Category Archives: Health
Higher-paid agency nurses could pose ‘dangerous challenge’ to health system: union
A nursing union boss wants Canada's auditor general to find out how many privately contracted nurses are working for health authorities across the country, doing the same work as staff counterparts while being paid far more. Linda Silas of the Canadian...
Nova Scotia plan to address challenges in health system panned for lacking detail
HALIFAX — The highly anticipated plan for reforming Nova Scotia’s ailing health system is "nothing new" and lacks detail, opposition parties said Friday, after the Progressive Conservatives released their strategy to fulfil their main election promise....
Philadelphia to end mask mandate, days after reinstating it
Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after people in the city had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections.
Judge blocks Montana’s transgender birth certificate law
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Thursday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law that required transgender people to have undergone a “surgical procedure” before being allowed to change their sex on their birth certificates.
California will keep workplace pandemic rules through 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace regulators on Thursday extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, acting more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September....
Boston urges masks as battle brews over transit rule
Boston urged people to start wearing masks Thursday and the Biden administration weighed its next legal step in what is shaping up to be a high-stakes court fight over the abrupt end of the national mask mandate on airplanes and
Saskatchewan sees record COVID-19 hospitalizations; Opposition NDP demands briefing
REGINA — There are more people in Saskatchewan hospitals with COVID-19 than at any other point in the pandemic. The province says there are 417 people in hospital with the infection, including 25 in intensive care. Of those hospitalizations, 160 people...
Alberta bill proposes changes to leaves for bereavement, reservist duties
EDMONTON — Alberta plans to expand bereavement leaves and time off for reservists taking part in training or military operations. The province currently allows three days unpaid leave for an employee when a family member dies. A bill tabled in the legi...
Sen. Luján ‘90%’ recovered from stroke, visits high school
SANTA FE N.M. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján has mostly recovered from his January stroke, and said voters, not his health scare, will decide who represents New Mexico.
Kentucky abortion law blocked in win for clinics
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a state law that effectively eliminated abortions in Kentucky after the state’s two remaining clinics said they couldn’t meet its requirements.
