Category Archives: Health
FDA panel narrowly sides against experimental ALS drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers on Wednesday narrowly ruled against an experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a potential setback for patient groups who have lobbied for the medication’s approval.
Health care provider sues over Idaho’s strict abortion ban
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A regional Planned Parenthood organization is suing Idaho over a new law that bans nearly all abortions by allowing potential family members of the embryo to sue abortion providers.
B.C. ends quarantine program for temporary foreign workers, self-isolation continues
VICTORIA — The British Columbia Agriculture Ministry says it is ending the COVID-19 quarantine program for temporary foreign workers but will keep a different program for another year to support self-isolation to curb the spread of the virus. The minis...
B.C. ends quarantine program for temporary foreign workers, self-isolation continues
VICTORIA — The British Columbia Agriculture Ministry says it is ending the COVID-19 quarantine program for temporary foreign workers but will keep a different program for another year to support self-isolation to curb the spread of the virus. The minis...
Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King tests positive for COVID-10
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King has tested positive for COVID-19. King posted on social media today that he developed mild symptoms on Monday and stayed home from the office and the legislature the following day. He says that ...
Quebec enters sixth wave of COVID-19, public health institute confirms
MONTREAL — An average of 200 patients with COVID-19 are expected to be admitted every day to Quebec hospitals within two weeks' time, according to projections released Wednesday by a government health-care research institute as health authorities confi...
Manitoba boosting efforts for more orthopedic surgeries to clear backlog
WINNIPEG — Increasing joint replacement surgeries in Manitoba is part of the government's latest plan to address a growing surgery backlog due to demands on health care from the COVID-19 pandemic. A committee assigned to tackle the backlog said Wednes...
Greece: Protesting hospital workers clash with police
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Protesting Greek health care workers clashed with police outside parliament during a demonstration in Athens Wednesday against proposed hospital reforms. Riot police fired
Biden receives 2nd booster, presses Congress on virus funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass billions of dollars in additional funding to fight the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, as he received a second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine a day after federal regulators
UK maternity scandal review finds 200 avoidable baby deaths
LONDON (AP) — A review into a scandal-hit British hospital group concluded Wednesday that persistent failures in maternity care contributed to the avoidable deaths of more than 200 babies over two decades.
