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Companies can make generic Ozempic as of next week, but don’t expect to get it soon
TORONTO — Drug companies in Canada are allowed to make lower priced generic versions of…
Peace by Chocolate and NuttyHero products added to pistachio recall due to salmonella
TORONTO — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added several Peace by Chocolate and NuttyHero…
Grandmother and grandson burn to death in Gaza tent while cooking; Jolie visits Rafah crossing
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson burned to…
B.C.’s first baby in 2026 was born in Kelowna General Hospital at 12:18 a.m.
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says the province’s first baby of 2026 was born…
Federal employees file complaint against Trump administration’s ban on gender-affirming care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group…
Wrong patient sent to Surrey, B.C., home after hospital discharge
A resident of Surrey, B.C., who was shocked when a hospital transfer service delivered a…
Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River
MONTRÉAL — On New Year’s Eve morning in Montreal, Mark Nikiforov sawed a hole into…
Appeals court says Medicaid funding cuts for Planned Parenthood can stand while lawsuit proceeds
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned…
Turkey detains 125 more Islamic State suspects as nationwide sweep continues
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Wednesday pressed ahead with nationwide operations against suspected…
Pakistan’s polio cases fell by half in 2025 despite attacks on vaccination teams
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan reported fewer than half as many cases of polio in 2025…
Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here’s what to know
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant…
US commits $480m in health funding to Ivory Coast, the latest to sign ‘America First’ health deals
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The United States and Ivory Coast signed a health deal…
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian…
‘Trump’s EPA’ in 2025: A fossil fuel-friendly approach to deregulation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has transformed the Environmental Protection Agency in its first…
List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it’s suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its…
In a tumultuous year, US health policy has been dramatically reshaped under RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the whirlwind first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, some…
New 2026 laws are among the first of their kind to tackle climate change, drunken driving
Tourists celebrating the new year in Hawaii could become the first to be taxed to…
New legal structure of Alberta health system in place, Premier Smith now eyes results
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta government in 2025 completed the final legal foundations of…
Health minister says Canada can’t rely on U.S. health institutions anymore
OTTAWA — Canada is used to looking to the United States as a source of…
Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached
States will share $10 billion for rural health care next year in a program that…
Winter rain floods Gaza camps as Netanyahu heads for US meeting
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Winter rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend,…
Advocates push for advance MAID requests two years after Parliament recommendation
OTTAWA — Sandra Demontigny knew something wasn’t right when she couldn’t remember buying herself a…
Overnight ER closure at B.C. hospital due to staffing challenges
SURREY — A hospital in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley is shutting its emergency department during…
Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro undergoes double hernia surgery
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent double hernia surgery on Thursday…