Category Archives: Science
Big Tech faces ‘major’ EU law on hate speech, disinformation
LONDON (AP) — Taking aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online, the European Union is nearing agreement on a sweeping law that would force big tech companies to police themselves harder, make it easier for users to
Lawmakers want US to set up field hospitals for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to establish field hospitals near Ukraine's border and ramp up medical support for what's expected to be a monthslong war of attrition waged by Russia.
Nova Scotia plan to address challenges in health system panned for lacking detail
HALIFAX — The highly anticipated plan for reforming Nova Scotia’s ailing health system is "nothing new" and lacks detail, opposition parties said Friday, after the Progressive Conservatives released their strategy to fulfil their main election promise....
Higher-paid agency nurses could pose ‘dangerous challenge’ to health system: union
A nursing union boss wants Canada's auditor general to find out how many privately contracted nurses are working for health authorities across the country, doing the same work as staff counterparts while being paid far more. Linda Silas of the Canadian...
Philadelphia to end mask mandate, days after reinstating it
Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after people in the city had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections.
Judge blocks Montana’s transgender birth certificate law
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Thursday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law that required transgender people to have undergone a “surgical procedure” before being allowed to change their sex on their birth certificates.
California hikes costs for flood protections in farm country
Climate change is worsening the already significant threat of flooding in California’s farm country, and state officials said Thursday that as much as $30 billion may be needed over three decades to protect the region, an increase from five years
California will keep workplace pandemic rules through 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace regulators on Thursday extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, acting more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September....
Boston urges masks as battle brews over transit rule
Boston urged people to start wearing masks Thursday and the Biden administration weighed its next legal step in what is shaping up to be a high-stakes court fight over the abrupt end of the national mask mandate on airplanes and
Saskatchewan sees record COVID-19 hospitalizations; Opposition NDP demands briefing
REGINA — There are more people in Saskatchewan hospitals with COVID-19 than at any other point in the pandemic. The province says there are 417 people in hospital with the infection, including 25 in intensive care. Of those hospitalizations, 160 people...
