Category Archives: Health
Kentucky lawmakers scrap statewide mask mandate in schools
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers, many not wearing masks, voted Thursday to scrap a statewide mask mandate in public schools and shifted masking decisions to local school boards, acting in a special session as the state's worst COVID-19 surge
Yukon officials offer reassurance after COVID-19 case identified in school
WHITEHORSE — Yukon officials say everything has gone according to plan after the first case of COVID-19 was identified at a secondary school since classes resumed. Dr. Catherine Elliott, the territory's acting chief medical officer of health, and deput...
Saskatchewan’s Opposition pushes for COVID vaccine mandate on provincial employees
Saskatchewan’s Opposition leader is pushing for the government to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all its employees. NDP Leader Ryan Meili said he wants Premier Scott Moe to make it a requirement for all health, Crown corporation, government and public...
California pushes rules on breath-restricting police holds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would bar police from using certain face-down holds that have led to multiple unintended deaths under a measure headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday.
Refusing COVID-19 vaccine hurts wider population, B.C. health minister says
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's health minister admonished on Thursday those who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and have staged protests against the province's vaccine passport outside hospitals. Adrian Dix also said the province is reviewing...
Edmonton doctors form opioid response committee to address spiking overdoses
EDMONTON — Spiking overdose deaths and inaction by the Alberta government have prompted a group of Edmonton physicians to form an opioid poisoning committee to address the escalating crisis. The Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association said the committe...
Report slams police for not finding dead vet on VA campus
BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Confusion over proper procedures at a Veterans Affairs hospital allowed a dead veteran to go unnoticed in a stairwell for more than a month after he was reported missing, according to a federal report released Thursday.
Key parts of Biden’s plan to confront delta variant surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled a new “action plan" plan to confront the COVID-19 surge that’s being driven by the spread of the delta variant. It mandates vaccines for federal workers and contractors and certain health
In COVID-slammed Idaho, schools risk buckling hospitals
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When Idaho public health officials announced this week that northern hospitals were so crowded with coronavirus patients that they would be allowed to ration health care, roughly 11,000 kids in Coeur d'Alene were packing lunches, cl...
Justice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."
