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Could you have diabetes and not know? Many do A new study has found that while one in nine people globally live with diabetes, almost half don't know they have the disease. The study of data from more than 204 countries and territories between 2000 and 2023 found 44 per cent of people 15 years and older with diabetes are undiagnosed. "It is a very alarming number," said Lauryn Stafford, lead author of the study at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. According to the study's findings, of those living with diabetes, about 56 per cent are aware they have the condition globally. But the rate differs depending on each country. The rate of diagnosis sits at about 85 per cent in Canada, but there's many factors that go into how many are diagnosed in a country. Read more to learn about this study and which age groups are the most undiagnosed. 
ER visits for pneumonia doubled last year The number of emergency department visits for pneumonia more than doubled last fall over the previous year. New data released from the Canadian Institute for Health Information says young people between five and 19 years old were the hardest hit. The data also shows that in October of 2023 there were 10,432 cases – that number rose to more than 24,242 in October of 2024 representing a 132 per cent increase. CIHI says this is the largest increase in pneumonia-related emergency department visits that the country has seen post Covid-19. Experts say the reason for the spike is not entirely clear, and there is no guarantee it will happen this respiratory virus season. However, Dr. Dawn Bowdish from McMaster University says there some notable trends that are likely contributing factors when looking both the long and short term. “We are actually seeing that as older adults live longer, more of them have more comorbidities. This makes pneumonia more frequent and also more severe…. [and this is] something we haven’t really adapted to,” Bowdish says. “In the shorter term, we know that there have been some changes in uptake in vaccines.” To learn more about what doctors are seeing in the ER’s and how to keep yourself safe, watch Global News’ latest report here. 
— THE TOPIC — PHAC to take over vaccine injury program after Global News investigation The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) will take over the troubled Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP), after a Global News investigation revealed serious flaws in its operation and administration practices.  PHAC launched a compliance audit into Oxaro Inc., the Ottawa consulting firm contracted by the federal government to administer the program, in late July.
It came following the broadcast and publication of a three-part investigation Global News investigation into VISP in July, which revealed allegations and complaints by applicants and former workers about Oxaro's flawed delivery over the past four years, despite $54 million in taxpayer dollars going to the program. Guillaume Bertrand, director of communications for Health Minister Marjorie Michel, confirmed that a funding agreement with Oxaro will end on March 31, 2026, and the government will then transition the administration of VISP to PHAC. Click here to read more about the changes and read further about the findings the Global News investigation revealed. | 
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