Category Archives: Science
Ontario suggests ways to reduce ambulance off-load delays
TORONTO — Ontario is telling emergency services to consider having paramedic crews tend to more than one patient at a time in hospital ERs as one way to reduce delays. Ambulance offload delays, when paramedics wait in an emergency department for
Oversight committee rules out mysterious brain disease in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON — Nearly a year after New Brunswick health officials raised the alarm about a mysterious brain disease afflicting the province's residents, an expert committee has determined there is no evidence of such a disease. "The committee has conclu...
‘Credible but cautious’: Alberta budget out of red; forecasts rosy economic future
EDMONTON — Alberta’s budget is out of the red, forecasts a rosy economic future and promises big-bucks spending on hospitals, health care and programs to plug gaps in its burgeoning labour force. Finance Minister Travis Toews says the 2022 budget fore...
Alabama bill seeks to ban hormone treatments for trans youth
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would prohibit transgender minors from being given puberty-blockers, hormones or surgeries to affirm their gender identity — treatments that the legislative sponsor equat...
Florida surgeon general confirmed despite controversy
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo was confirmed to his position Wednesday, as Senate Republicans approved the nomination of the state's top doctor over criticism that his opposition to coronavirus mandates is too aligned to...
South Dakota Senate passes bill to legalize recreational pot
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate on Wednesday passed a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana, as Republicans reasoned they should jump ahead of a campaign to legalize it on the November ballot.
Cyberattacks accompany Russian military assault on Ukraine
BOSTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations added to the confusion of Russia’s military assault Thursday, including data-wiping malware activated a day earlier that cybersecurity researchers said infect...
Study: Child poverty rising after tax credit expires
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study. Advocates fear the lapse in payments could unravel what they
Alberta government promises historic health spending blitz in provincial budget
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the provincial budget will include an unprecedented blitz of health-care spending powered by a roaring, re-energized economy. Kenney announced $1.8-billion in long-term spending Wednesday to increase beds, o...
Feds commit $140M to keep temporary staff hired to eliminate veterans’ backlog
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have caved to mounting anger and frustration from within Canada’s veterans’ community, promising more than $140 million to retain hundreds of temporary staff hired to deal with a backlog of disability claims from injured e...
