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Three-year deal reached in labour dispute between LifeLabs and 1,200 striking workers
BURNABY — British Columbia’s main outpatient lab services provider and the union representing about 1,200…
Measles is very contagious. Here’s how to avoid it
New Jersey health officials are asking people who went to last week’s Shakira concert at…
Reproductive rights advocates sue Arizona over laws regulating abortion
PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Thursday to unravel several laws regulating…
Gaza’s main hospital is overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Grabbing her daughter’s feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a…
Work requirements could transform Medicaid and food aid under US budget bill
The U.S. social safety net would be jolted if the budget bill backed by President…
RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report worries farmers, Republicans ahead of release
WASHINGTON (AP) — A highly-anticipated White House report about childhood diseases has provoked a tug-of-war…
Two of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli forces, staff say
Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone…
A Texas bill to clarify exceptions to the state’s abortion ban clears a key hurdle after rocky path
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under…
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
BANFF — Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge…
Emotional well-being. Fall prevention. Chair yoga has a lot to offer people of all ages
NEW YORK (AP) — Marian Rivman is pushing 80. Harriet Luria is a proud 83.…
For kids with autism, swim classes can be lifesaving
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In an airy indoor pool with fish cutouts on…
WHO adopts a ‘pandemic agreement’ after the chaos of COVID
GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization member countries on Tuesday approved an agreement to better…
White House says Trump is reviewing IVF policy recommendations promised in executive order
CHICAGO (AP) — Days after a bombing outside a Southern California fertility clinic, a White…
Police identify victim and gunman in Las Vegas gym shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The person killed in a shooting at a Las Vegas fitness…
Manitoba bear cub that sustained burns from forest fire dies from injuries
The operator of a bear rescue organization in Manitoba delivered sad news on Saturday about…
‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator says he has same prostate cancer as Joe Biden
The creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which was canceled by most newspapers two years…
Authorities analyzing nihilistic writings of suspect in California fertility clinic bombing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators on Monday were combing through the writings of a 25-year-old…
After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war
GENEVA (AP) — Stripped of U.S. funding, the World Health Organization chief on Monday appealed…
After a political career shaped by cancer, Biden faces his own grim diagnosis
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Joe Biden’s family, there’s a saying that the three worst words…
Illinois mulls ending a health program for some immigrants living in the US illegally
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. JB Pritzker’s positioning of Illinois as a sanctuary state, a…
What you do before and during a tornado could mean the difference between life and death
ATLANTA (AP) — With new innovations and technology, scientists have learned from major tornado outbreaks…
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington,’ about America losing its mind in 2020, finds a mixed reception at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — Ari Aster’s COVID-era Western “Eddington,” about a 2020 America quickly losing…
Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office…
Israel has launched a new offensive in blockaded Gaza. Here’s what to know
JERUSALEM (AP) — The war in the Gaza Strip has reached one of its darkest…