Category Archives: Science
Quebec bill would give Alzheimer’s patients access to medical aid in dying
MONTREAL — Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province's assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer's disease. Health Minister Christian Dubé said today that Bill 38 would allow people with severe and incurable diseases to consent ...
Tentative $161.5M settlement reached in WVa opioid trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement just as closing arguments were set to begin in a seven-week trial over the opioid epidem...
Davos updates | VW: Supply chain woes ease; orders backed up
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Executives with German automaker Volkswagen say at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that supply chain problems exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war are easing but they’re dealing with a huge backlog of orders.
FDA chief struggles to explain slow response on baby formula
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers Wednesday over months of delays investigating problems at the nation's largest baby formula plant that prompted an ongoing shortage.
Germany to loosen COVID-19 entry rules over the summer
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister says the government plans to suspend a pandemic rule requiring people to show proof of vaccination, a negative test result or recent recovery from COVID-19 to enter the country over the summer.
Saskatchewan signs $32M long-term care agreement with Ottawa
SASKATOON — Saskatchewan and the federal government have reached a $32-million agreement to support long-term care, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday during a visit to the province. “As we recover from this pandemic, we must all continu...
China’s bet on homegrown mRNA vaccines holds back nation
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many months ago, the kind of vaccines that have proven to offer the best protection against the worst outcomes from
US safety, savings rules set stage for baby formula shortage
WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive recall is getting most of the blame for the U.S. baby formula shortage, but experts say the products have long been vulnerable to this type of crisis due to decades-old policies that have allowed a
Montana bars birth certificate changes, even with surgery
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration says transgender people can not change their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery, in defiance of a court order that temporarily blocked the Republican s...
Pandemic-weary Americans plan for summer despite COVID surge
HONOLULU (AP) — A high school prom in Hawaii where masked dancers weren't allowed to touch. A return to virtual city council meetings in one Colorado town after the mayor and others tested positive following an in-person session. A reinstated
