Category Archives: Health
Quebec committee says Alzheimer’s patients should get access to doctor-assisted death
QUEBEC — A Quebec committee of elected officials says anyone diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease should be able to sign an advance request for medical aid in dying. That is the main recommendation in a multi-party committee report tabled Wednesday looki...
Senate rejects Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration's requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing. ...
Health officials in New Brunswick report 111 new cases of COVID-19
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick say 10 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed today in schools and child-care facilities in the province, with the majority in the Moncton region. They say 80 per cent of active cases within schools
More than 800 serious events found at Saskatchewan group homes for disabled
REGINA — Saskatchewan's auditor says about half of adults with intellectual disabilities who are living in private group homes have experienced a serious event from physical and emotional abuse to mishandling of medicine Tara Clemett said such occurren...
Some Manitoba patients may be shipped elsewhere to help clear surgery backlog
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government announced a new working group Wednesday to tackle a backlog of surgeries and diagnostic tests caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, even as health officials warned more surgeries may have to be postponed. The group, which ...
Tenn medical board takes virus misinformation policy offline
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's medical licensing board has voted to remove from its website its recently adopted policy against the spread of coronavirus misinformation by doctors, acting under pressure from a GOP state lawmaker and a new law impo...
UK: Omicron spreading quickly; Time to work from home again
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced tighter restrictions Wednesday to stem the spread of the omicron variant, urging people in England to again work from home and mandating COVID-19 passes for entrance into nightclubs and large...
Native corporations face deadline for federal relief funds
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Native corporations face a year-end deadline to use federal coronavirus relief funds that the U.S. Supreme Court in late June ruled they were entitled to receive.
‘Does this save lives?’ Concerns raised about Alberta overdose response app
CALGARY — As concerns grow about a made-in-Alberta mobile app aimed at curbing drug overdose deaths, the government says it has full confidence in the platform and its developers. Questioning the tool are a Calgary-based app developer, harm reduction a...
California plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the OK next year, California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature on Wednesday revealed a plan to
