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A bullet shattered her knee. Now a Gaza teen’s chances of walking depend on Rafah crossing’s opening
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rimas Abu Lehia was wounded five months ago when…
Pet sounds: Why some dog owners share music with their 4-legged friends
People use music to set moods, create a desired atmosphere and evoke memories of family…
CFIA official tells of threats and harassment that dogged ostrich cull operation
As Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers prepared for a cull of hundreds of ostriches at…
Expanded work requirements for the biggest US food aid program are kicking in for more states
Work requirements are kicking in for more older adults and parents of teenagers across the…
World creeps closer to eradicating human Guinea worm cases, with just 10 last year: Carter Center
ATLANTA (AP) — There were only 10 reported cases of Guinea worm infections confined to…
‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees
Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier,…
Months after B.C. ostrich cull, why does protest movement persist?
Melody Leinweber’s latest tattoo is a stylized portrait of an ostrich with a colourful beak,…
‘Disturbing’ scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply
VANCOUVER — Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported “disturbing” scenes to Dr.…
Haiti faces a sexual violence and abuse crisis as gang violence spreads, health charity warns
HAVANA (AP) — The number of sexual abuse cases being treated at a clinic in…
A man impersonating an FBI agent tried to get Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say
NEW YORK (AP) — A man claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to…
Quebec private doctors challenge law forcing five years of public system work
MONTREAL — Quebec’s private doctors federation is mounting a legal challenge against a law that…
Pakistan says imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is in good health after an eye procedure
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is in good health after…
More caregivers in Quebec eligible for compensation under new home health policy
MONTREAL — Quebec is launching a new home health-care policy that will make some family…
‘Health-care systems are not built for us’: LGBTQ+ people struggle to get good care
TORONTO — A new report says LGBTQ+ people in Canada aren’t getting access to the…
Annette, the harbour seal, rescued from netting around her neck in West Vancouver
VANCOUVER — A young harbour seal is recovering after being rescued from a life-threatening gillnet…
Patients detail ‘disaster’ inside Alberta emergency departments
Sick with pneumonia and a blood infection, Paula Krawiec said her 77-year-old mother waited 24…
Food inspection agency to cut more than 1,300 jobs, says union
OTTAWA — The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said staff have…
Medicare proposes new transplant system rules that might spur use of less-than-perfect organs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government proposed new rules for the nation’s transplant system Wednesday that…
Woman who stole identities to work in health care is sentenced to 6-plus years in prison
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A woman who stole identities to work as a nurse or…
India says it has contained Nipah virus outbreak as some Asian countries ramp up health screenings
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities said they had contained a Nipah virus outbreak after…
B.C. paramedics and emergency dispatchers set February date for strike vote
VANCOUVER — The union representing ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers in British Columbia says its…
Trump administration announces 15 new drugs for Medicare price negotiation program
NEW YORK (AP) — Drugs that treat Type 2 diabetes, HIV and arthritis are among…
Labs flooded as pipes burst at Montreal mental health hospital institute
MONTREAL — Four labs were damaged after burst pipes sent water pouring through an aging…
French ex-senator sentenced to prison for drugging fellow lawmaker in order to sexually abuse her
PARIS (AP) — A former French senator was sentenced Tuesday to 1 1/2 years in…