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Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel meeting on COVID-19 and childhood vaccines
NEW YORK (AP) — A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services…
Judge blocks USDA from collecting data about SNAP applicants in 21 states
A judge has temporarily barred the federal government from collecting personal information about residents enrolled…
Investigation finds Nebraska is likely under-reporting overdose deaths, costing it prevention money
Derrek Cocchiarella died slowly, lying in his mother’s bed on a warm afternoon in late…
Training for docs coming as women wait years in pain for endometriosis diagnoses
TORONTO — Katie Luciani spent years being told that her weeklong debilitating pain every month…
Canadian world race walk champion Evan Dunfee out of men’s 20k event with injury
TOKYO — Evan Dunfee’s hopes of adding another gold medal at the world athletics championships…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip clinical trial in Canada raises ethical questions
TORONTO — Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital’s partnership with…
‘Children are bound to die’: Corruption, aid cuts and violence fuel a hunger crisis in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At 14 months, Adut Duor should be walking. Instead, his…
Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause…
B.C. man who claims he stabbed 3 on ‘God’s will’ isn’t responsible, lawyer says
VANCOUVER — The lawyer for the man accused of an attack at a Vancouver Chinatown…
Quebec follows Alberta’s move to stop offering COVID vaccine for free to most people
Quebec is now the second province after Alberta to announce it will no longer offer…
Federal watchdog report on Georgia’s Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal watchdog reported Thursday that Georgia’s program requiring able-bodied adults to…
Think tank calls on Ottawa to abandon single-payer pharmacare model
OTTAWA — A think tank is urging the federal government to abandon plans for a…
Trump administration’s new global health aid strategy focuses on bilateral deals with countries
NEW YORK (AP) — The State Department on Thursday announced it will refocus its foreign…
Alarming rise in misinformation about women’s health on social media,
MONTRÉAL — Harmful diets, false information about intrauterine devices or abortion pills — misinformation and…
Texas has a new abortion pill law. But at least one provider plans to keep shipping them there
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a first-of-its-kind law that lets anyone sue prescribers…