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  Alcohol taxes aren't high enough, says World Health Organization

  The World Health Organization urged governments on Tuesday to increase taxes on alcoholic drinks and impose them on products that are currently exempt, such as wine in some European countries.

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  2 patients die in ER waiting room of hospital on Montreal's South Shore

  An investigation is underway after two people died while waiting in the emergency room at Anna-Laberge Hospital.

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  French lawmakers approve bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes to protect youth drawn to their flavours

  France's National Assembly unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to protect young people drawn to their flavours and mitigate the environmental impacts of the disposable products known as 'puffs.'

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  StatCan: 8 million people, 27% of Canadians, have at least 1 disability

  The number of Canadians with at least one disability has doubled in 10 years, a reality that should push governments to help reduce barriers to accessibility, says the head of a human rights organization.

• 6.9 million customers impacted by 23andMe hack: company

  Millions of profiles were accessed by a threat in the 23andMe data breach. Here's what that includes.

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  WATCH | Virus season: 'High risk' of transmission, warns Ontario's top doctor

  As respiratory season gets underway, Ontario's top doctor is urging the public to get vaccinated and warning the province is entering a time of 'high risk of transmission' at a time where COVID-19 and RSV cases are on the rise.

• Health care in Canada could be more like Norway's, with some improvements: study

  Canada is trailing behind other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries when it comes to both the number of physicians relative to the population, and its spending on primary care, according to a new analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

• The U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker's bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids.

• This Canadian couple used surrogacy to have a child. Here's what they want you to know

  Families that need help conceiving a child are met with financial burdens that should be covered through government health care and insurance, advocates say.

• Naloxone: What to know about the opioid overdose-reversing drug, free across Canada

  Health Canada has called the opioid crisis one of the most serious public health threats in recent history, and an addictions specialist says everyone can play a part in helping reduce the death toll. All it takes is access to naloxone, a life-saving medication that temporarily reverses an opioid overdose.

• Lacking counsellors, U.S. schools turn to the booming business of online therapy

  Children are receiving help through telehealth therapy, a service that schools around the country are offering in response to soaring mental health struggles among American youth.

• Earth is running a fever. And UN climate talks are focusing on the contagious effect on human health

  With Planet Earth running a fever, UN climate talks focused Sunday on the contagious effects on human health. Under a brown haze over Dubai, the COP28 summit moved to concerns about health issues like the deaths of at least 7 million people globally from air pollution each year and the spread of diseases like cholera and malaria as global warming upends weather systems.