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Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers…
Number of Canadians connected to hantavirus outbreak grows to 10, all asymptomatic
OTTAWA — The number of Canadians connected to a hantavirus outbreak that began on a…
Argentina’s hot spot for Antarctic cruises insists it didn’t cause the hantavirus outbreak
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Officials in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province are challenging the…
What we don’t know about the hantavirus outbreak as the cruise ship nears Spanish territory
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Countries around the world are preparing to deal with the…
Trump administration again suspends UC Berkeley research grants
The National Science Foundation suspended at least 18 research grants to UC Berkeley in April…
Four-day strike vote begins in B.C. nurses’ labour dispute with province
BURNABY — British Columbia nurses have begun a strike vote in their labour dispute with…
California to provide free diapers to newborns at more than 60 hospitals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California families welcoming newborns will soon receive hundreds of free diapers…
Hantavirus questions and answers with Ontario’s chief medical officer of health
TORONTO — Two Ontario residents are isolating at home in their rural community after disembarking…
US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting
Libyan Dr. Faysal Alghoula needs to renew his green card to continue caring for roughly…
The Latest: Stricken cruise ship heads for the Canaries as authorities rush to identify contacts
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are preparing to receive a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for…
Emergency rooms are getting some relief during Habs games in Stanley Cup playoffs
MONTREAL — For some Quebecers, watching the Montreal Canadiens take to the ice during the…
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers…
Alberta’s United Conservatives welcome back former estranged backbencher and critic
EDMONTON — A former backbench member of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative caucus is…
How public health officials are tracing people who came in contact with hantavirus victims
NEW YORK (AP) — Hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, which makes health officials…
Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality
MADRID (AP) — Health authorities across four continents Thursday were tracking down and monitoring passengers…
3 Canadians isolating at home after hantavirus ship outbreak, government says
TORONTO — Three people with connections to a deadly hantavirus-stricken cruise are isolating at home…
Government expects $140M in savings this year with refugee health care co-pay
OTTAWA — Implementing a co-pay from asylum seekers and refugee claimants for some health care…
Worried about hantavirus? Take precautions when opening cottages, sheds, PHAC expert advises
TORONTO — Before the world’s attention was captured by a disease outbreak that has killed…
Injured US military veterans find relief and awe swimming with a whale shark at Georgia Aquarium
ATLANTA (AP) — Swimming with manta rays, giant groupers, and even a whale shark brought…
Republican Sen. Susan Collins discloses her longtime tremor after scrutiny in Maine’s Senate race
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says she has a benign essential…
Agency will move forward with plans to propose weakening some Biden-era PFAS limits, official says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will soon propose softening Biden-era limits on “forever chemicals”…
Quebec psychiatrists group supports bill on forced hospitalizations for mentally ill
QUÉBEC — The association of Quebec’s psychiatrists says it supports a bill that would make…
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if…
Vancouver council votes to fight downtown overdose prevention site
Two years ago, Guy Felicella received a proclamation from Mayor Ken Sim, naming a day…