Category Archives: Health
China trade envoy, US Treasury secretary meet by video
BEIJING (AP) — China’s chief economic envoy and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held their first meeting by video Wednesday, but the two sides gave no indication when negotiations on ending their tariff war might resume.
Judge permanently blocks marketing of bottled-water brand
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. judge has permanently blocked a Las Vegas-based bottled-water brand Real Water from being marketed while an investigation continues into at least one death and multiple cases of liver illness among people who reported drinking
US envoy heads to Turkey seeking to ensure aid to Syrians
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S ambassador to the United Nations headed to Turkey late Tuesday seeking to ensure that humanitarian aid can be delivered to Syria across borders, a program Russia has severely limited in recent years while insisting
Some Manitoba government plans remain on hold as legislature starts summer break
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba legislature has started a summer break with some unfinished business put on hold until the fall. The Opposition New Democrats delayed a handful of government bills, including one that would remove almost all of the province's el...
Patient influx from other states increases Kansas abortions
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The number of abortions performed in Kansas increased by 9.1% last year as far more women traveled from Oklahoma and Texas to terminate pregnancies than in 2019 and the state reported that out-of-state patients outnumbered Kansas
Killings of protesters continue in Colombian city of Cali
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two protesters were killed early Tuesday in the Colombian city of Cali as they guarded one of several roadblocks set up by demonstrators to show their discontent with growing poverty and inequality during the pandemic.
Up to 500 health-care workers will be allowed to attend NHL playoffs in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets will be playing in front of live fans this week for the first time in more than a year. The National Hockey League club announced on social media Tuesday that it will host a small number
US formally ends policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday formally ended a Trump-era immigration policy that forced asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
O’Toole releases Pride video as handful of MPs oppose bill to ban conversion therapy
OTTAWA — A video promoting June as Pride month coupled with a concerted push to end the gay "blood ban" is what the Conservative Party of Canada looks like under Erin O'Toole as he works to prove once and for
Vancouver sends drug decriminalization pitch to Health Canada for federal review
VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver says it has submitted its final proposal for decriminalization of simple possession of drugs to Health Canada, making it the first jurisdiction in the country to apply for such an exemption for federal drug