Category Archives: Science
Canada’s premiers disappointed in lack of federal funds for struggling health systems
OTTAWA — Canada's premiers say they're disappointed the federal government didn't put forward a sustainable plan to financially shore up the country's ailing health systems in its newly tabled budget. Premiers have been calling for the health minister...
WVa trial expert: Drug makers downplayed risks in marketing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Lawyers for the state of West Virginia concluded the first week of a trial against three major opioid makers Friday by outlining how pharmaceutical companies rebranded the highly addictive drugs decades ago to expand their pres...
Confusion after Alberta government halted overdose prevention pilot: emails
CALGARY — The Alberta government's abrupt halt of a project aimed at reducing drug overdoses sowed confusion, anger and panic, emails and messages from those involved show. The Canadian Press obtained more than 400 pages of internal documents, includi...
Quebec ministers responsible for early pandemic response not running for re-election
MONTREAL — Two Quebec cabinet ministers who were responsible for the province's early response to the COVID-19 pandemic won't be running for re-election in October. Danielle McCann, who was Quebec's health minister in early 2020, and Seniors Minister ...
‘Get used to it’: Outbreaks give taste of living with virus
The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.
‘Get used to it’: Outbreaks give taste of living with virus
The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.
Nova Scotia doctor wait-list hits new record high with more than 88,300 people
HALIFAX — When Evelyn Hornbeck and her husband received notice last fall that their family doctor would be retiring without a replacement, they were immediately stressed. “I hadn’t seen her in person in a long time because of the pandemic," Hornbeck,
‘Unmanageable’: Nunavut hamlet sets up satellite centre for TB treatment
A Nunavut hamlet's community hall is to be turned into a place for people with tuberculosis to receive treatment for the respiratory disease that continues to disproportionately affect Inuit. The territory's Health Department declared a TB outbreak in ...
The government has committed $5.3 billion to establish dental care. What comes next?
OTTAWA — The Liberal budget laid out money for a new dental care program Thursday, but not necessarily a plan. Now that $5.3 billion is on the table, the government has just shy of nine months to drill into the details
Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, spends her time after school like many girls her age: doing homework, listening to Taylor Swift, collecting records and hanging out with friends.
