Health
Snakes have bitten this man hundreds of times. His blood could help make a better treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times —…
Altar acupuncture: A Minneapolis church brings well-being sessions to its migrant ministry
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul’s-San Pablo Lutheran Church, Juan Carlos…
Q & A: Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder Sandy Hudson on her new book, ‘Defund’
TORONTO — Sandy Hudson’s new book on police abolition comes just ahead of the five-year…
Nigerian teenager sets world painting record with canvas that’s bigger than a soccer field
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A 15-year-old Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the…
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of…
List of child welfare research grants marked for termination in mistaken HHS email
An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday…
Dutch WWII ‘Hunger Winter’ survivor had to wait in line for meal made from flower bulbs
DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — Ben Buitenhuis doesn’t get hungry. He never really has since the…
Overdose deaths in Kentucky dropped by nearly a third last year, Gov. Beshear says
The number of overdose deaths in Kentucky last year dropped by 30.2% — down to…
Here’s what the Liberals promised for health care. But can they deliver?
TORONTO — Until U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty came along,…
Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro is out of intensive care but still hospitalized, doctors say
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, who continues to recover after undergoing bowel…
Trump’s health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care
President Donald Trump’s administration released a lengthy review of transgender health care on Thursday that…
Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US
Dr. Hector Ocaranza knew El Paso would see measles the moment it began spreading in…
Vancouver festival attack suspect to appear in court on Friday
VANCOUVER — The suspect in the street festival attack that killed 11 people in Vancouver…
‘He stole our innocent child’: Quebec daycare crash families relate heavy toll
LAVAL — The mother of a four-year-old boy killed when a city bus plowed into…
Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy ‘will not define us’
Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street…