Category Archives: Health
Lawsuit challenges Texas law banning abortion after 6 weeks
A coalition of abortion providers and advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Texas law that would allow private citizens to sue anyone for helping a woman get an abortion.
Two ships anchored off N.L. because of COVID-19, port worries it will become a trend
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — The general manager of a Newfoundland harbour authority says he hopes the arrival of a second ship anchored offshore with COVID-19 cases on board doesn't signal a trend. Newfoundland and Labrador's Department of Health anno...
Trudeau defends Canada’s early response to COVID-19 but admits room for improvement
OTTAWA — There are ways to improve Canada's early pandemic alert and response systems, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, but he also insists the country's top public health officials did start building a national response to COVID-19 very early on. T...
Turkey protests testing of soccer team at Greek airport
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish government summoned the Greek ambassador to complain Tuesday after players and coaches from Turkish soccer club Galatasaray canceled a friendly game in Greece and returned to Turkey over a COVID-19 testing disagreement...
US COVID-19 cases rising again, doubling over three weeks
The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July
‘Some crumbs’: Critics urge rejection of $641M Flint deal
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge listened Tuesday to Flint residents who were victims of the city's lead-contaminated water, a step in determining whether she should sign off on a $641 million deal that would settle claims against the state
US says order coming this week on border asylum restrictions
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue an order this week about how migrant children are treated under a public health order that has prevented people from seeking asylum at the nation's
Unable to leave Russia, director attends Cannes virtually
CANNES, France (AP) — Celebrated Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov is banned from leaving his home country, so he is attending the Cannes Film Festival virtually. Serebrennikov phoned into the red-carpet premiere of his film, “Petrov's Flu,” by Fa...
US deficit for current budget year climbs to $2.24 trillion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's deficit for the first nine months of this budget year hit $2.24 trillion, keeping the country on track for its second biggest shortfall in history.
Italy to ban mammoth cruise ships from Venice as of Aug. 1
ROME (AP) — Declaring Venice's waterways a “national monument,” Italy is banning mammoth cruise liners from sailing into the lagoon city, which risked being declared an imperiled world heritage site by the United Nations later this month.
