News

TORONTO — Postmedia Network Canada Corp. says it has signed a deal to sell the Winnipeg Sun, the Graphic Leader, and Kenora Miner & News newspapers to the Klein Group Ltd.
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Calgary golf pro fighting lung cancer gets exemption into Rogers Charity Classic

Calgary golf pro fighting lung cancer gets exemption into Rogers Charity Classic

CALGARY — Steve Blake has a powerful message — don’t give up on your dreams no matter what life throws your way.
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World Health Assembly hopes to reinforce pandemic preparedness after bold treaty project stalls

World Health Assembly hopes to reinforce pandemic preparedness after bold treaty project stalls

GENEVA (AP) — Member countries kicked off the World Health Organization's annual assembly on Monday with hopes of improving global readiness for deadly outbreaks like COVID-19, after an ambitious “pandemic treaty” ran aground last week.
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A correction to a May 26 story about disease and climate change

A story about disease and climate change published by The Canadian Press on Sunday, May 26, incorrectly said that Victoria Ng, senior scientific evaluator for the Public Health Agency of Canada, lives in Windsor, Ont. She does not. The Canadian Press
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As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north

As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north

It was 15 years ago that Ontario student Justin Wood started feeling sick. A keen soccer player, snowboarder and mountain biker, Wood said he didn't know the cause but he had to "back off from playing sports and back off from academics.
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A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There's little help, and some people are chained

A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There's little help, and some people are chained

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are lined with boys and young men slumped in addiction. Healthcare services are severely limited.
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