/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3932/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-covid-19-pandemic-no-longer-global-health-emergency-according-who-348275 <p>The World Health Organization (WHO) has ended the global COVID-19 emergency, citing increased immunity, fewer deaths and less pressure on hospitals. The pandemic, which was first declared an international crisis on January 30, 2020, resulted in unprecedented lockdowns, economic upheaval and the deaths of at least seven million people worldwide and more than 52,000 people in Canada. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-who-pandemic-no-longer-emergency-1.6833775">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ who can provide comment on this issue:</p> Wed, 10 May 2023 21:01:43 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 299764 at /newsroom /newsroom/raphael-lencucha Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:00:38 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 253496 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-who-calls-all-nations-rid-foods-artificial-trans-fats-next-five-years-287235 <p>The World Health Organization is calling on all nations to rid foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years. (Source <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/world-health-organization-trans-fats-eliminate-five-years-1.4661284">CBC news</a>)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="/desautels/mcche/about-mcche/team">Andre Krumel Portella</a>, Postdoctoral fellow of nutrition and neuroscience at the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics</p> Wed, 16 May 2018 19:16:57 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 40366 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/preventable-deaths-children-hiv-261780 <p><a href="/newsroom"><strong><em>±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Newsroom</em></strong></a></p> <p><em>Reducing opportunistic infections such as TB in children with HIV could save both lives and money</em></p> Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:28:45 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 26025 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/cleaning-wounds-saline-water-trumps-soap-and-water-257318 <p>Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in collaboration with the Research Institute of the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Health Centre has found that soap and water is actually less effective than just using saline water.</p> <p>The findings, which were published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine, </em>could lead to significant cost savings, particularly in developing countries where open fractures are particularly common.</p> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:54:23 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25035 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-expert-whos-report-antibiotic-resistance-235536 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:54:01 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 20674 at /newsroom