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Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks says B.C.'s application to recriminalize public drug use is still under review and maintains addictions is a health crisis.

As the weather warms and Canadians start looking forward to summer travel and festivities, some experts are echoing a call made by health officials in Europe and the U.K. to be on the lookout in case mpox makes a return this summer.

As the weather warms and Canadians start looking forward to summer travel and festivities, some experts are echoing a call made by health officials in Europe and the U.K. to be on the lookout in case mpox makes a return this summer.

The World Health Organization made the call this week to maintain mpox as a public health emergency — and later noted the number of new cases reported globally increased by 70 per cent from the week before. A cluster of cases in Toronto, too, offers a reminder that transmission is still simmering.

Toronto Public Health is urging people at risk of catching mpox, previously known as monkeypox, to get vaccinated as soon as possible after reports of four new cases over 24 hours last Friday.

Toronto Public Health is reminding residents at risk of catching mpox to get vaccinated “as soon as possible” after four new cases of the viral illness were reported over a 24-hour period last week.

Toronto Public Health is reminding residents at risk of catching mpox to get vaccinated “as soon as possible” after four new cases of the viral illness were reported over a 24-hour period last week.

An aggressive public health response and immediate buy-in from men who have sex with men — the group most affected by the outbreak — has helped contain mpox in Canada, public health doctors say.

Advocates warn that stigma could pose a public health threat as a cluster of monkeypox cases stokes concern in the queer community.

Advocates warn that stigma could pose a public health threat as a cluster of monkeypox cases stokes concern in the queer community.