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Health Canada approves Ozempic to reduce kidney deterioration in people with diabetes
TORONTO — Health Canada has approved Ozempic to reduce the risk of further kidney decline…
Provinces have different measles vaccine schedules. Is it time to harmonize them?
TORONTO — Moving from Ontario to New Brunswick didn’t just mean Jade Medeiros had to…
Beshear bans drug in Kentucky that’s being targeted by attorneys general across the nation
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the…
Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer
TORONTO — Katie Hulan’s family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had…
Lawyer ‘very confident’ a foreign adversary attacked Canadian diplomats in Cuba
OTTAWA — A lawyer for Canadian diplomats and their families says he believes the mysterious…
Senegal’s ‘schools for husbands’ aim to shift gender roles and keep mothers from dying
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On a recent evening in Senegal ‘s capital of Dakar, an…
Woman from Gaza evacuated to Italy in a ‘state of severe physical deterioration’ dies in hospital
MADRID (AP) — A 20-year old Palestinian woman described as being in a “state of…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Trump leaves Alaska summit with Putin empty-handed after failing to reach a deal to end…
Trump tax law could cause Medicare cuts if Congress doesn’t act, CBO says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending…
Jobs Minister Hajdu calls on union, airline to return to table to ‘finish this deal’
OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Air Canada and the union representing its…
Hundreds may have been exposed to rabies at bat-infested cabins in Grand Teton National Park
Health officials are working to alert hundreds of people in dozens of states and several…
Three years after his death, cricketer Shane Warne’s legacy lives on with heart health checks
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Cricketer Shane Warne’s legacy lives on more than three years after…
No end in sight to plastic pollution crisis as treaty negotiations in Geneva fail
GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around…
Bad diets, too many meds, no exercise: A look inside the latest ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report
WASHINGTON (AP) — A report that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
Six people report feeling ‘sharp prick’ in back of body at Montreal festival: police
MONTREAL — Montreal police have opened a criminal investigation into reports that people at a…
Stone Age humans were picky about which rocks they used for making tools, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about…
Spain, Portugal, and Greece battle wildfires as heat wave is expected to last for days
MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important…
Canada has most measles cases on the continent as infections up exponentially over 2024: Pan American Health Organization
TORONTO — The Pan American Health Organization says Canada has the highest number of measles…
Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — After waking early to stand in line for an…
Middleweight champ Dricus Du Plessis puts belt on the line against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319
CHICAGO (AP) — Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis will put his belt on the line…
Final arguments in Jimmy Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong delayed over health concerns
HONG KONG (AP) — The final arguments in prominent Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai’s national…
Afghanistan is starting its fifth year of Taliban rule. Here are 5 things to know
The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Trump administration claims powers of DC police chief, strengthening federal grip on law enforcement WASHINGTON…
The Latest: Bondi names DEA head ‘emergency police commissioner’ amid Trump’s takeover of DC police
Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole,…