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An InSite staff member directs drug users outside the supervised injection site on Hastings Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on March 25, 2020. 

Homicide Rates Near Supervised Consumption Sites: A Study from Canada

by Suhanee Mitragotri, David T. Zhu

New findings debunk stereotypes around violent crime and Toronto's supervised consumption sites

Governance
Supplies including syringes, bandaids and antiseptic pads waits to be used inside a safe injection site.

How Overdose Prevention Centers Became Political Scapegoats

by Vida Foubister

Although some politicians blame harm reduction efforts for societal problems, others view them as lifesaving solutions

Bacterial Infections Rise in Canada: Of the four pathogens Canada prioritizes, two are infecting more people as antimicrobial resistance grows. Those are vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and carbapenemase producing enterobacterales.
Governance

Centering Indigenous Groups in Canada's Antimicrobial Resistance Plan

by Johanne Lisa Jensen-LeBlanc

Canada's plan to combat antimicrobial resistance needs to address the high burden in Indigenous populations

Registered Nurse LaToya Marks treats a COVID-19 positive patient at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Governance

Nurses Champion Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

by Zeena Nackerdien

With expertise in patient care, nurses are well positioned to combat antimicrobial resistance if given the correct tools

A tattered U.S. flag damaged in Hurricane Harvey, flies in Conroe, Texas, on August 29, 2017. The photo shows a torn U.S. flag blowing against a dark grey sky. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Environment

Hurricanes, Pandemics, Floods, Frail Systems, and Failed Responses

by Hannah Todd, Justin Onwenu

Imagining a post-Harvey, post-Irma, post-Hanna, post-COVID-19 world of pandemics, natural disasters, and U.S. resiliency

Bird's eye view: visitors take in a panoramic scene of the city of Toronto, Canada, from the 553 meters (1815 feet) high CN Tower, which just reopened after coronavirus restrictions on July 15, 2020. The photo shows a woman wearing a mask looking out from the skyview of the tall building with the Toronto cityscape beneath her. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Aging

Coronavirus in Toronto—Lessons Lost on a Second SARS

by Allison Daniel

The city's COVID-19 response is strongly informed by the experience of the earlier outbreak—but by no means exceptional

U.S. President Donald J. Trump swings a wooden baseball bat, celebrating a new jobs report, as he attends a "Spirit of America Showcase" event at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2020. The photo shows the president hamming it up with people staffing booths and swinging a red bat. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Governance

Midsummer for the Season—But Not the Coronavirus

by William A. Haseltine

A case in poor leadership, the U.S. containment strategy has lacked clarity, consistency, credibility, and compassion

A security guard stands at attention at a hotel near Algiers, Algeria on Feb 4, 2020—where people evacuated from the Wuhan area in China are quarantined as a preventive measure because of coronavirus. Photo shows a guard wearing a face mask. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
Governance

Coronavirus—Unknown Source, Unrecognized Spread, and Pandemic Potential

by Daniel Lucey, Kristen Kent

With novel coronavirus expected to become pandemic, it’s past time to prioritize Africa where cases are likely occurring

A worker carries packs of table salt at a warehouse in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 14, 2018. Picture shows the torso of what appears to be a young man heavily burdened with more than a dozen large, one-pound bags of salt. He wears a red shirt and walks against a green backdrop and the bottom bag appears to be slipping out of his grasp. REUTERS/Beawiharta Beawiharta
Food

How to Find Healthy Processed Foods? Just say Na+

by Katherine Leach-Kemon

Reducing the world’s sodium intake should start with industry, and lessons from the United Kingdom show it can work