Health
Bluebells and other spring flowers can be nature’s antidote to stressful times
HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Gilles Gui was looking for the magical purple bluebells that raise…
Tina Knowles is tracing the throughline of Beyoncé and Solange’s success
NEW YORK (AP) — Many of Tina Knowles’ fondest childhood memories are of sitting under…
Dialysis patients struggle to get treatment in blockaded Gaza. Officials say hundreds have died
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Twice a week, Mohamed Attiya’s wheelchair rattles over Gaza’s…
84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs…
Nebraska bill to ban transgender students from the bathrooms and sports of their choice advances
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska bill that would bar transgender students from bathrooms, locker…
EPA chief demands that Mexico stop Tijuana sewage from flowing into California
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that Mexico…
Former Brazil coach Tite puts his career on pause to take mental health break
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazil coach Tite said on Tuesday he is pausing his…
Minnesota attorney general files preemptive lawsuit against Trump on transgender sports ban
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a preemptive lawsuit…
Quebec declares end to measles outbreak after no cases reported for 32 days
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s Health Department has declared an end to the measles outbreak in the…
70% of Jewish Holocaust survivors will be gone in the next 10 years, a report shows
BERLIN (AP) — Eighty years after the Holocaust, more than 200,000 Jewish survivors are still…
Vancouver Island city-owned clinic on track to sign two more doctors, mayor says
COLWOOD — A British Columbia city on Vancouver Island that’s hiring doctors as municipal employees…
US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Obamacare’s preventive care coverage mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a key preventive-care provision of…
FACT FOCUS: Examining RFK Jr.’s claims about measles, autism and diet as head of HHS
WASHINGTON (AP) — In just two months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy…
Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs from the state online
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs directly from the state…
Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence
TORONTO — London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons…