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NATO usually has a lot to say about tanks, troops and the defence budgets of allied nations. But with the world reeling from the effects of a global pandemic, the alliance is turning its attention to how well-equipped and prepared countries are for future emergencies.

China is getting its own "Chornobyl moment" due to Beijing's attempts to hide and distort key scientific data on the COVID-19 pandemic and its crackdown on whistleblowers questioning the government's response to the outbreak, say the authors of an open letter published Tuesday.

China is getting its own "Chernobyl moment" due to Beijing's attempts to hide and distort key scientific data on the COVID-19 pandemic and its crackdown on whistleblowers questioning the government's response to the outbreak, say the authors of an open letter published Tuesday.

Scientists at Western University and Sunnybrook Hospital have plotted just how far we propel germs when we cough, and their findings may not just surprise you: they may even gross you out.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are defending long weekend travel decisions that appeared to contradict public health pandemic orders.

Canadians returning home from abroad who don't have credible plans to self-isolate will now be forced to stay at a quarantine facility, such as a hotel. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the new measures, which come into effect at midnight tonight, during a news conference in Ottawa this morning.

Canadians returning home from abroad who don't have credible plans to self-isolate will now be forced to stay at a quarantine facility, such as a hotel. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the new measures, which come into effect at midnight tonight, during a news conference in Ottawa this morning.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today there will be a phased-in approach to reopening Canada's economy as the COVID-19 crisis subsides — but it will be weeks still before business and school shutdowns begin to ease off.

Easy access to alcohol is convenient and may be comforting, but is it really the best idea during this public health crisis?

Marine Atlantic says it can fill any gap in critical supply lines to the island of Newfoundland if pandemic-related financial losses force Oceanex Inc. to tie up its ships and stop carrying freight to St. John’s.

Marine Atlantic says it can fill any gap in critical supply lines to the island of Newfoundland if pandemic-related financial losses force Oceanex Inc. to tie up its ships and stop carrying freight to St. John’s.

Barack Obama has endorsed his former vice-president and the presumptive Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden for president of the United States.

With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here's a brief roundup.

Representatives for the International Monetary Fund say they expect the global economy to shrink three per cent in 2020, its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Canada's central bank is urging retailers to continue accepting cash as a form of payment, even as they're asked to keep physical interactions with customers to a minimum.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Alberta doctors to rapidly reshape their practices, treating patients from a distance when providing hands-on care isn't possible or worth the risk of coronavirus exposure.

The UN health agency is warning that more than 117 million children in more than three-dozen countries could miss out on measles vaccines as nations suspend immunizations and other services to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is talking to the provinces about the struggles some are having getting adequate staffing to long-term care homes, calling COVID-19-linked deaths at such facilities "terrible and tragic." Here's a look at what's happening in Canada and around the world.

Today the whole world lives in a condition of uncertainty and anxiety — a condition that became quite familiar to me during my time stuck in an airport in Malaysia as a Syrian refugee, writes Hassan Al-Kontar.

Families across New Brunswick are looking for ways to keep in touch with loved ones in special care and nursing homes that are closed to visitors.

Dr. Wayne Pickett moved out of his family home last month as COVID-19 arrived in Nova Scotia out of concern he could unwittingly transmit the virus to his family.

Some Canadian pharmacists say they are struggling to fill in gaps in a strained health-care system, leaving them to deal with patients who are anxious to avoid medical clinics and the ER.

Whether it is tourism, retail or other industries, Alberta's economy is stalled as non-essential businesses and services are shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19. But the province is facing another financial blow because of the oil price crash.

A woman living in a long-term care home in Ontario, which houses 200 seniors including the premier’s mother-in-law, has confirmed what loved ones of residents fear most: basic care needs are not being met amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to [email protected] and we’ll answer as many as we can. We'll publish a selection of answers every weekday online, and also put some questions to the experts during The National and on CBC News Network.

After enduring a cruise with a COVID-19 outbreak and four deaths, the 247 Canadian passengers who were aboard the Holland America Line ship, the MS Zaandam, face a new problem: a privacy breach by Global Affairs Canada.

As Muslims in Canada begin to bury their dead from COVID-19, they find themselves isolated, often grieving alone and learning that many of the rituals associated with religious burials have been suspended in some provinces.

The National co-host Adrienne Arsenault reports from Humber River Hospital in Toronto, which gave CBC News rare access to observe a day in the life of the hospital in the midst of a global pandemic

Two senators from Alberta say they aren't satisfied with answers they've received from the federal government to questions about when help for the energy industry could be on the way.

A long-term care home in Etobicoke says 25 of its residents have died due to COVID-19.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is calling out Canada’s top doctor for advice she gave Canadians at the start of the pandemic and said he will not wait for Health Canada to approve medications, vaccines or tests before rolling them out if other “peer” countries have already approved them. 

The Herron long-term care institution in Montreal's West Island is now the subject of a police investigation, as well as a coroner's inquest. A coroner's report into the 2017 death of a 94-year-old resident there points to longstanding shortcomings.

The Herron long-term care institution in Montreal's West Island is now the subject of a police investigation, as well as a coroner's inquest. A coroner's report into the 2017 death of a 94-year-old resident there points to longstanding shortcomings.

A Conservative MP is being urged to apologize after posting and then removing a tweet asking if it's time to re-start the economy, given that COVID-19 deaths have been mostly confined to seniors' care homes where life expectancy is low.